El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-18
BOOSTING HIGHWAY
ACROSS The NORTH;
ALBUQUERQUE BUSY
Ex-Mayor Sellers Drives to
Los Angeles and Declares
the Roads Are Fine.

Col. D. X. 3. Sellers, exmayor OF Al
buquerque and president Of the ocean
IO-Ocean Highway assOclauont IS IN
Los Angeles, after a trip across the
desert in his HupmObile roadster. be
made the trip in exactly eight days
and VIII tour southern California Tor
a month and then return over the
Yuma (BOrderland) route
The roads from the New Mexico
metropolis TO Los Angeles are IN bet
ter shape now than they have ever
been. he declares. From Albuquerque
TO Magdalena, Col. Sellers made the
journey in one day. This was possible
because Of the new bridge just COM
pleted over the Rio Grande at Socorros
n M This bridge cuts OIL 50 miles .ss
of the route formerly followed BY the
Ocean o-Ocean highway tourists.
Across New Mexico.
From AIagdalena TO SprlngerVllle the
roads are excellent according to Col
Sellers, who says he found the state
highway just finished 10 be one Of the
best stretches Of the entire journey.
After leaving Springerylle the Hup
was driven into the White mountains
Here, at an elevation Of $500 feet, Col
Sellers found the roads tourable,
Bridges of concrete have been built
over the White and Black rivers
From Fit Apache the Hupmoblle was
driven down the grade TO Globe and
along the highway TO the AooseVelt
dam. From there 10 Phoenix Col Sell
ers followed the Tempe and Mesa road
into the capital Of Arizona.
From Phoenix the Ocean-to-O Ocean
highway president followed the route
north through Prescott and Ash Fork
10 Needles, where he was Ierrled over
the Colorado river on a nat car The
road 10 Ludlow is fair From Dag
gett to Los Angeles II Is excellent
There is not a stretch OF SAND that IS
impossible on the entire run from Al
bUquerque to Los Angeles, he declares
To Return by YUMA
After stay OF four weeks IN lne
l. I'll NnaHa
Los Angeles for his home in AlbuQuer-
que, accompanied by eight other mo-
florists who will drive their own cars.
He viii follow the route Of the Ocean
-to-Ocean highway through the san
Gorsonio pass 10 the Imperial valley
and Brawley Thence he viii drive
by way Of CLAIMS and Ogilbys touring
through the Mammoth wash
He viii be accompanied by John :
Mitchell, one Of the big road boosters
of Los Angeles Before Col. sellers
leaves, however he viii arrange TO
meet the men who have had part
in the Ocean-tO-Ocean highway pro-
ject- John jenkins and Charles H
Bigel0W are to be consulted and plans
for a big campaign OF publicity will
Los Angeles Boosts the Route.
Regardless Of promises OF impartial
ity as between the northern route and
the Borderland route, the Soutnern
California Automobile club IS boosting
the northern route in every possible
way. 1t has Just sent a car over the
route to Kansas City 10 secure cooper
alton from the various communities IN
signing the road and the signing Is
70 be done at once.
While Carl E McStay as special rep
resentative and Douglas C. Mitchell
of the Auto club, a scout car was sent
from Los Angeles 10 Kansas City 10
obtain the support Of the county Off
Gals along the route in the bearing OF
EXPENSES Tor the work. With the re-
Of This last week NIr. MEELaE
reports that assurances OF funds nave
been sufficient to start Work lmIne-
diately, and the actual sign posting
win be begun with motor truck as
soon as possible
More Than 1900 Posts
More than 1900 posts will be used
TO sign the highway from Kansas City
by way Of the Grand Canyon and into
Los Angeles. These posts Will be Of
heavy pipe metal and the signs viii
be of metal, carrying the insignia OF
the Automobile club Of southern Cali
farnia and the monogram OF the Ma
tional Old Trails route
The total weight Of the signs and
posts VII Ireach 1883 pounds, or more
This is the longest signing ever done
for a consecutive distance on any high
way The exact distance TO be COW
cred by the sign system win be 22lS
miles and the time required by the
automobile club crew for the actual
york probably viii exceed four
months These signs VIII De set across !
the deesrt and through mountain I
passes, through indian villages and !
around the base Of the Cliffdwellers' |
homes.
The first sign will be placed at !
Seventh and Broadway, Los Angeles, /
and from there will lead out through /
san Bernardino, through the CajOn /
pass, through Barstow and Needles to /
the Grand canyon and thence TO Kan /
sas City, where the Lincoln highway /
will be tapped. It is expected by Auto <
club officials that the signing work |
may continue through direct TO New 4
York after the first leg to Kansas City /
has been completed.
Counties Lend Support.
I'VE received enthusiastic support in i
practically every county along the /
Santa Fe-Grand Canyon-Needles Old /
Trails route" said McStay. The pro- /
position the Automobile club put up I
TO the counties was a simple one Of /
sign maintenance and the original cost /
of the signs and posts.
THE entire work is to be in the /