Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-25

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Holtville. South Of Holtville it would
follow the section line road to within
two miles of the boundary, there turn
ing east over new section line road
% miles to the sand dunes near boun-
Diary monument No. 210, there swing
ing southeast, skirting close to the
base of the hills but on solid mesa
floor for Is miles to Andrade, where
it again enters the United States eight
miles from Yuma. The last six miles
into Yuma would be constructed by
the United States Indian bureau.
Considering the geographical GEN.
ter of the valley, when all its irrigable
area is developed, to be moved north
toward Brawley, and assuming for the
sake of illustration that Brawley is
that center, we find that from Braw-
ley to Yuma via Mammoth Wash is
78 miles, while by the figures given
above via the all Imperial valley route
the distance from Brawley to Yuma is
70 miles, to all intents and purposes
as short one way as the other.
On the same basis we find that
Brawley is 214 miles from Los Ange-
les via the present route south of
Salton sea and 212 miles via Imperial
Junction and the north shore route.
By comparison, too, we see that
while Brawley is 212 miles from Los
Angeles via Salton sea, San Diego is
only 1876 miles from the ultimate geo.
graphical center of Imperial valley.
Z To Tap Palo Verde
With the completion of the 43 miles
of road from Mecca to Imperial juno
ton and thence to the heart of Impe
rial valley, it would be only one step
further to build an extension of 30
miles along the Southern Pacific rail-
road to Glamis, thereby furnishing an
outlet for Palo Verde and it's great
irrigable area, said to be approxi-
mately 125,000 acres in extent. This
would bring Palo Verde to within 289
miles of Los Angeles, 113 miles of the
center of Imperial valley and only 24S
miles of San Diego.
In General
In these days of rapid development
of motor truck transportation and
good roads the construction of this all
Imperial valley route, with it's con-
Meeting link of state highway to San
Diego and with the concrete roads of
San Bernardino, Riverside and 1mpe-
rial county right to the very heart of
Imperial valley, bringing the 100000
acres of this valley and the 125,000
acres of Palo Verde tributary to both
coast cities, would lend tremendous
impetus to the development of every
direct interest in both cities and to
every rancher and business man in
both valleys.
Add to this commercial energy the
tourist travel from the east entering
the state over the new bridge at
Yuma, and have these thousands of
families every year passing the full
length of the valley from south to
north or from east to west, all with
enthusiasm spreading the good word
of the enterprise and substantial busi-
ness aspect of the cities and farming
communities of Imperial valley, and
you surely have glimpse into the
wonderful possibilities of future
feasible in every way simply by the
application of the one principle of
get together spirit where all interests
are united to the one end, the good
of Imperial valley as unit.
The old saying of Omitted we stand,
divided we fall" never had a truer
setting than right mere in Imperial
valley. Now is the time and here is
the place to voice the sentiment of one
road, let it be either north or south,
to Yuma; one road the full length of
Imperial valley, tapping every prin-
cipal town, and with an outlet from
the north to Los Angeles and one from
the south to San Diego.
Get this one question decided now
and go ahead with the internal devel-
opment of a good roads system under
the arrangement made last week in
appointing county highway commits
sion and issuing bonds for network
of good roads throughout the valley,
and then the spirit of commercial
progress will be so thoroughly estab-
lished in Imperial county that no OBJ
stacles will be too great to be sue
cessfully grappled with and overcome.
Data
Drainage openings on the Southern
Pacific railroad between Mecca and
Mammoth:
Concrete Pipe-Four drainage open
;pUc . 10 incheS in diam eter. two 1S