Bisbee daily review., 1912-07-31
ROAD ! SIGNS
 NEAR Fl PASO
 NEED FIGHTING
Several Mistakes Reported in Log of BOrderland Lead ing West from Pass
 City

That there were mistakes in the log of the BoTderland route furnished him in Fl Paso, that some corrections have been rendered necessary by changes that have occurred, and that owing to this he lost twenty-four hours on his journey from the Pass City to Bisbee. was the statement of Dr. H. A. Ingalls,, of the Uniteid States medical corps. who passed through BisDee yesterday morning on his way to Fort Huachuca.
 Before leaving Fl Paso he took the precaution to obtain a log of the Bor- derland route. and the directions con. tained in such log, which had been prepared by Secretary Bukey. of the Borderland association, and the in- structions contained, he followed, but on some occasions they led him astray
 He took occasion to comment fa- yorably on the logging Of the Doug las section of the route, where he mad but one criticism, and he praised the way signs had been placed on that secIiOn Of the Ocean to Ocean high WAY He found occasion for the plac- ing of one more sign board on this section of the route. As to the Fl Paso section, he found that no sign posts had been placed, and this tend ed further to lead him astray.
 Dr. Ingalls, stated in detail the mis- takes which he found. and pointed them out to a Review representative for the benefit of subsequent travel. CTS. In some instances, he stated, the route as logged was probably all right for the dry season, but not for the rainy season, and in those re- spects he gave directions for a change in course to bring one over the route that he found most satisfactory. The first criticism of the log given him that Dr. Ingalls, made was as to a point SOP miles from Fl Pasu. where he was directed to cross the railroad track to the right. He states that the turn at this point should be ! to the left, as the directions take one over a course that it not yet a road, l is only a trail, and is full of stumps. By keeping to the left one crosses the river four miles south of Deming and | has a good road. At the ford he men, ] tions, he found it rocky, but good, and made it, though he was warned | that the water was too deep, and l feared that such was the case. How ever, he found those fears ground ! less.
 His directions were to take the left | road at a point 92 miles southwest of ! Lordsburg. This he did and had to
 turn back. He found he should have gone 300 yards further. but thinks | this discrepancy arose from his talk | ing more than the regular mileage in going around mud puddles. He says, ! however, that at the turn he first l took there should be a sign post | Another direction that led him [ astray was to cross the railroad 10 the right 39 miles out from Rodeo. | This was an error in direction and ] took him up into the hills. The di-
 rection should be to cross the tracks | at point 4l.5 miles out. Here the
 road is marked, but on the wrong
 side. and there should have been a
 mark where he turned of.
 Again, there is an error in the log
 relative to road 51 miles west of
 Rodeo. Here the logged road has
 been fenced and blocked. Instead of i following the log directions. he states the course should turn at a point ap- pToximately 90 miles out of Rodeo, following the more travelled road, and
 then take the next left hand turn into Douglas.
 Relative to the sandy hill out oi
 Fl Paso, he says that a little scraping
 at the crest of the hill would make
 a great improvement
 Dr. ingalls, is satisfied that the
 highway, with the changes that he suggests in the log, is an excellen, one. even In the rainy season. when naturally at its worst Shortly after
 noon he left to complete his journey
 to the fort.