El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-08
DEVELOPMENT
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR TWO HIGHWAYS
County Highway Commits
sion Favors Direct Roads
Through Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa. n NJ, Nov S--Ihat
plans are formulating for the carry
construction Of the rumored STATE
highways east and west north ana
south. and intersecting at or near
Santa Rosa, is becoming daily more
apparent, although those In the pest
position TO know are somewhat fell-
cent in giving out DEFINITE lnIOfindLlou
concerning the WORK 1T IS hhoWL ma
the newly appointed county highway
commission is favorable to dlrect
lines for such roads, If constructed
and it is currently reported lnaL lie
east and west road, which VIII utlll1e
the steel highway bridge over the
PecOs at this place. will probably enter
town across the Sunshine mesa on
due west course, 2hd not IOtOW the
course of the railroad. as AT Iifst
thought. From santa Rosa west IL
will mass through the Aqua Negra
grant. leaving the grant lines soutn
Of the old county road at point
where the grade is remarkably GOOD
and thence by the way Of Vaughn,
westward. However there is a prob
ability that this course may De
changed to the more direct route west
ward, following IN general dlrecllOH
the Pintada canyon and Dy the way
of Palma and Moriarity to AlDuquer-
que. This route would make a beau
tifu road and run almost due east
and west
The North and south Road
As to the proposed north and south
highway, which is designed TO cpnnecl
Las Vegas, Santa Rosa and Carlsbad
not until recently has any other route
been publicly discussed than by the
way Of the historic hamlet OF Anton
chico, on the upper Pecos. however
the fact that san Miguel county has
recently expended about $4,000 on the
road from Las Vegas 20 Chaparltoi ana
but little extra work On that section
is necessary to pr. in fine shape one
OF the most difficult pieces OF con-
structiOn on the entire route, mas
started rumOrs to the effect that this
work viii become a part of the state
highway If the route finally select
ed south from Santa Rosa takes IN
the link now being constructed on
the west side Of the river. it is prob
able that the road will leave the river
a few miles below the interesting VII
lage of Puerto de Luna, cross the
Santa Fe at or near Buchanan, ana
thence direct TO Roswell. This route
has the advantage of attordlng ROAD
with practically no sand, but Will leaVe
the important town OF Fort sumner
some 80 miles to the east.
That the construction Of this north
and south highway by the way OF
Chaparito has been under cOnsldera-
tion by those in charge of road mat
tiers. has been known for several days
A. A. Jones, OF Las Vegas, is CHAIR
man of the san Miguel county road
commission. and J. II. Hicks. of Santa
Rosa, is chairman of the Guadalupe
county commission. Both are the
prime movers of their respective com
missions, good road enthusiasts, men
prominent in their respective com
munitfes and who know every foot OF
the country. and furthermore are IN
terested in a personal way IN the de-
Velopment of the country through
which such an important road would
pass BY the ChaparitO route They
have. il is stated. had several recent
on road matters with
view to a thorough and cooperative
between the commits
siOns of the two counties, and cOnIl-
dence is EXPRESSED that this work VIII !
be pressed forward without friction /
usually experienced in the cOnstruc- /
tion of intercounty highways
Working Force Reduced
A. T. Hayward, superintendent or j
on the state highway, re- [
ports work on the new river bluff /
road progressing. although his force /
has been reduced to only 20 men, Sew /
eral of the gang have been paroled /
since the work began, and it is expect /
ed that others VIII be sent here from [
Santa Fe to take their places soon. !
The convicts are now working on the I
last OF three bluffs, along the steep /
sides of which this scenic highway is !
being cut, and as soon as the work Z
reaches a point where the open coun- :
try may be seen, Ar. Hayward expects /
to put on several teams and sCrapers {
on the mile and a half section across {
the Aqua Negra grant This road, (
when completed win be the gateway /
TO the beautiful Puerto de Luna coun-
try. and one of the many scenic at
fractions Of this part Of the Pecos
country.
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