El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-12
Canine Real From Texas
State Line to Las Cruces
First to Be Completed.

Las Cruces. n n, Dec. 12--More
than 400 teams are at present work
ing on the construction Of Dona
Ana's county's new system Of gray
eIed highways The work is going
forward at a more rapid rate than al
any previous time, IN fact the fin
ished roads are being built much
quicker than the Dona Ana county
road board expected.
The policy of the road beard from
the beginning has been to go slowly
until quite sure Of the most econOm-
zeal and effective methods possible
Five months experience has developed
methods and a system that give the
maximum of efficiency for the mini
mum Of expenditure. The county road
board is now satisfied that it is toi-
lowing the cheapest methods possible
Every effort is being made to COM
plete first the Canine Real from the
Texas state line to Las Cruces -Four
separate gangs Of from 20 to so teams
in each are now at work on this roaC.
one gang each being at Brazito, Mes
quite, VadO and BerinO- Ezch gang
works from a separate gravel pit and
ds a complete unit in organization and
effectiveness. AS the gravel IS placed
on the road it is thoroughly wet down
with water from a pumping plant
which forms q part Of each organiZa-
ton, and the gravel is rolled ana
worked in by the heavy traffic This,
IL Is found. is even more effective than
the use Of a steam roller. BY means
of small graders and drags the sur
face Is kept smOothed down as II
dries
Within week gravel will have been
laid over the entire distance of % miles
Of the Canine Real between Las
Cruces and the state line. Six weeks
ago the greater part of this road was
almost impossible, because Of sand,
al IL Il.
the first course of gravel has been
finished the top course Of screened,
cleaned gravel will be hauled from
the gravel pits and spread on the
road and the final finishing process
completed.
Work on the West Side road IS also
being pushed vigorously. Between
four and five miles Of finished gravel
road has been built from CanutillO by
way OF La Union north towards
ChamberinO. The road has been grav-
eled from san Miguel to Mesquite. At
La Mesa two large forces are at work
ing gang is at work at Chamberino, a
little farther south. North Of DOna
Ana gang is busy opening up the
highway between DOna Ana and LeaS-
burg, and assurance has just been re-
Seived by Mr. Lester, secretary Of the
TDad board, from supervising engineer
Hill Of the reclamation service that (
the road between Leasburg and Sci
proved, IN accordance with he agree /
ment entered into between the recla- !
nation service and the DOna Ana ]
county road board.
In the northern part Of the county I
q road gang IS now at work at Hatch, /
claytng the sandy parts Of the road.
As soon as the necessary width of :
TightOfWay can be secured work will /
be pushed in that neighborhOOd uhon /
much larger scale, the necessary /
funds having been set apart for that /
purpose
The finished parts Of the Canine 1
Real and other graveled highways Of /
the county demonstrate the effective I
ness Of the methods followed by the /
county road board. These finished /
roads are almost a model of highway /
building, low expense considered They |
are hard, smooth, well shaped and T!
give promise Of being permanently !
satisfactory. The roads have been /
built with a gravel surface eight inches !
deep, which ought to insure a perma-
nent highway for many years to come.
The county road board consists OF
" s Gillian, Francis E. Lester and
P h Bailey
Governor Visits Cruces.
Governor ". c. Mcdonald, in com
pany with state engineer James A.
French and Gen. Il. T. Herring. ar
rived here last night and We're enter
tanned at supper in company with Capt !
Phil Dessauer at the home of Mr.. and I
Mrs Fay Sperry. in north Las Cruces.
Later in the evening they inspected
the Las Cruces National Guard COM !
pany. After the inspection Gen. Herr
ing spoke TO the guard and expressed
himself as being highly pleased with I
the work OF the local company and Of Z
fered no criticism Governor Mcdonald
made a brief speech and emphasized
what Gen Herring had said, and told /
the large number of citizens assembled
to witness the inspection that they
should be proud Of the Las Cruces
guard and said they evidently were, 4
as indicated by their presence.
Capt Phil Dessauer takes great pride
~ 1nstructtng the guard here and was I
pleased with their work last night
The governor and his party visited
tina section Of country across the river !
yesterday in the vicinity of La Union I
La Mesa and san Miguel, and were en-
tertlined at dinner yesterday noon at
the FL1Oen home at La Mesa. They |
came by auto here last evening and
left here this morning by train at 1915
for Albuquerque.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank French, who
again make their home in Las Cruces,
were entertained at dinner yesterday
q the home of Thomas Tate, on Las
Cruces avenue
Entertains Party OF Friends.
Mrs. d. v Morgan entertained the
following guests on Wednesday after
noon at her home in north Las Cruces:
Mesdames H. Y. Bundy, Thomas Tate,
Hubert Kelly and Bliss Freeman.
Sunday School Workers Meet.
The DOna Ana Sunday school con-
TentiOn is now in session in the Baptist
this evening The address VIII be
given by the field secretary, W. c. i
Merritt, Of ClaremOnt Calf