Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-19
THE BORDERLAND
 HIGHWAY ROUTE
Potter Says Southern Ma national Highway Route Already Agreed Fixed
 Through Arizona
IS NEWS TO ARIZONA
(From Fl Paso Timesl

There appears 10 be something in
 the nature of apprehension that the movement Of the Southern National ! Highway association for the construc-
 ton Of an automobile highway through | Arizona and New Mexico involves an i effort to defect the present Border land route from it's present Inoorings via Rodeo and Douglas to Clifton With that understanding Of the situa-
 ton. a public meeting was held in
 Lords burg. ,N. NJ. few nights ago in which they gave expression to their deposition to the scheme as they saw il. and hurled something of a def at the Arizona contingent believed .o
 be backing the movement 10 inaugur- ate the threatened change.
 In a communication to the Times oi i last Saturday, Dell NJ Potter, who ap- pears to be al the head Of the South ern National Highway movement. and
 who has consequently called down up
 on himself the aIspleasure Of those who believe he is working against an l established route. explains the new proposition as follows:
 Nearly five years ago we took up | through Arizona, and about two years sago ( route was agreed on, when eV- cry county in Arizona was present Some time later other routes were agreed on and work started on same. l The Southern National Highway As
 sociation has been organized for the
 purpose of designating a Southern Ma
 tional Highway, and binding all states I raaaN
 aid in constructing same.
 l The part Of said National Highway through Southern California and Ari.
 zona has been designated and indors- ed by the association. And we re | quested New Mexico to join us and designate the part Of Southern Ma tional Highway through that state. A
 convention for that purpose was called | for January sixth, to meet in Dem ing. N. NJ.
 | | called the attention of Fl Paso to 1 this important meeting, by wire 10 the I Automobile association, also to the chamber of commerce and suggested ! that these bodies send 8 representa-. tive to the meeting, but the common courtesy Of a reply was not even gly- en- And later on the evening Of the sixth I wired stating the conditions and this wire also was ignored. Dur ing the convention when the route was being discussed 1t was agreed that a line which would have as an Ob- jectiye point Fl Paso, would be adopt
 ed. providing Fl Paso signitied a wili ingness to support same. otherwise another route northeasterly from las Cruces would be adopted.
 If there Is any clash between the two enterprises if should be adjusted
 so that no harm may result 10 any
 interest wnat the Southwest is di
 rectly interested in above all else Is
 the good public highways that are
 springing into existence through the establishment of these automobile routes and good public thoroughfares are something the southwest needs
 and must have in its business The , Borderland route extending from this : city to San Dieko, is the final link 1T
 the Old Trails route from coast tc
 coast. and practically covers the route
 taken by Gen. Keaney from the time he captured Santa Fe in 1S3S until he | captured San Dieg'J one year later ! Every historic sppt along this greai ! highway is to be marked with su.t : able monument. and tablets. and it is a matter Of great interest to the peo [ pie of the entire United States. at
 tached as it is to a great highway . which is historical from start to fin , ish
 In well written article regard . ling the Borderland Route by E. 7 7 Grindell, of Douglas, which was print , ed a few days ago. all these fact:
 were brought out, and Mir. Grindel , Unveiled especially on the riches O
 history pertaining 10 the route. II . closing his article he said:
 , The Borderland Route from Fl Pas to Douglas and Yuma will furnish 10 !; share of interesting points of histor, 7 to be monumented and marked wisl tablets for the information of the traN ? eiler Cooks Peak, Haywood Ho : Springs and Kneeling Nun Mountain in the vicinity Of Deming: the ph i, spanish silver mines near LordsDurs ' the lookout, haunts. battieieids ali Y place of capture of that old Apach . chief. Geronimo. near Rodeo, an . Douglas; the old Spanish mission a ' Tucson, built by the Jesuits in 1900 the old silver camp Of Tombstone, .b . Clin dwellers and hieroglyphics an . Indian villages along the Gila rivel n and the old missions of Southern Sa fl ifornia. These, coupled with the beal T tiful mountain and valley scener- ,. peeps into Old Mexico at Fl Paso an
 Douglas, and the great copper mine
 at Bisbee and Douglas will make th 1 Borderland end of the National Ol
 iTrafts Road fhe rloSf interesting sa. . ton of this great highway.
 .aI If Col Potter will agree that th \. Southern National highway shall fo ,s low the already marked and trayele
 Borderiand route through Arizon Y. then there will be agreement in th ,r I5ig counties and cities of SoutheT n Arizona. otherwise not. There ns = been no agreement in Arizona abo'