Arizona republican., 1911-12-22
Not from East to West" but from West to East" Will be the Proper Ex- pression from This Time Forward.
ROAD BUILDERS
 FINISH WORK
Warm Competition Between San Diego and Los An geles May Result in the Construction of Two Highways.

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 With splendid enthusiasm the ocean to ocean Transcontinental Highway association yesterday adopt ed d route for a cross country road ! through the three states represented in the convention decided to carry it's campaign into the states connecting on the east. and adopted as its slo- gan Prom the Pacific to the Allan tic" thus reversing the usually ac- cepted order of things where the two seaboards are connected in national movement.
 Most big things American. come from the east and work to the west. but the world is served notice right row that while d lot of talk has been indulged in east and west, the inter state cooperation in an actual move ment for a national highway. begins on the sunset slope and has already penetrated nearly half way to the Mississippi river When the second session of the O. O. T. II. meets in Santa Fe a year hence. unless some thing happens that never before oc- cured to the New Mexico Arizona spirit of progress. the curbstone in front of the assembly hall will be lined with miners from Pike's Peak. COW punchers from the plains. prohi
 bitionists from Kansas, and even democrats from Missouri. keen to break in as honorary delegates and tell how they are emulating the west coast idea by offering their respec
 tive sections of the great national highway that is to bring the con gested and narrow -visioned east out into the broad expanse of Gods best domain for a breath of ozone and a glimpse of western greatness.
 It wasn't all smooth sailing. for out in the great west where the blood of every yeoman tingles with the en- ergy of the red corpusCle harmony
 is expected only after a fight. Tha neishbors from the west coast had little friction about the location of their highway but they settled it like gentlemen and it really was not pretty the way d local paper referred to the losing faction as walking out of the convention Not that any harm NdS littdHl Dul II SdNt lllt NlpiA5 idea. The San Diego and Fl CentrO contingent wanted the road to go dI- rect from Yuma to the Exposition city Los Angeles and vicinity want ed it to go up through the san Cor gonia pass. direct to the metropolis. There are all the reasons in the world why both sides should want what they want, when they want it. San Diego unfortunately did not get what she wanted, but she kept her disappointment under her belt as much as possible and left the Salt River flats last night with d smile on her face and a threat that if the state refused to build d highway from Yuma to the west end of the | Panama canal extension. San Diego l and Imperial counties would build the 1 road themselves
 The San Diego delegates found | themselves outnumbered and refused l to caucus, then tried to edge the l question into the open convention and | failed But they did not walk out, as reported. They stayed to take their | beating like good fellows. San Diego ! proposes to get her hooks on Arizona | just as Los Angeles already has her ! tentacles fastened oh the new state. | It's good fight and d legitimate l one. Somebody has got to profit ny | the development of this great new | commonwealth and it's fair field for | both of them. In the logic of | events it will be divided and it is violating no secret to say that Ari |
 
 sib!e with both cities. Moreover | while they are scrapping for vantage | on each issue that arises, San Diego | and Los Angeles are one and insep | arabic under the banner of southern | California, as against all the rest of | the world The Bay city has an expo | sition coming along and wants, and | will receive, all the help Los An ! geles can give. Los Angeles also | wants every tourist who goes to the ! Frisco show to return by way of | southern California and has no bet | ter advertising card than the san | Diego exposition.
 And finally. this is only a recom- | mendation. The matter has to go to | the California road commission to be | settled according to the best interest | of the whole state Before the mat | ter is fully disposed of it is not too | much to hope that both roads will be | built. In the meantime, Arizona will | wrap herself about the necks of both | cities and hold wassal with their l delegates at every opportunity, for they are all good sports.
 The route decided upon comes down l
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