El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24

tional highways. One Of these is the
Southern National Highway recently
organized The highway with wnlcn
YOU are probably most familiar is the
Borderland route, and I think the facts
viii sustain the statement that TINS
is today by far the most feasible
route across the Continental divide,
and yet the least advertised and the
least known of them all
BOrderiand Road Good.
From the heart of Kansas to the
heart of Arizona the road is today
in excellent condition, every mile Of u
open and easily Travelled and long
stretches of it paved and oiled; route
of low attitudes, open the whole year
round and with an uneZcelled climate.
Where else on any LranscOnunenIal
highway In the heart Of the Rocky
mountain region can you find a cOndi-
ton that makes possible a working
radius within a days journey Of more
than 200 miles in either direction from
your city, Yet the travelling automo-
bile public knows almost nothing Of
these favorable conditions.
More transcOnunental cars are now
passing through Albuquerque every
day, to fight the desert the rough
mountain passes, and the deep sands
Of northern Arizona and northwestern
New Mexico than are coming by way
of FL Paso. And yet the BOrderland
route for its entire distance is so far
ahead of either the Albuquerque
Gallup-Need1es road or the AlbuQuer-
Que-Springerville route as to be in an
entirely different class
If the BOrderland route with its
present natural conditions were In
Colorado or California it would be
heralded and advertised from ocean to
ocean and would be made a tangible
and profitable asset TO every town
along its line of travel
More Advertising Needed.
The greatest needs today in con-
nectiOn with the BOrderland route are
more active and aggressive cooperation
between its various communities, the
sign posting Of the road and a wider
distribution Of knowledge as TO the
facts and cOnditiOnS-in other words
more advertising.
But FL PasO IS on another national
highway, and one that in my opinion
is more important than all. 1 refer
to the fact that she is the southern
terminus Of New AeElcO's main state
road. Ell Canine Real, meaning ''The
Great Highway This is destined TO
be, within a very few years. the main
artery OF New MeIcO's system OF
roads. just as il has always been the
main artery of her commerce. 1t fol-
lows the trails blaZed by the invading
pioneers Of centuries ago. The traV-
eler, following this highway, passes
by the most rhickly populated part
of New Mexico and through some OF
the most magnificent scenery on this
he cannot travel for a single hour
without passing some historic spot,
such as battlefield, OF indian pueblo,
or mission church. or prehistoric
ruins
Most Important Highway.
7 say that the Canine Real is your
most important highway because II
gives promise OF being the I1rsr hlgn-
way in the extreme southwest to be
systematically built and properly main
rnFrraH G the hack hone of New Mex
leo road system. il undoubtedly VIII
be the first state road to be COM
pleted under the administration Of the
state highway commission, which com
mission. by the way, viii have at its
disposal, after the first of July of this
year. the proceeds Of our 100000 state
bond issue
Within that year DOna Ana county
has secured the necessary law, APP
proved the bonds almost unanimously
and within the next two weeks VIII
begin spending its available sum Of
100000 upon its county road system
Aided by the state we shall undoubL-
edly complete within the next i
months q continuation Of your beauui-
fuI paved highway, that runs up
from your city to join our state DOun-
Diary. until it reaches to the town OF
DOna Ana. 80 miles further north and
so miles from your city
Ell Paso to Colorado.
The extension Of this Canine Real
to Ration at the north. where it con-
meets with the road system Of Colorado,
viii be completed in a comparatively
short time. and beyond any question,
this road which is in passable con-
ditiOu today viii be open and In good
condition by 1878.
The Canine Real is, moreover a link
in the National Old Trails assOcia-
ton. This association, associated as
it is with the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. has today the most
complete organization of any trans
continental route, extending as it does
from ocean to ocean. 1t is in the
closest touch with the important mat
ter Of federal aid. and it is urging
the passage of at least one bill in
congress towards this end. am well
aware that the convention Of this as