Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-27
WILL. THE EXAMINER ANSWER

of yesterday, in long report of
the national highway, appeared this
statement:
THUS CLOSED THE FIRST DAYS
GAMPAIGNING For IT THE i,oM MONEY ne J,
6cFhR!Nfi 6eEA8 G1eGwAY Nv TN Il TIE gHEASPG IMPG
RIAL VALLEY Al FOR TIL THE dI DEvEL0PS I4 I's
OF LAND THAT WILL RETURN TO
THE BUSINESS MEN OF THIS CITY
MORE THAN TEN TIMES THE
AMOUNT INVESTED, AND FOR THE
ASSURANCE THAT THOUSANDS OF
AUTOMOBILES THAT WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO TRAVEL WITHOUT FEAR
ONCE WAS THE WORST PIECE OF
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT"
Carefully studying the remarks Of
numerous speakers at the meeting. as
reported by the Examiner. there is not
one word found which indicates that
Angeles highway promoters to build
road that will be of benefit to the
people of this valley, and the report
er's comment quoted above, which is
a good deal of a mystery.
It has been the PpOgram Of the hn,d Los
highway that would follow along the
bank of Salton sea through desert
country, cross the northern tip of the
irrigated portion of the valley and
lnen plunSe again llllO the desert.
If it were proposed that the ma
tionaI highway should pass through
Pasadena into La Canada and San
Fernando valley and on to the Mojave
desert. without touching Los Angeles,
and it were further proposed that Los
Angeles should be taxed to pay the in
terest on the bonds issued for building
the road and eventually to pay off
the highway?
Every person who has looked into
the question knows that if this pro-
jected highway were built from Braw-
ley through Imperial, Ell Centre, Holt
vile and on to Yuma it would have
the advantage Of being of great ben
would be about twenty miles shorter
than the projected road, would carry
the tourist for more than fifty miles
through an irrigated valley instead of
desert, and would be much less expen-
sive to build and to maintain. Then
it would have the still further advan-
! tage of making friendly feeling be-
tween Imperial valley and Los Ang
eles.
The only drawback to this program
is that, with road built through this
valley. San Diego would share in the
thing that Los Angeles is determin ed
to prevent, even if it must antagonize
Imperial valley to carry through its
project.
There is every reason why Imperial
valley and Los Angeles should en-
deavor to build up friendly relation
ship. and the Press was in hopes that
at last the time had come when Los
Angeles was to show its appreciate on
Of Of the importance Of this valley TO
closer relationship.
But so far as can be determined
from the reports of the meetings held
in that city to promote this highway,
there is nothing to indicate that Los
Angeles has changed it's plan so as
to include this valley in its scheme
The Examiner reporter says the fund
the city is now raising is to build the
road in Imperial valley.
Will the Examiner kindly investi-
! safe this and state whether it's re-
porter is correct or the plan remains
unchanged to sidetrack this valley to
/ bar San Diego from participating in
the benefit?
1t would appear that a city of the
| size and with the prestige of Los Apg-
of this character with broad enough
spirit not to care if some other city
should share in the benefit of its great
work. and if that is to be the spirit
Of Los Angeles the people of all I'm
perial valley will meet them half way
in a brotherly spirit.
But if it still remains the plan to
sidetrack this valley for the injury OF
San Diego, Los Angeles itself will have
done itself more harm than it does
TO san Diego, through the antagonism
/ IT Will have aroused in the valley
! which gives to it its greatest COM
mercial Importance.
And the Trihune
What is said of the Examiner applies
! equally to the Tribune In its news
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