The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-30
ROSWELL EXPECTS
An AUTO EVERY
FIVE MINUTES
Eighty Thousand Machines, It
Is Estimated will Make Trip
to Panama. Pacific EXPOSE.
ton in 1915.
Especial cOrr-.p-.se.-s to III. uera,ai

Roswell. y. NJ, Jan. ga trans
continental touring ear carrying
from one to sever persons, viii pass
through Roswell every five minutes
during every ten hours or the year
1915. according to the expectations
of the good roads enthusiasts here
as voiced In the local morning pap
cr. Il II figured that while most Of
this number OF cars viii make the
going trip over the northerly route
they will return east Via the All
Southern route through Roswell and
the Pecos valley.
The American Automobile assocl-
alton has recently issued a state
ment To the effect tnnt "a conseryn.
tive estimate Of the number of airs
that will make the trip from ms At
lantic coast TO the pACific coast ex
positions during 1915 VII be 10000.
and that these cars making the "Trip
and back viii ia 100000. Prob
ably most OF these cars viii so to the
Pacific coast by the n%ortherly route
during the spring and summer. and
return by the southern route during
the autumn ard winter.
n evcn o%ue-fourth Of the number
makes the trip over the route
through Roswell IL win be equal Ia "a
trans-continentai car running into
Roswell every five minutes during
every ten hours every day in 1915.
II Il declared there is only one
thing necessary for Roswell to do. TO
secure this travel and that is TO show
as much enterprise by improving the
road from Roswell "a the Mescaioro
Indian reservation agency. as other
counties have shown through which
the route passes from ocean To ocean
BY means OF county bond issues
the money has been raised 10 FIX the
roads from Washington through
Virginia, North Carolina. Tennessee
and Arkansas. on the Southern Ma
iionai highway.
Almost every county across Texas
has voted Ia build the highway ana
put It in q high class condition.
Counties IN Arizona have voted So.
600, 0oa for the highway and south
ern California will also vote bonds
10 build the roads there.
This means with the excepting OF
few counties ia Texas and ron
Roswell 90 the Mcscaiego reservation
agency. hat the Southern National
highway viii be- ready Tor travel b.
the first Of ncX January.
The ~counties from Abilene. Tex,
through TO El Pnsp tthe san Angelo
have voted bonds and will
their cad ready for tourist
the early pan OF next year.
and unless this section Of New Meg
get their road completed by thit
dine New Mexico Is going rram uli
a. dlcatioHs. To lose the bulk OF tho
travel
Talking about the oossibiiitios of
The route and what u would mean Ga
lose the travel Or johnson. one OF
the national officers of the southern
National highway said There is on
~ one thing necessary to sccurc the
the construction OF a good
from Roswell 20 Tularoaa. This
be done this spring. summer
ana fali II can easily be accom-
BY the united efforts OF cha
YES. Lincoln and Otero counties and
The state highway commission Tho
road commissioner Of the three
colntlos me the people living along
the road are ready 90 do their fun
share, ana I cannot think hat the
state highway commission viii hesi-