El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

TT is welcome news that reaches
Texas that the worlds greatest
Il highway is to traverse the state
Beginning at Quebec, it passes
through Montreal, Albany, New York
city, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
inEton, Richmond. Durham and Ashe-
vile, North Carolina; and Knoxville
and Nashville TO Memphis, Tennessee;
thence by Little Rock, Hot Springs
and Texarkana to Dallas; thence by
Fort Worth, SweetWater, Roscoe and
SNYDER TO Roswell, New Mexico; thence
bv the Ruidoso Valley and the White
mountains to FL PasO; thence by Cliff
ton. Globe, Roosevelt and Phoenix,
Arizona, to San Diego California;
thence by Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle TO van
couver. B. c. The section OF this
thoroughfare in which the south is
particularly interested is that which
extends from Washington to San Diego.
IT is known officially as The southern
National Highway"
The Link Between Two Oceans.
The genesis of this, the worlds long
est improved roadway, will constitute
a most interesting chapter IN American
history. Three states-CalifOrnla, Ore
gon and shington-together with
British Columbia, including the cities
from San Diego to Vancouver, and all
the counties, townships, towns and
communities lying along the main line
Of Pacific coast highway travel de-
cided to cooperate and build a great
Pacific coast highway. How they have
succeeded, and how this highway viii
soon be completed, graded. drained,
surfaced and marked highway, costing
several thousand dollars per mile is
matter Of common knowledge.
Meanwhile, what was good for the
Pacific coast, was good for the At
lantic. One good road breeds another.
Accordingly, an association was formed
IN the east, styled The Quebec-Miami
Highway association for the purpose
Of building an Atlantic coast highway
similar to that along the Pacific coast
That highway is now completed from
Montreal to Washington. and half way
from Montreal to Quebec; thousands OF
men are building II across virginia.
the Carolinas, Georgia mad Florida to
Miami, Fla Within a comparatively
short time. this road will be completed.
The Work Started.
The annual meeting of the Quebec
Miami Highway association, and that
of the American Road congress, were
held in conjunction at Atlantic City,
New Jersey, last october Among the
delegates were Dell NJ. Potter, of Cliff
to, Arizona and Bennahan Cameron,
Of Staggville, North Carolina, both
leaders in the great highway propa-
ganda- Arm in arm they went down
the Boardwalk at Atlantic City that
last October day. Said Potter to Cam
erOn: You have your Atlantic coast
highway; We have ours along the Pa
cific coast-why not unite the two by
q SIMILAR highway through the sOuth2'
Precisely what we are doing" replied
Cameron Our state is building a
highway from the coast to the Tennes-
see line, hoping TO link it with the
Bristol to Memphis highway in Ten
nessee" The result of that walk and
talk was 'The Southern National High
way association" of which, fittingly,
Mr.. Potter is president and Mr.. Came
ron is vice president
Roswell Takes the Lead.
Meanwhile, unknown to either Paci-
fic or Atlantic coast, another decisive
clement was at work. In the inland
portion Of the southwest is the town of
boswell With q population of 5000