Alamogordo news-advertiser. (Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M.) 1912-1914, 1913-03-01
ROSWELL-EL PASO ROAD
BILL PASSES THE HOUSE
Road 10 Start From Roswell and Go BY WaJ
Of AlamogOrtO and Organ 10 Las
Cruces, Thence El PaSO
SPEAKER BACA INTRODUCES
STATE MINERALOGIST BILL
Senator Laughren Says There Are Too Many
State Institutions

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Santa Fe, Feb. 28.-The house
has passed Representative Tully'.
bill appropriating out of the Coco
Roads Fund the sum of $4,000
for an automobile road from HondC
through Glencoe, Mescalero, Tula
rosa, Alamogordo, Las Cruces ant
thence to Ell Paso, this being ;
link in the Borderland route. There
was no opposition to this bill, il
passing the house by vote of 4C
to 0. What the senate will dc
with this bill is problematical, and
should the senate stamp it's approx.
al on it, it is not uncertain that
the governors veto will be affixed
to it,aithough this latter Is but the
opinion Of two or three ou Isiders
who have no way of knowing the
truth. OF course, this appropriation
only serves to call the attention of
the good roads commission to the
desire of the legislature when they
a9portion the funds which we hope
will be in the fund some sweet
day.
House Bill No. 1873, Introduced
by Repres ntattive Tully, February
6. 1913:
Be it enacted by the legislature
of the state of New Mexico.
Section !. There is hereby Gre
ated state highway, to start from
the west end of Second street in
the town of Roswell, at the corpor-
ate limits. thence by the county
road of Chaves and Lincoln coun-
ties to Picacho Post Office; thence
by way of the Post Office of Tin
ME, the Hondo Crossing of the Bo-
nito, San Patricio, and Glencoe Post
Office to RuidOso Post Office in
Lincoln County; thence via Mesca-
!ero and Bent to Tularosa and Ala
mcgordo in Otero County; thence
by the most feasible and practical
line to the Post Office of Organ
and the Town of Las Cruces in Dons
Ana County, there to connect with
THE Canine Real System of State
Highways.
Section 2. The location, con-
repair and maintenance of
said state highway shall be done un-
der the authority and control of the
State Highway Commission, and out
of the proceeds of the sale of bonds
as provided in the Act entitled:
AN Act providing for the issuance
of bonds. by the State of New Mex
leo, for the purpose of constructing
and maintaining a system of state
highways" approved June l0,19l2,
and known and cited as the State
Bond Act, or in any other
fund subject to the disposal of the
State Highway Commission. There
Is hereby specifically appropriated
the sum of thirty 500 thousand dol
lars, to be expended according to
the provisions of Section 4 of said
State Highway Bond act, said sum
TO be apportioned along the line
of said state highway among the
said three counties according to the
provisions of SeCticn 4 Of said Act.
Section 3. II Is hereby stated
that this Act is necessary for the
-
health and safety. and shall there
fore take effect Immediately upon
its passage and approval.
The bill introduced In the house
by Speaker Baca proposing to estab-
lish the office of state mineralogistt
is receiving considerable attention
from the mining men over the state,
and wherein 1t looked a few days
ago that the bill was a dead one,
II now seems to have taken on new
life and the chances of its passing
the house are good. IL is under
stood the School of Mines at So
corro believes this bill unnecessary,
as this school Is in a position to
take care of all the work proposed
by the bill. and some OF the mana
gers of the big coal companies
are not looking on the bill with
favor because IL puts a straight tax
OF one cent per ton on the output
OF their mines. The real facts are
that this bill. IL passed, would be
OF inestimable benefit TO our state.
There Is no doubt that the sur
face of New Mexico covers untold
mineral wealth. and this properly
looked after. and developed. and
the results tabulated for reference.
would soon entice mining capital
into our borders. The trouble with
our state now is that II has no Of
ficial geologist whose duty II ia to
look after this much neglected in
dustry. and inquiries from the out
side world must go unanswered, or
some private citizen must take care
of them. Even then. many receive
no attention. The governors of the
territory and state have had hun
dreds upon hundreds OF such inquir-
les. which have of necessity been
turned over to the school OF mines.
and this institution. or It's head,
have been eompellde TO use his
his private time and funds to
give the Information desired, how
ever inadequate iit may have been
because Of so little development
work and 20 liUle data on the con-
ditions existing In the various por-