Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-26
SPLENDID WORK
ACCOMPLISHED
BY ROAD BOARD
BernaIiIIo County Highways
Wonderfully improved as a
Result Of Systematic Cam
paign,

That the reads in Rernalillo county
have profited greatly by the syste-
matte campaign of road building and
Improvement. conducted under the
personal direction Of the county road
board for the last year, Is shown by an
informal report submitted by John )
Beaver, chairman of the road hoad
Mr.. Beaven. like his colleagues, f. G.
Butler and Ambrosio Xamora, serves
the county without a cent OF pay
Road board members do whole lot
of work for nothing. Being chairman
of the board Il an especially thank-
less Job. but Mr. Beaven is good
roads enthusiast and takes his pay out
in satisfaction because Of the Improve
ments that are being accomplished.
The road board assumed charge Of
road building and repairing in the
county just a llttlefmore than year
ago. What campaign for better
roads. ntelligontly conducted and sys-
tematically carried out can do In
year and few months Is indicated by
the many improvements. n all parts
of the county. in roads leading IN
every direction. The road board has
done much and plans to do great
deal more The man who pays his
road tax this year will get even a het-
ter run for his money this year than
he aid last year Here is what Mi
Beaver. who. 10y the way. pays bis
road tax promptly even If he does
Sc, 600 worth of work a year Tor noth-
ing. has to say about the road work IN
Bernalllo county
"Since The present road board took
charge. we have gravellcd the eighty
foot road from Old Albuquerque TO
af a<fnn1inp tnIt ROAD
. one and one-quarter miles, thirty feet
wide with a fill OF about four feet.
and about one mile twentN-lonr feet
wide. We have built "A twenty-tour-
foot road with an average III OF
two and a half feet, commencing az
the city limits on North Fourth street
five miles north, connecting with the
work done By the state few years
ago. travelling it all the way with an
average haul Of our gravel OF TWO
miles the round trip. at cost of less
than $4,000 dollars. We have huilt
one mile Of road from Fourth street
to the east corner at the Menaul MIS-
sion school STRENGTHENING ont the road
with aNsix-foot fill at the Santa re
crossing with an average fill OF three
feet. We repaired the Bare.as bridge,
where it washed away at the west END
h"" ''"" -
ptoach 70 lne sam uYxoa
'orr"'s "o' ', nsa,'oilod ono
we nay pui.' ''r 80 ac,oee tho
ana ha. ln, 49, w. ,oad wss, of the
sanu " W ~, MAJ haan almost
Aldiileua u - 10 hridoo u,as built
lihp"ssaiie sii'' ,,irod ,hn road
ana sIaueu, az a. frdn, t,ourth street.
from the " 90 am tncludino a
~ Vos' ~ .,sso,,oh Con1olee and
flsh. VI ""' ~, co,d;,.al countv line.
o.lei az - ,,iTe ~ road from
siausu ~, - tho indian school.
roul.l 49, AZ Mo ,al with some
'rauvl NV 49,, tha city IN the Noun
assls'an's 49, H. canta Ise railroad
tam loa" 1,um street.
u"'"S - :. w,.
Maii'ci'ah', W." ~ rood
Beslues, we raNe NJ w North
north OF me WoiN uon 49, oo,,nt,
Fourth sifeet TO lie 8" NJ w., ,,ersit,
line, hoith OF A,afheua, ~ ~, Co.,
NIL ROAD ana the iv"u ~ ,t,,,tt. !,
tral avenue ltohl NY - W.
the street emu IN piu r,' - -,
have done conslueIapie WIN I'm IL s "a.
city limits south ~ w a'o.N 20 . * a.
and south across the W. a. -, -
Padillas we nave spent seN III NJ ~,
dred uoilars receh'iS N' ~
Barelas piluse anu wy aPpioaaNn -,
ii was IN udnSeT OF ptlHS NdoliV" q 80
by the high water. we hiaue ueu
whereby We get EOOu TOtu Duii