Arizona republican., 1913-12-16
CHANDLER OFFICIALLY
 ON BORDERLAND ROUTE

Geo. T. Peabody, assistant manager "f the Chandler Improvement com pany, returned from three days tup to Tucson SundaE. where he at tended d meeting of the. Borderland Route association This k the trans continental route which follows tn Mexican border through Fl Paso thence west via Bisnee. Tucson. Flor Cnce and Chandler and connects Wita the Ocean to- ocean righwaN at Mesa.
 The Tucson Star. in part, reported the meeting as follows:
 As the directors Of the Borderland Route association vyIp have come for the meeting dned Saturday at the santa Rita hotel, the representatives of Chandler told how and why Chand- Ter should be let into the route. and rcciprocaIly why the route should go through Chandler. G. T. Peabody, as eistant manager of she Chandler Inn prnvement company, directed his elo- ouence mainly at H :. Corbett. presi- dent of the Southern Arizona Auto mobH- association, the others pre- sent being more or less familiar with the maps
 It was at Phoenix during the state tair, that Chandler was first asked U sit in the game. Now they have come to Tucson with signs and maps and eloquence. this being the time and place for completing the organ ization of the association. The directors adjourned to the chamber of commerce after dinner and talked it over. Those present were John F. Myers. secretary of the Tucson chamber of commerce and president of the Borderland Route | Phoenix. secretary; Jchn Rock, of Tombstone; W. k. Bowen, Mesa; II. l <. Corbett. and from Chandler. G. T. i Peabody. Dr. W. C. Barackman. sec retary of the Chandler chamber of 1 commerce, and Orris HoIdren. a cit l izcn of Chandler which in the estim- auon of the Chandleiites. is as great ! d dignity in itself as il was to a i Roman to be a citizen of Rome
 "Dr- \. C. Bledsoe, Of Bisbee. joined i the vice presidents of the association at the meeting.
 The Chandler men brought along l some temporary board signs to mark the load through Cas-, Grande Saca- ton and Chandler for the return trip lor the Maricopa Automobile club. ! which will be here in January.
 Now the route that the Chandler mon want departs from the new state highway at Higley. goes seven mIle- due west To Chandler. seven miles
 due north to Mesa, and west over the state highway to the bridge and Tempe. and thence to Phoenix. The l fourteen miles of IoaG is graded and | dragged.
 Peabody says that the routes are
 oG the same length; that the Chandler
 route substitutes twelve miles through
 irrigated lands for twelve miles Of
 desert, and that it offers hotel ac-
 c'mmodations at three places-the
 san Marcos at Chandler, and hotels
 at Mesa and Florence
 At the regular meeting of the
 directors which was held later Secre-
 tary Gray authorized the drawing uI
 of an official map showing the bor- ] Gerland route as going through Chandler. and noting the big hote
 san Marcos and the garage at that
 point.
 MT. Peabody and his party on their trip to Tucson marked the road via | Florence with sign posts. and on theit | return did the same on the road via Casa Grande and Sacaton. puttine signs at all cross roads. making i, l impossible for strangers to get off
 the road. Naturally all signs point 1 to Chandler and the Hotel san Marcos