Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-21
GOOD PROGRESS IN COUNTY
THoRoUGHFAREs OF SAN MI
oUEL HAVE BEEN IMPROVED
DURING PAST YEAR.
new OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
J. D. HESS REELECTED SECRE-
TARY AND E. D. RAYNoLDS
SUCCEEDS HIMSELF.

At the first meeting of the new
board of directors of the Commercial
club, held last night i'll the committee
rooms of the club, Dr.. John d. Hess
secretary, and E. d. Reynolds, treas.
urer, were reelected. After the elec.
tion of these two officers the eighteen
standing committees were appointed
as follows: House committee, A, H.
Whitmore, D. w. Condor and DIR. ].
H, Mueller; entertainment committee,
Manuel Henrequez, Will Springer, DR..
c. s. Losey and DR.. H. M. Smith; irri-
CATION committee, F. H. Pierce, DR..
F. E. Olney, D. ]. Leahy; grievance
committee, w. N. Rosenthal; commit
tee on county AFFAIRS R. L. M. Ross;
publicity committee, M. M. Padgett;
mining committee, E. e. Johnson; rail-
committee on city affairs, H. w. Clark,
r. ]. Taupert and Herman Ilfeld;
membership committee, H. Reynolds.
Will Springer, George Fleming; tax
alton committee, Leo Upton; town af-
fairs committee, Charles Danziger; H.
brary committee, j. D. Hess; auditing
committee, H. E. Hokei agriculture
committee, d. T. Hoskins, George.
Fleming and E. E. Johnson manu-
featuring committee, E. ]. McWenie:
legislation committee, S. B. Davis, Jr.;
good roads committee, R. ]. Taupert,
Max Nordhaus and Joe Danziger.
Aside from the report of the audit
ing committee, which was satisfac-
tory, the report of the good roads
committee was the only report made
concerning the work OF the past year.
The board of directors announced that
the policy of the organization for the
coming year would be for the better
ment and boosting of Las Vegas and
they will do all in their power to help
make Las Vegas the leading city of
the new state Of New Mexico. The
I0pOII VI CHS SOHliHlIlSO Ou SOOu lOduS
of the club is of special interest, as
it shows number of substantial inn
lprovements in the streets of Las We
gas and of the roads of San Miguel
county The report makes several
recommendations for the betrerment
of the roads to further extent in
the city and county The report is
as follows:
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Nov. 20, 1911.
To the President and the Board of Di-
rectors of the Commercial Club:
Your committee on good roads has
to report that through the co-opera-
ton of Mr.. John S. Clark and the
other members of the board of county
commissioners, together with the ter
ritorial good roads commission, the
highways of this vicinity have been
improved substantially as follows:
The building of new steel bridge
over the Gallinas river at Hot Springs,
Iu0 uuliulhS VI q nOW SIOOi p1AuoS
over the Arroyo Pecos at the crossing
of the new Mora road, the grading
and nearing completion of the Mora
highway, which meant new construc.
tion of practically the entire distance
which, when once completed and sea
, soned, will make the finest stretch OF
road in San Miguel and Mora counties
} The repairing and widening of the
/ Scenic highway, done under the di
: rection of Territorial Engineer Miller
! and his assistants, placing this piece
, Of road in better condition than since
: its construction. The opening of the
: road between Las Vegas and the
Santa Fe highway, including the con
struction of the steel bridge over the
Pecos river at San Jose. The build
ing of the highway through Kearney'l
: gap and San Geronimo district open
5 ing up an almost inaccessible section
: of the county. This, together will
$ many minor improvements, inciudinl
+ the building of stone arches in plac
|. of pile bridges The placing of meta