El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-06

Demng, y. NJ, Jan 6.-B. H BurreIl,
of the United States office of public
roads, lectured here twice. The lee
lures were illustrated by sterOpticon
| views selected with a view TO Illus
trating right methods of construction
! of roads. and also the great savings
| to the community resulting from good
roads Mr. Burren laid especial stress
! in the beginning of his lecture upon
] the deSirability of capitaliNng the
/ scenery of New Mexico. He showed
! scenes in the Alps along with scenes
! in New Mexico. illustrating the tact
! that the scenery Of New Mexico IS
] fully as beautiful and awe-inspirinS
4 as that of Switzerland, but the rea-
| son the scenery of Switzerland pays
better is because its scenery has been
I made available to the tourist by means
| of good roads. He pointed out the
fact that S3O,OOO,O00 per year is spent
by American tourists in Europe, which
money can be kept at home by having
good roads. He heartily endorsed the
slogan See America First" the state
of Colorado receives $1,50O,OOO from
tourists, money which it didn't get at
all until the state built good roads.
After the lecture, Mr.. Burrell talked
to a number of those interested con-
corning the general function Of tn
office Of good roads 1t is under the
department of agriculture" said Mr.
BUrreH, and was first organized as
an office Of public roads inquiry.
more to inquire into road matters than
anything else. The office has grown,
however, in Importance and useful
ness until now 1t employs an office
force of 90 and So skilled engineers
who are constantly on the road either
helping in actual construction, suc-
veying and reporting, or during the
winter months lecturing on good
roads. No engineer Is employed IN
this office who is not first a gradu-
ate civil engineer, and the POSITIONS
are all under the civil service. In ad- /
dition to the regular engineers, young |
engineers are taken into the service /
and paid small salary, and trained !
in highway work. Such positions are I
awarded on competitive examinations, |
and after two or three years work /
under the direction Of the more eX- |
perienced highway engineers. they !
leave the service to devote their lives !
to highway engineering. We have |
never been able to supply the demand |
for such engineers
1.-THE office stands ready to send !
out an experienced highway engineer
to any community that requests such /
service. 1t is not the policy of the /
office to force itself upon the people, /
but it cheerfully responds when the |
request comes from any community
in the United States. This work takes
the form frequently Of special road IN
designations, surveys and report, de-
vising Of model road systems, con-
StructiOn of object lesson roads at the |
expense of the local community re-
questing that help.
There is at present larger interest
IN road work in the south than in any |
other portion of the United States and I
still the road enthusiasm of the south
is unOrganiZed and disconnected.
Another important work done BY
the office of good roads is that OF I
testing road materials. This service
= 1a1 fra.. Of 70 I
community wishing such work done.
The office also conducts elaborate ex-
perimentS IN proper methods of good /
road construction. The office has the
largest and best equipped good roads
laboratory in the world
The road Of which much fun
has been made in the press, called
Chevy Chase or sTaft's road to the
golf links is really an experimental |
road built by the good roads office, !
involving some 80 different classes Of
all under the same con-
ditions Of traffic, to form a basis Of
for various kinds of con
struc1on. Experiments Of this kind
are being conducted by the office of
good roads in a dozen different
places in the country {
Mr. Burren stated that Luna county
was in a section of natural good roads
II where the material for good roads
was very handy, it being necessary (
'nly to clay the sandy portions of the G
900na |
iectlOnS IN order to form a splendid !
natural road. Mr.. Burrell left here |
or SILVER City where he lectured at I
light /
The board of directors of the Co q
operative OIL Buyers association ap- S
pointed John Humid q committee of one | \
o see about leasing a site for oil ;
anks from the railroad COMPANY y
1afI van sickle has charge of the cor c
dependence, securing prices on oil | c
rom various companies H Ramsay | Q
S looking after the incorporation of | I
ne company, and Messrs Ramsay and | !
acCan are soliciting subscriptions for
lock The board reports that The
ompany will be ready for business in /
very short time.
The new board of directors of the
Demlng chamber of commerce has met I.
nd organized. J. A Mahonev was / =
lected first vice president. and J. q. L,
copper second vice president. h
VIII Rebuild Stores. =,
= II. Tracy, whose two buildings on
me street were recently destroyed by
re- having secured insurance to the
mount OF $4,000, announces that he
III DeSln to rebuild the two stores
once They viii be the same size as n
ne former, but the fronts will be N
TlnSlng awnings =
r. r Ausmus is sinking a we'll on -
- ~ acre tract a half mile west
toWn- he will install a pumping
ant IN this well of sufficient ca
aGclty to irrigate the entire tract -
Lee o. Lester sold to NJ F. Benson. o.
..cehtIy OF West Plains. Mo, a bloci1
lots in South addition. consider
ON ON 81 and other valuable consider
A. J. Clark and son. Warren S. Clark. ! -
turned Ig from California yesterday.
n. N coleman and A. w. Sloss have n,
me 10 Phoenix on business. ~
Jas. l. Long, of ParraI. Mex. spent | n,
uay with his soninIaw, A. H. Child. p
MRS Anna Raby. who has been Wis
ing her father John Humid, has re-
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