Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-11
ROUTE TO
JENEz SELECTED
Reconnaissance Party Returns
from Trip; Survey will Be-
gin Within Week and Work
Started Soon Thereafter.

u Hoon 10 be- reality.
Surveying Is to begin 90 once of a
route for road a. Jemoz. selected
by n reconnaissance party composed
~ -. X. ~ SELLERS. u. J.. Crosse. -. J.
Rankin ana -. A. Mntson. IT Aibm.
qucFQue ana . y Monty Of the state
engineers ufhce. following path.
finding trip covering several days.
The pathiindlng rsfty. with the *
egyptian OF Enelnccr Mnnsy. returned
10 Albuquerque last night. having
caught SANTA ~ train M. J al Hernia.
lilo. The Albuquerque men arrived
In Beruaiilio just ~ the train was
pulling out. They msde grand
rush fer the train. chasing u out Of
the yard. ole Matson did hundred
yardr In nothing and swung onto the
rear Pullman M the train rushed to-
ward the south. by catching the
train M Bernalilio the local men
avoided ride 90 three hours In u
wagon and escaped threatening rain
storm.
Engineer Monty remained in Ber-
nailllo and today went over several
roads north from Alameda for the
purpose 81 selecting road deemed
most feasible as part OF the Aibu-
querque to Jemez highway.
/ The pathnnders spent four days In
speeding trails and routes before som
ing 20 n final decision AZ "a the route
on which II to bee expended the
money appropriated by the state
highway commission. the Jemez peo-
pie and the people Of Albuquerque.
/ The road Will lead from Aibuguer-
que to Alameda. the North Fourth
street road or mesR road being OPP
tional from this city 90 Alameda.
From Alameda the road will probably
pass through Corrales. this 10 be def
initely decided upon by Engineer
Monty. From Corrales or point
near there the road will follow the
/ present stage route 20 the mesa OF
hog back" A new route was chosen
! by the pathhuders from the mesa 90
Jemez pueblo. distance of twelve
miles, as against sixteen miles over
the old route. From san IsidFo the
salt river will be crossed about a mile
above the present crossing. Efforts
will he made to obtain permission
from n. r. CoRgeshall Of the indian
service 20 build road through the
Jemez Pueblo Indian reservation
north To Canon. following the foot
hills and avoiding the present river
road. which goes through the lndlan
( farming lands and is frequently mum
dated by water from irrigation
/ bitches.
/ Speaking today of the rev high
way 20 the Jemez country. colonel
Sellers said that the most important
d lao.
Nuisance party WAS the choosing Of
n route from the Rio Grandc To the
mesa.
I'VE tried out i've different possi-
Bile routes To reach the mesa from
the itio Grsnde." said Colonel Sell
lers 1--WE found the present
stage route from Upper Corrales 4"
be the most feasible. The sand zone
on that route extends from two anu
n half 10 three miles. The materi u
for building road over the sand ls
available nearby. but considerable
work will be- required to get this
stretch OF territory into condition. on
other routes from the river To the
mesa We found the sand znne extends
from Eve and half to seven miles.
ron Monday evening We attended
a meeting Of good roads boosters held
at Jemez. The meeting was attended
by many people from All sections OF
the Jemez country and much enthus-
iasm was manifested. The people
present at the meeting are the same
people who donated $l,l00 in cash
for the improvement OF the road from
Albuquerque Co Jemez and who have
promised a like sum In labor and
material.
"Coincident with the good roads
meeting WAS the beginning of tn,
rainy season In that section. JUS
latter the meeting adjourned the rain
began 10 fan heavily and continued
for ave hours. The rain viii prove
OF great benefit To growing crops
breaking a long period Of drouth an'
eliminating the danger Of forcs
fires"
The work of surveying the new
road 10 Jemcz will begin within
few DAYS. probably Friday or Satur
day. Surveying viii begin al a poin
near the Alameda bridge and VII
continue through 20 Jeme2 springs
lIt Is estimated that the work viii re
quirc two weeks. Arrangements hav'
lalready been made Tor conveyance
and camp equipment