El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
Las Cruces and Deming Also
VIII be on Line of Cross
Country Auto Tours.

FL Paso. Las Cruces and Deming are
to be on the transcontinental highway,
which means that automobile tourists
win come to these three cities in
their cross country runs
Action was taken at a meeting Of
road boosters at the chamber CT com =
ncerce Wednesday night, under the aus
piCes OF the FL PasO Automobile club,
assuring that these things will oe
done
The road that win ran thorough Las
Cruces viii come down from Alamo
gordo, over the san AugusTln pass, then
10 Las Cruces and IN to ii i'aso.
The route running out from Il Paso
TO Deming is TO be decided upon by
county engineer J. W. Eu5dn& and u.
La Sale also an Ell PasO engineer,
who will choose the most feasible right
Of way.
Road Fund Pledged.
In the meantime $3.50 was pledged
for the purpose Of improving the road
to Demlng. no matter what route Is
chosen
DR.. f. S. Cary, president of the FL
Paso Automobile club. called the meet
ing to order there being about so per
sons present at the smoker. at Wnlch
eatables, drinkables and smokeables
were distributed. He explained that
the road from FL Paso to Tucson had
been logged and the only bad piece Is
between IL Paso and Deming- He said
that It was up TO the business men OF
FL PasO to see that road is repaired
before the coming Of a representative OF
the transcontinental touring associa-
ton OF Automobiles, who viii be here
in 10 days.
Deming Raises Fund.
J. d, Bukey, secretary Of the FL
Psso Automobile club. said Deming
had raised S235 in one hour to repair
the road from there on and Lords
burg had an automobile club OF "a
mi
son have agreed 10 do their share to
put all roads in good condition How
ever, the rCads along there are nearly
all in first class condition.
We require $780, he said. Tor the
purpose OF Improving the road between
here and Deming. 1 move that sub
scriptiOns of IS or $40 per month
be taken here tonight" This motion
carried and $3.50 was subscribed
II. La Sale said: We made a trip
over the old Southern Pacific grade
from the cement works out and II runs
along for p miles in good condition,
having q. rise Of IS TO 100 feet to the
mesa at Lanark, where the road IS
good TO Deming."
Wants Road Through Valley.
J. Q. McNary, OF Chamberino, n. NJ
said I want the road TO run through
as much OF the Mesilla valley as pos
sible- The more you run through there
the more money we viii give II you
run over to PicachO we will build a
uL44EE AELQeS the river AucA1. 49,
tlemen tell me that the road from
Picacho to Deming is the best and
hardest there.
1--WE believe that everybody that
comes through the FL Paso valley
should become a booster and we want
to show all OF them all Of it possible
I'VE viii have next year about SlO,-
900 in the DOna Ana county road fund
and most Of that Will be expended on
the road between Las Cruces and An
thony."
Favors scenic Route.
Horace B. Stevens favored a road
running through the Sacramentos to
MescalerO, which is beautiful scenery,
FL Paso.
J. W. Eubank said: you can build a
good road for $500 or $500 a mile.
I don't believe the s P. Grade is safe
enough TO build a road on. We tried
that and the cuts filled up with sand"
r. II. Case. OF Deming, n NJ. said;
4 believe il would be the best thing
to appoint a corps OF engineers 10 Sc
lect the best route an determine how
much It would cost to carry the road
over the mesa I want to say for Dem
ing that we viii give cur share to-
ward defraying the expense Of such a
party over the proposed routes.
''El Paso and Tucson both lost out
in an automobile trip which is being
made across country from Los Ange-
les and I think we should make an ef-
fort now to be sure to get out the
route
There are some people in New Mext-
co who want a route from Springer
vile. Ariz- over to Magdalena, n NJ,
and then to Albuoueroue- eliminating