Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-17
MUCH WORK ON
ROAD At NO COST
TO ASSOCIATION
Sellers, Retiring President of
0cean-to -0cean Route,
Makes Surprising Report to
Convention.

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Not a cent OF revenue has been
raised by the OceafiXfo- Ocean High
way in the last year.
More than $4,000 has boon spent
Improving the Ocean. to. Ocean route
IN Now Mexico IN the last twelve
months.
THIS seeming paradox Is contained
In Col d. KIN. Sellers report 10 tho
Yuma convention ~ the Ocean-to.
Ocean Highway association, review
ing his year as president The con-
vention was In session the latter part
Of last week.
These statements, however, are not
contradictory. Although not one cent
was added In the year 10 the FUND Of
Is.17 turned over by the last trcas-
urer, who served prior 10 Colonel
Sellers tenure, the state authorities
spent the $4,000 on the road in New
Mexico. Tho counties have spent as
much. he snys Considering tho fact
that the association has had practice.
ally no money. Colonel Sellers has
accomplished much work.
improvements Permanent.
Here II The report:
over seo'ooo mas been spent by
we STATE directly on this highway
between Ration and Socorro. In per-
mnncnt improvements within the
past tweive months, ana fully an
eduai amount on the same highway
~ the various counties through which
me ROAD passcs, within the same
'enk,h 81 tlme' y temporary road was
constructed by the state. some forty
miles IN length, IN order To occom- I
monte the lpif travel, pending the
completion OF the road proper he
Iwcfn Albuquerque and Socorro. and
which Indications now point VIII be |
lnished ~ thc FIRST of March. The |
'tnte also now has a large crew OF
Vork on The road between Magdalcna
IND the Arizona state line. so that by
'ary spring the Ocean-to- Ocean
highway VIII have been completed
'nurely across the state Of New Mex
co, from 1finidnd, Colo, to Spring
'rville,, Ariz. Five now bridges have
'een constructed and are now in use.
within the same distance.
ASK Government Aid. i
Much work has been done on the
'astern Arizona portion OF the high
way crossing the White mountains
while n concerted effort Is now being
made 70 have The United States goy-
rnment assist In surfaeing that por-
ion Of the road from the Roosevelt
lam to Phoenix
In order to thoroughly familiarize
myself with the conditions, ] made'd
rip over the route last July and Au-
'ust from ration to Phoenix and
iould have continued on 70 Yuma
nd thence over tho route, as adopt
d. to Los Angeles, were Il not that
undertook the Journey during tho
ottest months of the year and for
mt reason diverRcd to the north
rom Phoenix.
Almost from the beginning OF my .
'rm Of office, ! have been In daily
eceipt OF from one 10 a half dozen
1850 r.. ttf'ff''ff - wv fff'ftffft''ttf'
nd eastern motor clubs for data re-
arding the ocenn-to-ocean highway,
nd which caused mo TO got out a h
eekiy bulletin, through the chopper d
lion OF correspondents from points "
Kansas along the route 10 Los An h
eles. For the first several months, 1,
G sent out about fifty copies of this -
illetin TO different individuals and Ii
PLANTATIONS interested. In
County boards Aid. Il
However about the first of April,
added some thirty newspapers to N
" mailing list and In this manner 9.
lined very oredltable publicity for n
Q ocean.to-Ocean highway giving 7
to the prospective tourist
ID creating more or less enthusiasm n
r the greater improvement OF the !.
ghway In the different sections
rough which It passes, We mailed