Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-29
Three Ways TO
REACH CLIFF
DWELLINGS
CHAIRMAN SELIGMAN OF The ROAD
BOARD SAYS TRIP CAN Be MADE
IN TWO AND A HALF HOURS, AND
One DOES NOT HAVE TO RETURN
BY BUCKMAN HILL,
POjOAQUE VALLEY WILL
GET GREAT BENEFITS

! The Buchanan hill road to the Rit,
! will be finished in about week.
The trip from Santa Fe to the cliff
dwellings can be made now in two ane
a half hours in a fairly good motor
: with good driver
There are THREE good roads from
Santa Fe to the cliff dwellings.
The county will be ab,e to keen
these roads in good condition for the
road above Buchanan is not a private
road, as some contend, as it has been
opened for over seventeen years.
A new way back from the Rito-
avoiding Buchanan hill, has been dis
covered.
The above are the important state.
ments made by Chairman Arthur Sell
igman of the Santa Fe county road
board following trip he made by mo-
tor yesterday with a party, to look
over the work being done to improve
| the road or roads leading to the Rito
| de los Frijoles canyon, home of the
cliff apartment houses belonging to
the ancient peoples.
For years the cry has been raised
around Santa Fe that the cliff dwell
ings are great attraction but that
they are too difficult to reach. Tour
lists come here and expect to see the
sights in day or two and they want
to be able to motor to the cliffs and
back between breakfast and supper.
They can do it now" said Mr. Sell
igman this morning, "and they will not
find any difficulty around Buckman
Hill week hence. | wish to say,
first of all, that the work under the
direction of Mr. Trujilo, is progress
ing most satisfactorily.
There has been some complaint
about this 'impa ssable' hill and | am
beginning to believe that much of the
fault is not with the motors or the
roads but with the Motorists. We had
no trouble yesterday. might add,
that the old plan of leveling the top
of the road has been abandoned and
we have given instructions to fill in.
using rock and some excellent adobe.
Then, when the next heavy rain
there will not be a canal but
Il high dry road, to traverse"
The Three Roads.
Discussing the three roads to the
Rito--most people have imagined that
here was but one-Mr Seligman con
,inued;
"The first way is to go out Aqua
t'ria or CerrilloS street cross the
Santa Fe river below and travel out
welve miles. Then you must take
lin looking road to the RIGHT and
lot the fine looking road to the left
which tempts the weary traveller and
ands him into loads of sand! There
ill be no trouble on the road to the
light.
Road No 2. Drive down San Fran
isco street. turn to the right over the
rroyo, go under the d. & r. G..
here there are a couple of box cars
Dr. a depot: continue until 13 miles
as been traversed and then you strike
le same dim road as mentioned un-
er road No. l.
Road No 8. Go to Tesuque. thence
} Pojoaque and turn to the left to
an Ildefonso and straight on to
hickman"
Lack Appreciation.
Mr.. Seligman declared that many
aople living on the road above Buck
an have not yet learned to appreci-
the Rito will mean There is feel
G, expressed in meetings held he
VS., that this road is one man affair,
benefit Judge Abbott at the Rto
id to give pleasure to some tourists
10 find interest in the homes of the
cient peoples and all that sort of
ing.
''They are unaware what the open
Z up of their country will do to
en- continued Mr.. Seligman, "and
not realize that a fine automobile
ld through their country will in
ease the value of their property and
the products of their farm, doing
nders for the Pojoaque valley in
le"
lIr Seligman criticised Judge A. J.
bott also for alleged Indifference to
road work, after the agitation he
said to have made to get this work
le 81 asked him if he had been
to help and he replied that he had
N too busy" said Mr. Seligman.
ldge Abbott told us that had he
,wn the bridge at Buchanan was in
condition he then saw it, he would
have trusted his team to cross it.
en | asked him why he had not
/: Had known the bridge was in
h bad condition, | would have
led two planks across it to improve
discussing the opposition to putting
work on the road Mr.. Seligman
| Some of the people have COM
med that this is private road
We Buckman, but it is no such
lg. The law says that a road op-
d ten years or more is public
rough fare and invast ipa tiop hoe