El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-09
Believes Government Will
Assist BorderLand Route
Thinks Aid Will Be Given Southern National Highway
to This City and Borderland Route West Of Here.
Gathers Data For the Government Moving
Pictures of the Route to Be Shown

EDERAL aid for the building Of
an interstate trunk highway
Il system that viii link all OF the
larger cities and states Of the union
In a vast network of good roads is
part of the plan for which W. O.
l. Westgard, field representative OF
the American Automobile association
and United States government office
Of public roads, gathered his data on
the fifth Official trip from coast to
coast, according TO announcement just
made at American Automobile aSsO-
citation headquarters
Mr.. Westgard, who made the actual
survey Of the proposed Lincoln high
way route across the continent and
IS a brother of A. l. Westgard, who
was here last week, asserts that fed
eral aid is sure to come soon and
predicts that the assistance from the
government viii be of such a nature
as TO insure a national system of
highways that viii place the United
States far ahead of every other coUn-
try IN good roads The route he has
just surveyed passes through Ell PasO.
"A plan is now in process that will
give the United States system OF
rock highways extending all the way
across every state in the union from
north to south and from east to west
connecting with corresponding roads
IN every adjoining states" said Mr.
The bulk of the good roads data
have gathered, including the survey
of three transcOntinental routes made
last summer by my brother. will be
the basis for the efforts of the Amer
lean Automobile association in secUr-
ing the coveted ntercommUnicating
state highway system. Our campaign
this summer is OF more moment on
account Of the interest that has been
generated in transcOninental touring
by the Indiana-Pacifc tour and its
immediate association with the Lincoln
"At the comDIetion of the Indiana
makers tour, we Immediately started
back to New York
The Indiana makers tour did more
to concentrate national attention on
the good roads movement than any
other similar enterprise and good
roads boosters everywhere are in
debted to the Hoosier manufacturers
for having the originality and push
TO put over so big proposition. The
tour has been conducted under ideal
conditions and VIII state as the big
gest of its kind ever held by an or
ganizatiOn of manufacturers or pri-
Vate individuals.
The officials Of the A. A A have
been Thoroughly alive to the Situa-
ton as shown by the interest mani
Tested in the tour by president Laur-
ems Enos and A G. Batchelder. chair
man Of the executive committee OF
the A A A. both Of whom accom-
panied the tourists on a part Of their
journey across the continent
Immediately on the completion Of
the naLtOnal TelIaDlllLN run IN Mon
tana these men Joined the HOOsiers /
and continued with them to Los An
Seles- They are deeply Interested in
the Lincoln highway plan originated
by Carl G. Fisher, Of Indianapolis.
I'VE enjoyed a pleasant trip through I
the south We believe this will be
one OF the pleasantest of all the
routes that have yet been surveyed. /
route that viii be of more interest
commercially to the people of the
south than the northern routes.
Motion Pictures of Route.
Motion pictures of the route COW
cred by Westgard were taken The
picture outfit was picked up at Los
Angeles and was in charge Of Charles
A Taylor. who made reels of all the
historic places encountered along the
southern route.
Particular attention was paid to
road construction and the methods
used in different sections of the cOun-
try viii be portrayed on the films.
Unusually attractive scenery was
recorded from the tOnneau of the car
while il was in motion. All of the
large cities on the route were photo