Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-02
THE PUEBLO GOOD ROADS CON
FERENCE.

This issue of The Herald contains
a lengthy review of the proceedings
of the good road conferences at Pueb-
10 last week and every person inter-
ested in the welfare and development
of the southwest should give the art
icle close perusal. The meeting form
ally placed Durango and this south
west section on the automobile map.
The Importance of the Spanish Trail
Grand Canon route cannot be overes-
timated and we do not believe it is
by large majority of the people,
notwithstanding the knocking and
cold water thrown on the subject by
a Durango newspaper. No other sec
tion of the state would stand for
such continued knocking. However,
we are glad to state that very little
attention is paid to the knocking and
that the members and directors of
the board of trade are active in the
good work. In this connection let us
illustrate: 1t cost Durango and this
southwest section about $50 to be
represented at Pueblo and the district
given as much advertising as any
other. while it cost Alamosa over ST..
600, the city appropriating $3.50 to
be distributed pro rata among the
delegation attending, some not at
tending assisting in defraying the ex-
of fbaca Jf.f, 4
every newspaper in the San Luis val
ley working in harmony, Jealousy be
conspicuous by its absence, the edi-
tors rising to higher plane of duty.
The completion of the Colorado
Gulf highway means that it will not
be long before all the southern states
will be coming to Colorado via the
Galveston route, especially from
Texas, Oklahoma and contiguous
states and with the new highway in
to this section well advertised it can
easily be seen the great benefits to
be derived. Pueblo is also. the main
Colorado point on what is known as
the Santa Fe trail from Kansas CITY
to California. A glance at the map
shows Los Angeles and the Grand
Canon to be at least 200 miles nearer
via the new highway with grander
scenery and much preferable route
in every way. 1t also places Durango
and Los Angeles less than 700 miles
apart and with good roads the dist
ance can be traversed as quickly by
auto as at present by rail. Pueblo
people were surprised to learn of
the possibilities of the route and the
tourist travel it means from Cali
fornia in the near future as at pres
ent there is no way of getting into
Colorado by auto except by round
about routes.
The route between Pagosa Springs
and the San Luis valley will be open
ed by the first of July hext-by the
time tourist travel sets in. The $16,-
900 bridge across the San Juan river
at Shiprock will be completed during
the winter months and Superintend-
Nffs t'hSihoh pIollistS 10 nave tne ROAD
across the Navajo reservation to Gal
lup in excellent condition as Farm
ington and San Juan county, New
Mexico, will see to putting the road
to the Hogback in condition. The
bridge across the Animas at Cedar
Hill will also be ready for travel the
coming year, thus it will be seen that
there will be two routes open from
Durango to Gallup, one by way of
Aztec, Pennington and Shiprock, the
other by way of Mancos, the Mesa
Verda National park, Cortez and
Shiprock. And it must be remember
ed that Mesa Verde park is going to
be drawing card Then this line
means the most scenic in the state
by making Grand Junction from Du-
range by way of Silverton and Ouray.
Again we say, let all unite on push
ing good roads and the Spanish Trail
Grand Canon highway.