Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-18
GOOD ROAD WORK
IS PROGRESSING
State Engineer c. D. Miller
Returns From Inspection
Tour
PEN|TENT|ARy BOARD MEETS
Paroles Are Recommended For
a Number of Short Term
Convicts.

The penitentiary commission was IN
session today and transacted routine
business besides recommending the
parole of a number of short time prls-
oners.
Insurance Company Asks Admission.
The Beneficial Life Insurance Com
pany of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
morning filed its application with the
department of insurance for admission
tC do business in New Mexico The
company was informed that an exam
ination of it's affairs would be required
before a license could be granted.
Dam Inspection.
At Springer the Farmers Develop
ment Company dam was inspected.
Considerable difficulty from the high
winds was experienced by this COM
pany. Additional free board and addi-
tional rip rapping will be required by
the state also the removal of shale ma
terial in the upper portion Of the dam.
Good Road Work Progressing.
State Engineer Charles D. Miller
has just returned from a very import
ant trip in connection with road and
irrigation matters through the north
eastern portion of the state. At Las
Vegas Mr.. Miller went over the Las
Vegas-Mora road with a view of put
ting this road within the next few
weeks in high state of repair
Judgment Against Insurance Company
A demand for the payment of $685.
G4131 bond was today transmitted
through the New Mexico department OF
insurance to the Title Guaranty and
Surety Company of Scranton Pennsyl-
vania The demand was made by the
firm of Marion and Wood, attorneys
OF Albuquerque, for judgment Sc
cured in the case of J. D. Daley et al,
VS.. G. E. Fitzgerald, Nathaniel c. Fos-
ter ct al, in the district court and at-
firmed on appeal in the state supreme
court May 6. The insurance company
will now be required to pay amount OF
the Judgment or have it's licenses re-
voked.
Inspected Canine Real.
In connection with this road work
Mr.. Miller went over the Canine Real
located between Mora and Rayado
with view of determining the charac-
ter of construction necessary and quail
ity of labor desired. The road condl-
tions there present remarkably good
conditions favorable to convict labor
and inasmuch as this is part of the
Canine Real and follows the old Santa
Fe Trail it may be possible in the
near future that some work Will DC
done to open this road between these
Two sections making travel from Raton
to Cimarron very easy to Las Vegas
and going through one of the most
beautiful sections of the state.
Secured County Cooperation.
At a meeting of the board OF trade
of Mora, $1,000 was secured as coop
Grafton from Mora county, this money
to be expended in cooperation witt
the road commission in what is knoWI
as the Mora lane, road Whlcn a
practically all periods of the year l:
almost impossible owing to the seep
age and bogs which are located in tina
section. This road will be graded III
and filled high enough to allow TO
drainage and to keep the road BET
dry. One thousand one hundred dol
lars was also secured from San Mlgue
county with which to culvert ant
bridge the new road recently con
structed. when the road from Las We
gas to Mora will be put in first clas
travelling shape.
convicts to Santa Rosa.
Inspection of construction WORK
on Ute Creek in Union county wa
also made Road matters at SAINT
Rosa in Guadalupe county was take
up by Mr.. Miller in connection wit
the board of trade at that place. !
road was gone over between SAINT
Rosa and Puerta de Luna and convie
camp now available and in operate
will be removed to Santa Rosa prof
ably by the first of next week. In
county commissioners are to put u
considerable money in the constru
tion of this road and the first step t
wards actual construction of Camin
Real for the Pecos valley, which evel
tually can run from the state line {
Texas to Las Vegas will be starte
This is exceedingly important in tn
respect that a start has been mac
which later may be continued and
years to come will be the resultant
a finished highway through that Sc
ticr of the country.