Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-11

| step in the march according to oul
ability so to do That you may have
correct estimate, and we trust a
proper appreciation of our public spir
! it in this behalf, your attention is
called to the fact that at our recent
election our people approved state
/ highway bond issue for good roads
amounting to about two-thirds of the
total debt permissible under our state
constitution. Thus in the beginning
of statehood we have gone the reas-
enable limit and are fully abreast of
the peoples Of any OF our older and
wealthier sisters. 1t must be remem-
bered that our population is COM
paratively small, our resources large
ly undeveloped and our assessable
wealth comparatively very limited,
and yet our people point with com
mendable pride to the fact that there
by the various counties and by the
state during the past three years an
aggregate of $550,000.
GAMING REAL.
"The Canine Real beginning at the
state line near Ration and passing
down to Ell Paso, has been advanced
towards completion by the expendi-
ture of $4,000 The noted Scenic
Highway from Las Vegas to Santa Fe,
traversirg the beautiful Pecos ma
tional park and some of the most pic
turesque mountain SCENERY in the
entire Rocky mountain range has
been constructed into the mountains
from each of these cities at large eX-
pense, and the completion of the gap
is projected in the near future
The Scenic Highway will attract
the attention and visits of the tourist
world and will of itself be a notable
monument to the progressive spirit
of the people of New Mexico, in this
great movement There has been ex-
pended on the road from Santa Fe to
albuquerque by the Good Roads Com
mission about $4,000 From Albu-
querque to the south, work is pro-
crossing quite rapidly between So
zorro and San Marcial Appropria-
tion has been made for the construc-
ton of this road from Elephant
Butte dam as far south as Rincon.
In the Mesilla valley from Las Cru
ces to Anthony at the Texas state line
the road has been graded in the val
ley, and some portions of it graveled
and the county of Dona Ana has pass
ed the bond issue of 100000 to make
this stretch of forty miles a modern
highway of asphalt-macadam. This
road then from Anthony to Ell Paso
is completed. for twenty miles, in an
asphalt-macadam to the city of Ell
Paso, Texas This road is practically
along the Santa Fe trail, known as
the Camino Real, and nearly all avail
able for travel and under the state
highway commission it is to be made
the great state thoroughfare.
In addition to the work now pro
ceeding on the Camino Real at diff
ferent places on it's 465 miles of
length, construction has been COM
pleted or is now going on at many
places on main stem highways calcu-
lated to connect up important parts
of the state and promote commerce
and thus secure the welfare and hap /
piness of our people.
County bond issues, aggregating
81, 100000, have already been voted in
several counties, and the spirit shown
by our people in voting the large
state bond issue for this cause at the
late election clearly forecasts bond
issues in every county in the state.
Contagious is the spirit of material
development in progressive people
like ours. Already there has been
provided by the state and the various
counties, aside from bond issues, an
annual revenue of about $685., 700 for
this cause
THUS our new state is proud of |
the spirit of liberality and good cheer |
that animates our people in bearing |
their full share of the burden of this |