Mohave County miner., 1913-08-16
Get Together on Highway Work.


 Dear Sir:
 Being situated as 1 am in the Gate City of the state of New Mexico, just seven miles from the Colorado line, I keep m touch with all movements in Colorado very closely, and desiring as l do, and as every one else in the states of New Mexico and Arizona should, that we have the National Highway. which will be travelled in 1915 by thousands of automobiles, and knowing that the Indianapolis people who came to Denver euroute to the coast by way of Salt Lake City, found the roads almost impossible and were were piloted over this rough piece of country, think it behooves each and every one of us that is at all interested Tn the upbuilding of these states to work for this road with all our might. We undoubtedly have the best nat ural road, we have the best accommo dations for the travellers and every thing is in our favor. If we would just wake up and get busy, each coun- ty along the route doing their part of the work and push it ahead with all possible speed. If the money is not available let them get some good phlanthropist to lend it to them for a year or two and let us have the road at once.
 All we need to do to get this road is one united pull, long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together and the National Highway from New York to San Francisco will be ours.
 This road will be more benefit to every city and village it passes through than two or three railroads. It is a we'll known fact that the automobile tourists always leave money in the town whereas the railroad passengers pass us without leaving cent. If we can get our people awake to the fact that each hundred cars that pass through a town and stop over nighG will leave on an average of one thousand dollars in that town, then they may begin to see where we may be great losers if we do not secure this trail.
 In reading an article In the Denver Times 1 noted that on account of the roads being so very rough from Dem yer to Salt Lake City the tourists do not favor that road. Therefore, l think it is the proper time for us to put our roads in temporary repalr in order to be able to get the first tour ists who come through to California by in good shape.
 The main point h our favor is that our road will be passabe over three hundred days Tn the year, whereas, the northern route can only be travel ed from June to the latter part of August.
 We have on the Santa Fe Trail most of the distance, Harvey eating houses where the tourists who stop over night can know what kind of service they are going to get. We have old his torical points of interest all along the way and the traveller is at all times very close to the railroad. Our scen- cry is equal to any that they will find any place.
 In taking into consideration all of these facts with a little work we should be able to pull the biggest part of the travel over the Old Trails Route to California.
 I would be very much pleased to hear from you in regard to how the work is moving along and see if we cannot get together in one concerted movement to repair our roads at once. Any suggestions you can offer as to how we can push this work along will be very thankfully received.
 We are out for good roads and we want them quick. We in Colfax coun. ty are going to vote bonds if necessary to complete our main highway, the Santa Fe Trail in particular
 Yours truly,
 F.. c. SHERRY,