El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
ARIZONA ROAD BOOSTERS CONE
TO Ell PASO TO TALK AUTO HIGHWAY

: messages. The ArizOnians say they are
not here to antagonize any good roads
movement, but for the purpose of assist
I ing any and all such movements. more
/ especially those IN Arizona, claiming,
( however. that the ocean to ocean high
I way as laid out and officially adopted
: by the Phoenix convention and the Kan
/ sas City convention and recently logged
/ by the Examiner pathfinder is the lOgi-
/ cal road from east to west, even TO
! reach FL Paso.
They state that the road from Dem
I ing to Phoenix is all in first class con
: dition. except a few miles across the
{ San Carlos indian reservation, and that
this road Is 125 miles nearer than any
other route. This road from the east
line of Arizona has already cost nearly
100000.
The visitors say they are confident of
getting an appropriation of 100000
from congress for the building of bridges
acrOs the ella and San Carlos rivers at
San Carlos, removing the only obstacle
Tor fast travelling on the entire route
This road permits the traveller to see
four Of the worlds noted copper mining
camps and passes through the famous
ella valley, 'the valley where all the
farmers have money all the time" a
place of extremely fertile soil and the
most luXuriant fields imaginable.
This road passes the Roosevelt dam
and reservoir, the greatest engineering
feat IN the world, and passes through
mountains whose scenery Is not eXcelled
in the Grand Canyon Of Colorado.
They also state that Graham county
Is building branch lines of the ocean to
ocean highway to connect with all prin-
cipal roads in the counties adjoining.
The only piece of road on the entire
route from Duncan to Phoenix that is
considered in bad condition is that pOr-
ton east of San Carlos and on the indian
reservation In order to place this in
first class condition, steps were taken
last Friday morning, when Phil c. Aler-
TIll chairman of the board of supervisors
of Graham county; W. /. Nelson, super
visor; f. ". Clayton. president of the
Graham county chamber of commerce,
and R. J. Young. secretary, left Stafford
TO meet and confer with L. ". Lawshee,
indian agent at San Carlos. and inspec-
tor Door of the indian department at
Geronimo Tor the purpose of arriving
at some basis OF cooperation whereby
the ocean to ocean highway across the
San Carlos reservation could be imme-
diately constructed.
After a two hours conference the
board OF supervisors OF Graham county
agreed to construct all bridges and cul-
verts if Mr.. Lawshe would construct the
balance of the road. excavating. building
embankments and all necessary work for
the completion of a highway equal If
not superior to any highway in the west.
and better than the state highways.
This final conclusion of long DELAYED
means that Graham county will
have more miles of ideal HIGHWAY thor,
any county in Arizona and better auto
roads 1t means that there is nothing in
the way of the early completion of the
ocean to ocean highway through Graham
county at a very early date
The Duncan bridge is under construe-
tion and the bridges at San Carlos are
are assured by the interior department.
and this opens the highway solid from
the New Mexico line to Phoenix.
Upon the arrival of the delegation in
III PasO they were taken in charge bv
Messrs- Bukey, Frazer and DR.. Carey.
and were given an evenings entertain