El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-01
ROAD BOOSTERS
RAISE $4,000 FUND
Las Cruces Plans Link In
the BOrderland Route
to Organ.

Las Cruces. n. NJ. Aug. L-Tht
committee of Good Roads Boosters, in
charge Of the new road from Las
Cruces to Organ as a portion of the
Borderland Route. have been going
over the route Of this new road with
state engineer French, who made
special trip to Las Cruces for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the road from Or
gan to Las Cruces and thence to An
thOny.
The committee consists of Francis
E Lester, chairman. Frank NJ Hay
ner, P W Barker. ". a Sutherland.
and W. S. Gillian. These men have
been devoting their time for several
days TO the matter OF financing the
road and the sum of $4,000 is now avail
able TO put in a hard gravel road that
IL Is claimed will be a credit to the
Mesilla valley and the state of New
Mexico, for it will form one important
link in the Borderland Route between
Las Cruces and Alamogordo, bringing
the tourists down through san Aug
Justine pass
organ mining camp is the proposed
end Of the present construction which
will start at the north end Of the
present Alameda which is macadamized
to the old Alameda ranch Thence the
new road will run due east until it
comes to the low hills where it will
take an easy grade along a narrow d.
vide where the water flows both ways
from the road, leaving II free from
wash and damage OF floods. This dt-
vide leads to the measa proper where
the line will be straight as the crow
flies to a point on the old Organ and
Bennett mining property,
thence through the present lanes
to the camp or organ.
State road builder MerriWeather
partially through the favorable re-
port Of Mr.. MerriWeather that the
present appropriation was made avail
able. Engineer French viii return 70
Santa Fe within the week ana viii AZ
once recommend the appropriation or
funds to push the work as rapidly as
possible and within the next thirty
days work will start and with all the
men that can be secured to push the
work to completion
While here engineer French accom-
panied BY the members OF the good
roads committee made a trip OF 1nspee-
ton to the Canine Real south OF Ne
silla Park. This road IS IN 1alr condl-
ton since the recent rains, and while
there are portions that are still rough
the majority OF the road is IN good
condition for ordinary use. 1t is pro-
posed TO use the road drag on this road
first and it was for the purpose Of
getting the advice OF engineer French
that the committee made a trip OF IN
spectiOn as far south as Mesquite
With the road thoroughly dragged
and saturated with water between here
and Anthony, the pleasure parties from
the Pass City can make the trip 10
the Organ Mountains within a distance
of less than so miles and it will be
possible to drive out TO the various
mountain resorts on Saturday evening,
spend Sunday in the hills and return IN
time for business Monday morning
Edward Mitchell, of St Louis, Miss
ouri is here on business
W. W. Jones OF FL Paso spent
day here.
H B. Holt is in FL Paso on business
matters
F. c. Merrill has returned from a
week spent in FL Paso, arriving in his
touring car on the bOrderland route.
Miss Edna StimsOn has left for her
home in Oklahoma City. Miss Stimson
has been in the city for several
months. and expects 10 return next fall
J. T. Bonham is back in the city
from an extended trip to Santa Fe on
legal business
T ". Breidert of Joliet. Ill, is a
newcomer in the valley.
Capt Phillip Dessauer is in the city.
having returned from the encamp-
ment at Las Vegas, where he has been
for the past two weeks
D. c. CrOWeu Of FL PasO, is in the
city on business matters.
Geo. T. Gibbons OF EI Paso, spent
a day in town.
Ralph Eastman, OF Dallas. Texas. il
a newcomer in the city