Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
THE GOOD ROADS SITUATION

THE GOOD ROADS SITUATION.
Next week the annual meeting of
the Colorado Good Roads association
will meet in Denver to discuss the
disposition of the million dollar inter-
nal improvement fund and the trans
continental highway. La Plata coun-
ty should be represented at this meet
ing evin if the expenses of the trip
even if the expenses of the trip are
are borne by the board of trade. AT
Pueblo last year La Plata was the only
county not represented in this south
west section. AS a general PROPOSE
ton it was just as well because the
Pueblo convention was ne-sided af-
fair and lot of feeling was en-
gendered to no good purpose.
The transcontinental highway is of
the greatest Importance and it is
time the people of the state stopped
quarreling over the route. Colorado
should say to the national good roads
body: Come and pick. out your route
and then Colorado will do her part
II Coloradoans get into snarl over
the route then chances will favor
routes. If the people of Pueblo are
going to insist on the Santa Fe trail
and on the other hand Denver insists
on a northern route, then with di-
vided house our cause will suffer. As
stated above, let US send greetings
to the national association as follows
Colorado wants the national high.
way to pass through her borders. The
question of route is to be settled by
your body, but Colorado will provide
"a series of good side trips; Colorado
will provide the most scenic trip ir
the land and the. finest camping
grounds in the United States; Colo.
RADIO will give you choice of routes
whereby fasteners can visit Pueblo
Denver, Colorado Springs, or the au
tomobilists in hurry can pass
through Pueblo up the Arkansas tt
Salida and over Marshall pass ts
Montrose, Gunnison and Grand juno
ton, or if the state is entered by
way of Denver, short route converg
ing at Salida or Grand Junction" AL
cross state roads to the Pacific coas
should center at Grand Junction ant
then on west via Salt Lake City. L
will not require such a vast sun
to make very good automobile roa,
| from Pueblo to Grand Junction.
fairly good road is already in us,
between Pueblo and Salida and 500,
900 properly used will place the roat
over Marshall pass and to Crane
Junction in fair condition. Two hun
dred thousand dollars will provide ,
shortcut from Denver to- Salida o.
Buena Vista and thence over Tennes
see pass and down the Grand via Glen
wood Springs to Grand Junction. An
other one hundred thousand dollar.
will make a very good road from tn,
San Luis valley to Pagosa Springs
Durango, Silverton, Ouray and Mont
rose. These amounts, of course to b,
added TO by the counties through
which the roads pass. By distribut
ing the penitentiary force on the diff
ferent routes in one year it will bs
possible for automobiles to make tn.
trip to almost any par. Of the state
Placing the money in the internal i'm.
provement fund at 100000, in the
above distribution only half the
amount is mentioned. Let the re.
mainder be used for connecting links
Pueblo to the state line, Denver tc
the state line, Durango To the New
Mexico line and west through Monte
yuma county to the Utah line. 1t will
be impossible to build all the inter.
mountain roads, but first let us get
the national highway and then con
meet the different sections of the
state with this highway, even if II
becomes necessary for the present to
travel in roundabout way. As we
have mentioned previously in The Her.
aid. our people, are very anxious to
be connected with a good road to the