El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06
APP0RTI0NMENT OF
Road FUNDS MADE
Commissioners Plan Making
FL Paso a Center Of Road
Building Activity.

Plans for the expenditure OF S35O,OOO
the amount of road bonds recently voted,
towards the construction Of a perfecs
road system for the county, were dis
cussed at the meeting Wednesday after
noon OF the county, commissioners court,
participated in with equal enthusiasm
both on the part of the county commits
sioners and a number Of road enthus-
lasts. What enthusiasm was lacking when
the proposition was put to a vote was
made up Tor at the road meeting. The
sum OF S297 600 was apDOrtiOned Tor
road work by the commissioners, after
the discussion.
As outlined. the building Of the pro-
posed roads VIII open up thousands o.
fertile acres hitherto undevelOped for
the reason that they were inaccessible.
Also numbers OF farmers are to be al
forded- bvWays By which they can trans
port their products to the markets, with
out being compelled to journey many
miles out of the way. Trade Worts
thousands of dollars to FL PasO and
which has been diverted on account of
the impossible condition OF the roads,
It was said VIII again be turned to Et
PasO, and FL Paso and its business men
VIII derive the benefit Of it.
HuecO tanks, which was declared to be
the beauty spot of this section, is 20
be made the picnic grounds Of FL PasO.
On account Of the present condition OF
the road trade which has to travel that
road Ii order to reach FL PasO and which
Is going elsewhere viii be brought here
BY putting that highway in first class
condition, so that the reconstruction OF
the Hueco tanks road viii result in q
good business investment, it was argued
and not only q speedway for autOmo-
biles. That argument for the repairing
OF the road was made. It was also
stated that the cost of putting that
road IN excellent condition would not
exceed $500
That the citizens were anxious TO Sc
cure the roads was evidenced bv a num-
beT residing IN different sections Of the
county promising to secure the rights
of way and do the light grading work.
The county Is to do the filling and the
heavy grading.
Loop VIII Open up 1900 Acres.
The building Of the proposed loop road
running from CauntiIlo bridge through
the valley and back to M0ntOva, which is
also TO be a Ink IN the Borderland route
II IS stated, would serve to open up u
600 acres Of fertile valley lands. K.
Noel LOnguemare, one of the commit
tee appointed BY the court To- look into
the road question IN that vicinity l..
ported that the roads needed repairing
and resurt2clng. The cross roads. he
stated should be resurfaced with gravel
If possible. The bridges at Moutova and
Nlnton- Mr. LOnguemare said. should be
built as soon as possible The land "
ing on the west side of La Tuna he re-
ported Is leopardized and in danger CT
being destroyed by the circuitous mean
deTlngs OF the river. He advised the
commissions court to appoint 4 sDeefal
committee Tor the purpose Of obtaining
from the land owners az Finton ana
Canutillo permission to divert the course
of the river p the digging Of a cbanne,
iona Ana county, n. N. Mr.. LoDrIe-
mare stated, Is going to build highway
to Anthony, which Is on the ri Paso
county line, and he advocated this conn
ty building similar roadway to cor
meet the two states.
Only in one instance was there q cor
flict and that was relative to the road
running north from Ysleta. POSTMASTER
J. A. Smith and Tom Powers. who were
on that committee, reported on a road