The Glenwood post., 1912-04-20
All Favor Tennessee Pass Route EXCEPT
Ben kobey of Aspen Who is Good
Natured in the Matter
HOLY CROSS ROUTE EXTENDED

A big meeting of the Holy Cross di-
vision of the Lincoln Highway asso-
citation was held at the Odeon theater
last Tuesday evening. Father CARR
gan called the meeting to order and
extended a hearty welcome to the
friends and neighbors who had com.
here in the interest of better roads.
The gentleman called attention to a
recent map printed in the Literary Di-
gest and said to picture the transcon-
tinental highway. 1t showed a divided
roadway, one portion entering the state
near Julesburg and skrting along the
northern portion of the state. Another
entered the state farther south and
went through the southern part of the
state and was known as the Santa Fe
trail, notwithstanding that Colorado
this portion of Colorado in which we
live-is the natural and logical line for
all indicated that if we OF this section
are to accomplish anything Tor this
portion of the state we must get busy
we must get very busy. 1t means
that the work to be done to protect
this section must be done at once ana
1t means further, that we must do It
ourselves. He then introduced Thomas
Kyle, president of the Holy Cross sec
ton OF the Lincoln Highway. Ma
Kyle said he could not follow the elo-
quent Father Carrigan with speech
and he would not try. He called on
the secretary, Joseph j. Clarke, who
read the minutes of the last meeting
held in Leadville.
The chairman then called on Frank
Kimball of Glenwood who made an in
teresting talk in favor of the IuiH-
pendence pass route.
Sam Doll was called on and while
he disclaimed any knowledge of the
proposition, he said he had passed over
Independence pass long before there
was a road over it or railroad down
the Grand river canon and he believed
if people could go over Tennessee pass
then we could well afford to about this
route now He had no objection to the
Independence pass route if we could
afford two, but he thought Tennessee
pass much more desirable.
Ben Kobey of Aspen was called and
he said he was not for the Independ-
ence pass route as against any other.
Aspen was not fighting any road, but
was in favor of all roads. Ben eXpa-
tiated upon the scenery up the Roar
ing Fork valley and along the Inde-
pendence pass road, which he main
tanned could be built with a maximum
grade of six per cent
c. W. Coursen, mayor of Red Cliff,
regretted that there should be any
controversy over the matter and he
agreed with kobey that Colorado IS
filed with wonderful scenery and he
thought the scenery of the western
slope mountain country was unparal-
l'lltu III bht Nholc NoIlu' Il l'iii
Colorado Springs to Buena Vista and
on to Glenwood Springs there is a rail
road which has been found to be the
point of least resistance and L believe
that this auto road, following down
the Grand river is the best line that
could be adopted. A great point of
advantage is that this road is already
built and known and Travelled and while
it will require some work to make It
what it should be we propose to see
that that work is done, and that very
soon.'
Theodore Rosenberg said, "When
you want pair of shoes you go to Il
shoemaker and when You want a coat
you don't go to a blacksmith, but you
60 to tailor or else buy handme-
down, and that is the chief trouble
with the most of our roads. We have
lot of handmedown roads all over
this country. With the money that has
been spent, or had better say wasted
on roads in Garfield county, if that