Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-07
BIG ATTENDANCE IS
ASSURED FOR THE
GOOD ROADS
CONVENTION
Great Enthusiasm Is Expected
to Feature Gathering of
Better Trails Boosters from
All Over the State.
COUNTY DELEGATIONS
TO ARRIVE TONIGHT

One hundred and nny or moro
good roads boosters from an sections
OF New Mexico viii gather In AIbu-
gnefquc tomorrow 10 attend the an
nuAl convention 81 the New hgtxlco
GOOD Roads nssoclution Tho meet
ING viii be called TO order In the
Commercial club building tomorrow
morning at g!3O. President h. h.
lwlichell of Las Vegas presiding.
On Friday. the state highway come
mission VIII confer with county rond
associations. This meeting. fnlinw-
ing the meeting OF the stat. nssocin-
ton. viii doubtless be- mos, Import
ant. Governor ". G.. Mcdonald
state Engineer J. a. Frenchfand Rob-
ert y. ErNicn. state land commission
err are expected 90 arrive tonight and
20 attend both the assoclafinn con-
Nention and the meeting Of officials
ana officers on Friday
That the two meetings win he
largely attended Is Indicated bv the
many reservations for accommoda-
lions received al the principal no.
teis' The Dona Ana county dele
tauon' headed by Francis h. Lester
president Of the Dona Ana County
Good Roads association, WIN reach
mere tonight from the south, as viii
Tie valencia county delegation. The
mckinley county dSs.egution IL expect
ca 10 arrive tonight or tomorrow
morning. travelling In eight nutomo-
biies which left Gallup yesterday.
tentative program has been ar
ranged Tor the entertainment of The
good roads boosters while In Aim
Huerque. Visiting delegates will be
invited To witness the Chavez Marine
contest ~ the Elks tneatcr tomorrow
hieht ana a trip about the city and
county roads Ia scheduled for FRIDAY
afternoon, leaving Flfth street ara
Gold avenue promptly a. 1850.
"lid Albuqucrquc j. on the Occan.t to.
Ocean.
congratulate Albuquerque on be-
ing on the ocean, to- Ocenn hlRhwa, -
said Hon. @. A. Richardson. Of poa-
well today. MIR. Richardson IL one
OF the most enthusiastic good roads
boosters TN the state and IN here to-
Jay aiter attending meeting Of the
hoard 81 trustees OF the state hospital
Tor the insane In Las Vegas provfd.
ed II IL nj all possible MI. Richa rdaon
VIII remain over FOR the good roads
convention tomorrow.
AtbuPuerquc assumes place OF
Importance now that the scenic trail
from east To the west has been adopt.
ed. $40 Mr., Richardson today. 1T
trust that soon. We Will have succoc0-
ca IN establishing semi-officiailv rec
ognized trails from Santa Fe and Al
huquerque To Roswell, so that tourists
over the scenic route may make the
sac trip TO our town quickly and
comfortably. The road from Roswell
10 vaughn Is now In excellent condi-
Ton and the road from Vaughn 10
santa re is la good condition. with
some work on the road from Albu.
qu"rQue Ia Vaughn the trip through
from Albuquerque could be made
leaving here az In the morning ma
arriving at Roswell al g In the
evening"
Numerous Delegations Are Remarked
ON the Way.
In answer 10 q telegram OF in
curry from Colonel Sellers. Gus Weiss
OF l.aguna wired IN today that one
auto had JUS, passed there without
stopping. that n. l.. Williams and
Dariy from san Diego. touring the
United States went through In "a
Knox car en- route from Rhode ISL
ana planning to attend the good
roads meeting here; and that Gal
lup party Of four machines was ex-
pected In l-aguna az 2.3O this after
noon
a wire from Roswell stated that
Mayor Atkinson and party had lett
there In autos en- route for the good
roads rally and telegram from MIR
Sperry az Ration. said that the Gate
city was sending rousing delegation
at boosters. The Roswell party is
expected here tonight.
Mayor Sellers win probably 20
north In his ear 20 meet incoming
delegates and Dave Combs viii motor
west To escort tho Gallun marty iu