Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-16
New Boulevard Thoroughly
Modern in Construction and
a Credit Alike to County and
Road Board.
INFLUENCE ALREADY rs
FELT IN DEVELOPMENT
Large Increase in Cultivated
Area Along the Highway
and Marked Improvement
in Older Farms.

Albuquerque and Bornaiiilu county
at last have "a modern highway IT
which they may wen be proud; a we'll
Graded. well surfaced. substantially
uullt road which should. with the
care promised a.. stand up for years
90 come and which Is already bringing
considerable development 20 the farm
lng lands tributary to g.
This is the now highway extending
from the city limits al Fourth street
20 Alal0lda. near the sandovai county
line, q distance Of seven miles,
Two years ago the state highway
department spent $4,000 In building
some three miles OF this road from
Alameda south The Bcrnallllo coun-
| ty road board has Just completed four
miles OF the ruad, from the point
where the state work stopped TO the
| oitS bmits. with an average grade ov-
or the four miles of two feet and aey-
lon inches aud at "a total cost at ap-
/ pruXimutciy $1,000. Convict labor
was used on the work. without dis
credltlng the work done under state
superb sion. that work looks crude he
side The modern ana thoroughly eff
client job which has been done hy tho
county road board. From the city
| limits % whore the state work COM
mcnccs the road is literally boulc-
ycrd. q h. surfaced with coating
J az sand. adobe aud coarse gravel
which ~ packing like cement under
abundant water and rolling and win
soon bo as hard as any turnpike In the
country. Tho road has but one turn
. NsH A
sufficiently wide ana as substantial as
can Boz desired
Chairman John x. heaven ~ the
, road board. under whose personal SUI
peryision most Of the work was done
made "a trip over the road yesterday
afternoon accompanied by r. L.
Grose nnd a - stronp OF the good
roads locnl ANA representative Of
( the Herald The trip wgs made in
/ Mr. Crosses car ON the return trip
o. test run WIS made and without try
Ing his car Mr. crosse drove In from
Alameda tu the city limits in exactly
fourteen minutes. allowing for side
trip over half "a mile OF the mile Of
heavy ron which th~ ROAD board II
now finishing ANA which connects tht
Alcnaul Mission school with Fourth
street
Road Ia ne Maintained.
This new Fourth street road Is not
only we'll built but Is a. be Kept IN
first class condition President A. a.
McNillon 81 tho Water supply COM
pany has donated all the water which
may boz needed for sprinkling ana
voting down the topping and this
work Is SIN under way pnlrymc's
and farmers along the line from tn
city limits o. Alameda have pledged
themselves FOR one year each 10 drag
DESIGNATED stretches Of the road after
every rain ana this dragging alone
VIII keep the road Ia perfect condi-
ton. The farmers are go enthusiasts
tir over the condition Of the road
after years Of hcarthreuking hauling
over H. that they are going 60 aid
the road hoard in every way la keep
ing h IN shape The road board de-
serves and undouhfcdlr VIII receive
fun credit Tor first-ciass Job
in addition 90 the road Itself there
d one mile of heavy fin and grnding
now being completed, from Fourth
street 90 the foot HIN road az the
Menaul school The fill and grading
ON this mile do away with the old
garhage heap where the road Joins
Fourth street bet also oorrccts the
steep and dangerous grade crossing
over the Santa be main line "a cross
Ing which has been regarded as one
of thC most dangerous heteabouts
There is also first-class boulevard
from Fourth street Go the Indian
school. built by superintendent Perry
with the aid OF the road boards ma
chinery and teams.
VIII Go south Next
we are well satisfied with thia
piece OF road" said Afr. Beaver hast
night, "and we believe the people will
bo u has been built wen and az
comparatively small cost II is our
purpose now 90 SO across the river
and build south toward isleta as far
as our funds VIII permit We think
with the aid offered by farmers along
the read that We will be abln 10 have
a first-class highway from one end OF
the county 10 the other hy the end 81
this year our part OF tho Canine
Real will then be completed and we
can turn our attention 90 the east side
of the river and the various roaGs 20
the mountains which are 30 badly in
need Of attention our policy how
oyer BE- 10 concentrate the work on
one road az time. We believe IN
this way we win get best ana most
satisfactory results for an concerned
" other Results are similar to those
obtained ON North Fourth street there
10 no doubt that the road board viii
be- fully sustained In lta policy By the
people.
Rcsults tIrcady Apparent.
The results 90 good road north Of
the city are already apparent In de-
velnpmcnt and improvement work un-
der wnY in the fnlendid farming iund
tributary ~ the highway, Yesterday
lnflcrnnon the inspecting party passed
wnRon nflor wagon louded with MAJ
lnurc. Air. 0rosc who with his broth