El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12
Run A. A. In 1915 May Be Through FL Paso

should make the trip to Phoenix at
least half an hour faster if the same
sort of road is constructed west of
Lordsburg, through the Aninas valley,
the town.
Unique Road Drag.
Mr.. Cox's road drag is one of the
most unique, yet most effective, that
has ever been operated in this section
and one or two trips OF the device over
the toughest grassy prairie converts
IL into an automobile road that is good
for 80 miles an hour. The drag is con-
structed of 2X12 lumber, Is feet long
separated the exact distance of auto
mobile wheels, and dragged over the
road In front Of the end of each board
which is dragged flat on the ground,
IS ploW point, SO fastened that it cuts
out the grass by the roots. The board
then levels the soil Two or three
draggings make the road perfect With
the low places filled and culverts put
under them to carry off the storm wa
ter, splendid roads can be made on land
that is not subject to submersion dur
ing rains A good road can be made
with this in any country that is high,
unless 1t is sandy.
Just this side of LOrdsburg are a
number of deep washes across the
road, where the water flows through
railroad culVertS. These have washed
padly and after a rain, before the road
IS worn down, 1t had been very rough
travelling. With these washes Gull
verted and filled in, this nuisance will
be Obviated. Just this side of Lords
burg is also long slough that is alb
Solutely impossible in dry weather
This has been graded and graveled and
is now being surfaced, so that it will
no longer give trouble. It was hereto
fore the longest bad stretch of road on
the Borderland route.
To Remedy Animas Valley Road.
Beyond LOrdSburg in the Animas val
ley, the road has also been very bad in
the past, especially after a rain Tall
bunch grass has made the road very
rough and a little rain made il so
slick that travelling was positively
dangerous. The new road will strike
the valley at higher altitude, where
rains VIII not submerge it. Alto
gether, the Grant county section of
the BOrderland route is going to be
fine J. L. Ferguson, pathfinder for
the All-Southern highway, who was
here a week ago. praised the
Grant county work this week
when he passed over il and
decided that it was one of the
best pieces Of new road he had seen.
On the high ground, the surface is
very hard and about all the work that
was necessary was to straighten the
road The old road has wound in and
out, around bushes and washes, in any
old manner. The new road is being
run Straight, 80 feet from the railroad
right of way, and the supervisors of
Grant county will dedicate it as a high
way, so feet wide, and force settlers
to leave it open for another 80 feet
this giving permanent road so feet
wide.
To Get Forest Money.
The money now being spent upon the \
Grant, but an effort is being made to
secure some money from the national
forests for further work The United
states gives each county in New Mex |
co and Arizona, which contains a ma !
IOnal 2 n
proceeds from the forest administration |
or use for schools and roads Grant |
,ounty's fund was tied up some years !
lgo by the legislature, which passed a /
Measure ordering that its money should |
20 to the state road board for expen- ]
liture. This was done because the |
itate was at that time building road /
o MogOllon and needed the cOunty'S |
i'd. Now, although the MOgOllon road /
s finished, the act still stands, but /
Don H. Kedzie, of Lordsburg, has been /
working on governor Mcdonald to turn 4
,Ver some of the money for eXpend1- Il
ure on the BOrderland route and the /
governor has promised to do so. State /
James A French is in Grant /
ounty this week considering the mat 4
err Don kedzle is one of of the many /
rood roads boosters of the Southwest
lie is one of the 1S-karat variety-and /
lie means to keep hammering at it 7
ntil the Grant county section of the
SOrdeFland route is the best on the 4
Whole road. Already Don Kedzie and 1
is neighbors in Lordsburg, have done
good deal of work on the road south
f Lordsburg from Granite Pass to
Sodeo and they mean to do more, al
hough that stretch of road is better
han that on this side of Lordsburg
7as before the present work began.
Douglas and COchise at Work
Douglas is already sending men
yer the road between that place and
,OdeO to put the road in condition for /
he race and the people OF that section