Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-29
Permanent Concrete Crossing
will be Big Improvement. on
Panhandle-Pacific Hig h.
way; County Has Taken Up
Matter of Strengthening
Out Road Laws.

Especial Correspondence go tbe tIeraidI I
TuWmcari, y. NJ. Dec. G1.-Quay
county and Tucumcari n particular
hive gotten behind the good roads
movement Boz eastern New MeSico in
"a practical and cnergctic manner and
tho end of tho ensuing year 10 BIS ,X-
pDctod viii see great improvements
accomplished on the various roads in
this section. particularly along the
lime uf thy proposed Panhandle Pace
,nc highway from Amarillo Co Alpu-
quorquc Go connect with tho ocean
to-Or"on highway
The proposition ct building per-
maneut crossing ou tho Plaza Lhreo
at tho Rcyucltu crossing directly cnst
Of Tucumcari, has been taken up D.
good road enthusiasts of this place.
Tho work o. u line with % number co
similar projects which are being uEi-
tatrd here
\ party composed uf the following
made trip to the RWurltu road
crossing j. ". Corn. James ConWclL
Mr Walton, g. NJ Snnhll, ". -. Jones.
G y. Rccth, N. r. Keator ana 70 =.
Coulter.
u was decided 10 build pormau-
ont tossing at that point if possible,
building stone and concrete APP
proachcs To- the creek. these ape
proachos to extend forty feet from
either hank So us 10 give permanent
and firm approach. The bed of the
road in mid stream viii bc construct
I'd OF large stone, filled with smaller
material. possibly concrete.
The project will be financed % pgi.
waite subscription and work viii De- bee
gun 49, carly as possible ON the ape
proachcs even though the remainder
ul the work bc delayed.
The Rcyuolto road viii form "a con-
Meeting link between tho lately com-
plstcd road running west from Tu-
cumcnr along the pulHTtU canyon
ana the road extending west from
Amarillo. and Wlll, o. is thought bring
% great deal of traffic through here
Washington To- Help Road building.
senator Warren has introduced o.
bin o. grant Co each OF the Rocky
Mountain Hhtes I'VE thousand ic"es
of public lands to be- used for inc
aid of public road-buiIdiuF TN"
American Highway association Is
backiur the matter OF e uniform road
law, neur assisted lu this work hy
the American Bar association
II Dos th" Intention that % committee
which was appointed Dos the American
Highway association, shall seek tho
co-operutiou of tho various state goN-
errors bon the matter of uniform
road Law, 90 the extent OF going be-
fore their state legislatures ana urg
iuu the appointment of road com
misAoners who shall modify revise,
and simplify tho laws. These conn
missiuncrs viii work in conjunction
with zach other so that the laws may
bc nude uniform in all the states.
II Be- said that az the present time
some Of the road laws Of tho Natos
are moro than one hundred years old,
being based ON old English law ana
now obsolete. So far this condition
has made difficult if not almost lmpos-
Z sible the work of buildine a uniform
system OF roads across the country
quay county, among other counties
of The state has taken up during the
last wear, this subject of road laws.
and a great deal has already been ao-
comphshod along this line, nys the
| Tucumcnri Ncws. The actual work
completed within tho county has Ho
far hnroY made a showing although
miles of road have been gone over ln
IA preliminary work Road Commits
sioner y W corn of TINS city has
already laid tho foundation for much