El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-13

A BEGINNING in the direction o.
~ more roads and better roads IL
the Mimbres valley was made IL
the year 1910, headed by DR.. J. G
AIeir, chairman Of the good roads com
mittee Of the chamber Of commerce, n
a Boich. and the other members Of
the committee. While many roads at
that time needed attention, they very
wisely began with the road that need
ed 1t worst
Tor many years Deming had been
cheated Of an extensive trade territory
naturally belonging to her by the IN
mentionable road leading north Of
Deming across the deep and drifting
sands OF the Mimbres It was all a
good team could do in those days to
pull an empty wagon at z slow walk
for stretch Of about three miles i'm
mediateiy north Of the town As a re-
suit the trade Of the rich farming sec
ton Of the upper MIN was wholly
cut off. and most Of It went 10 the min
ing camps In the mountains ana 10
Silver City, the farmers Of that section
preferring the hazardous, rocky and
precipitous mountain roads TO weary
ing their teams IN the Mlmbres sands
Making q Good Road
Through the active work OF the
good roads committee OF the chamber
OF commerce $500 was secured from
the county to apply upon this road,
and another 1880 was secured from
the territorial roads commission The
work was placed in charge Of assistant
territorial engineer, Mr. Merr1Wea Their,
who did the work effectively, econOm-
3calfy and for all time IN about two
months. The sand was scraped away
down to a solid foundation, river grav-
Ell was filled in, and the surface built
Up with clay and caliche, which packs
and forms an almost perfect surface
Since this stretch Of road has been
completed, q farmer from the neigh
b0rhoOd OF DWyer can make It into
Deming with a load OF apples or other
produce in three hours. This road mas
also brought about large amount OF
automobile traffic between Silver CITY
and Deming. 1t has also given Dem
ing automobile people easy access TO
haywood Springs 1t IS the road, also,
which brings the trade Of the Cooks
mining district and the cattle country
around Florida. Mutt and Lake Valley.
Ut has already paid Deming In actual
cash many times the outlay, and the
road is now In better condition Lhan
Il ever was and can be kept so with
3 compare lively slight expense rom
year to yea for repairs
Building Good Laterals.
Good roads breed good roads Branch
ing away from the road above de-
-
struction eight miles and three-quar-
tiers OF road direct TO Carne- Through
the efforts of the present chairman OF
the good roads committee Of the cham
Der oE commerce, and Y. s. Hills, SUI
ffcient funds were raised by private
subscription to build a splendid high
way across from the north road TO
Carne. and g. IL Sadler has now a force
Of men at work upon the construction
thereof. There are p acres Of the
area to be grubbed- The method then
employed viii be that Of dragging,
which work viii be done by five big
mule teams and grader The sand
will be scraped away, leaving a solid
road bed. and this being an east and
west road. the wind win keep il clear
OF sand There viii be four culvertz
TO put in. In addition to the funds
raised BY private subscription lSbz5),
At is understood that some county
funds VIII be applied either to this
road or TO 9 road branching from IT
and leading to Mutt and Lake Valley.
Application is made to the state good
road commission for additional sup
Elementary funds. Several other pri-
1ate subscriptions remain to be col
1ected. and any amount or money col
Iected above the amount needed Tor
zrubbing and dragging VIII be used IN
hauling caliche for making perfectly
hard. smooth surface in spots where