Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-13

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The governors Of New Mexico. Art
coma and California called a meeting
In November iast or citizens Interested
In good roads.
Tho meeting was held in Phoenix.
Arizona. u was attended by twenty
eight delegates from each OF tho
states. They proved themselves sin
Cercly In f,iVor Of good roads ana
with equal sincerity they pronounced
In favor OF an oeehn 10 ocean highway
from New York to Los Angeles
After most careful consideration tho
Delegates OF each state selected the
most desirable route through their
state and as each road connected with
that OF the udiolnlng state the con-
vcntlon accepted each report aud
adopted the complete read as report
cd.
Thus. gentlemen, the ocean to ocean
highway IN routed from the Colorado
state line via Ration. Las Vegas. Santa
~. Albuquerque, SoCorro and Magda-
lena la New Mexico: via Springorvllie.
Clifton. Globe. Phoenix and Yuma in
Arizona: via Brawley. Coacholla val
ley, Banning. beaumont. Cotton. on
tario. Pomona. IL MoP.e and Aiham-
bra to. los Angeles. its western ter
minus.
We invited all states along our pro-
posed route 10 Join with ~ IN our
great WORK Wo had particularly In
mind that splendid organization. the
National sJld.. Two OcGgyps iQ- oSoan
Highway association, The HoOno's
Lick road, Cumberland pike aud
BraddOck road on TO New York Cuy.
Hoping by such consplidation--by such
cooperation of Interests 10 complete
an ocean 10 ocean highway. boulc-
ward from tac Atlanta TO tho Pacific.
A splendid highway for the farmer,
merchant aud the pleasure seeker. We
had In mind the fact that good roads.
better roads ana more Of them" was
Ia DO our slogan. That the whole
cOuntr. was Interested la our efforts.
and with a completed organization uf
every section along our proposod--our
hoped FOR route we could and would
accomplish any thing and everything
the realization of our ambition would
require. We were not unmindful of
tho fact that each of the states and
counties many cities and towns as
MNll 10 INNh NAtNAAfAN W AlAA NAFAN AAA
were already actively and intclliRently
at work in building and Improving
roads that they were we'll organizcd
In securing most effective results and
We wanted To work with them and 10
have thcir cooperation.
our three western states could offcr
many miles % completed highway and
many willing workers 10 take part Ia
organizing ana building an ocean TO
ocean highway.
We. Of NV Mexico, Arizona aud
California. hayG. thousands of citizens
who need good roads Tor their busl-
ness. for their pinaauFe. and for the
development Of their general Interests,
We have many industries which would
and do contribute to our organization.
We realize mat by cooperating with
tho sections being considered We could
furnish the residents along the high
way an asset which would be 81 par
tlculnr value 60 thcm. We would Offer
20 the pleasure seeker and the home
cocker a maguinoont road through IN,
choice of al the desirable sections OF
our great country IN resources and
scenery. ana in 80 doing We would las
before thcm the only live all-the-ycal
route, the route which offers tho LEAFS
resistanco--the only route that can be
kept open practically every day IN h'
year.
And. gentlemen. We had In mind
route of historic interest We re
mombrred this ancient Pueblo with ~
up-to-dnto enterprise and progress
We had On mind the attractive sceni
and industrial sections Of Sew Mex
leo and Arizona, the beauty spots +"
southorn California --that Mecca ~
tho tourist. the last word la goo'
roads and hospitality. And we re
mombcrcd that at Los Angeles "
would connect with tho California
state highway which long before l9i
will be- completed 500 miles up IN
coast via santa Barbara, Paso Rohle'
san Jose aud san Francisco. The
continuing over state highways an
other four hundred miles To the ore
gon state line. Thence another ~
hundred miles over the roads OF th
Pacific highway 10 Portland, Tacom'
and Seattle 20 Vancouver, u. c.
making In an the best the longe'
good road In the world. Five thou'
and miles In length. open for uaY'