El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01

- HERE is much work for FL Paso
automobiles to do. Now is the
\ psychological time to do it. Good
roads are being built or planned
throughout the southwest. Ell PasO
county is building roads, ,Dona Ana
county is building roads to join those
of FL PasO, the whole state OF New
Mexico is going to spend large sum
on good roads, Arizona IS agltaunS
good roads and the PecOs valley wants
a road to III PasO that is shorter and
over a leveIer country than that now
trayersed through the Sacramentos.
FL PaSO motorists are or should De
vitality interested in these matters. Be
ing interested, they ought to give them
more than passing attention me FL
PasO Automobile club has been organ
lied Tor two years, Yet 1t is almost lTl-
possible to get q quorum at meeuhS-
In Los Angeles Kansas City, Denver,
san Antonio, Dallas and elsewhere,
every meeting Of the automobile club
is we'll attended. Everybody who mas
an automobile seems interested. All
pay their dues to keep the club '0n IT'S
feet" and afford money Tor lmmeulaLF-
" needed road repairs Counties ana
cities can be asked to build roads aiLd
to make repairs. but in some cases re-
pair work is needed that the coulty
cannot be asked 20 make Then II IS
nice to have a little money on hand I0F
the work For instance, about 5000 is
Deming road passabie on the Malpa.
mesa near Lanark. but the FL Paso
Auto club hasn't the money and the
county commissioners OF Dona ana
county refuse to appropriate the
money, so the work is left undoue. a
few hundred dollars from FL PaSO and
a few hundred from the cluzeEs CT
the PecOs Ealley, after the county OF
Eel Paso las completed the road 70
HuecO natural park-the pretrt 81
place in the entire west-would
put the direct Roswell to Fl Paso'
route in splendid shape, but there is
no money for the work
small sum; a Big Work
The recorded number Of automobiles !
in Ell Paso is over 1900 There must |
be at least 1000 cars In daily opera /
ton. The membership in the FL Paso |
Automobile club is IS a year; any man |
who can afford an automobile can al /
ford to pay s. year for membership I
ia the club He could afford this 4 4
Only as patriotic measure, but he gets (
back in good roads and other things 4
much mere than the value of his S., 80 1
IT Is good investment for each owner 4
o. ar automobile
What automobile owner gets the I
value or worth OF his car unless he has !
bought it purely for business-nereiy i
by riding about the city on the paved /
streets2 An automobile owner do /
not know the real worth of his car TO ]
himself and family until he gets out /
necessary to have roads that are at !
least safe; roads where some sort II :,
decent time can be made. There are
many roads leading into the country
around El PasO that can be made
splendid for autOmObiling with ve-y
little work a few hundred dollars
spent here and there would do wonders; 1
would open up great possibilities ~
enjoyment to every motorist in the
city,
The Right Spirit Needed
Even Las Cruces, that boasts but /
5000 population. has shown a better /
spirit among its aUtomobiiists than the i
FL PasO auto owners have shown. /
f0rty-tour Las Cruces car owners de- /
cided that the Canine Real betw zen
the Texas line and Las Cruces must be /
put into such shape as would enable /
motorists to travel it with safety and /
comfort Each took half a mile of
road and said they would fix It; they
did and now the road is in splendid
shape In fair weather. A few FL Paso
have been working hard !
IN the interest OF good roads. but they /
have been few. The majority OF the /
auto owners do not belong to the club I
or do not attend its meetings if they /
are members There can be only one !
OF what FL PasoaBs /