Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-15


a glance Its wonderful opportunity for
the Investor. How many thousands
OF dollars have been brought INTO
New Mexico. either directly or indi-
rectlv. through the medium OF the
tours, attracted here by good roads
IL a matter OF statistics that IL ho'
likely ever 10 be recorded.
Systematic Work.
Fortunately. the state authorities
have gone about the matter OF nigh
way construction In systematic
manner. with view to providing a
chain OF roads that will produce the
best and most lasting results to the
commonwealth. A series of trunk
roads. from north TO south and from
east 10 west. with feeders AT logical
noints rather than isolated patches OF
road In counties having political
null. has been the main underlying
policy of the office of the state en-
elneer which has In charge the road
construction of the state.
Under the careful and skilled man
arement of state Engineer French III"
road work OF the state has assumed
intelligent and definite proportions
Everything has been done with a well
defined purpose In view and that pur-
nose has been followed out according
10 schedule. There has been method
and system In the work Handicapped
by lark Of an adequate appropriation.
Mr.. French has made a practical
demonstration of what can be accom-
plished by sheer pluck and nerve and
determination to keep New Mexico up
In the march of progress In the mat
ter Of good roads.
Eel Canine Real" spanning the
state from border to border. the
dream of an artist put into practical
form. Is one OF the greatest pieces OF
road building In the United States. II
must be remembered that the diff
cultles which confront the highway
engineer In New Mexico are far diff
ferent from those with which eastern
states have to contend. Mountains
must be overcome->boulders Of solid
granite mus be blown away. The
same problems must be met which
faced the pioneer railroad builder and
which for many weary years sustained
the belief that the construction of a
transcontinental railroad was an i'm
possibility.
la Bajada Hill.
II would take a volume of formid-
able proportions TO describe the beau.
ties Of New Mexico scenery that APP
peal 10 the tourist and to set out all
the manifold attractions that make
the state the natural feature OF the
greatest transcontinental system OF
roads ever dreamed OF by man.
La Bajada Hill alone. one of the
greatest pieces OF mountain road
building 10 the United States. is wei
worth coming thousands of miles to
see Winding around one Of New
Mexicos most majestic mountains
and commanding a view that Is un-
surpassed In all the world, II h al
once one OF the finest bits Of scenery
and one OF the most notable engineer
ing achievements that has ever been
known. See Venice and die" said
the traveller In rhapsodizing over the
ancient Italian city. see La Bajada
hill and realize that II Is worth while
TO live In such a glorious country" Is
the paraphrase OF the quotation given
by those who have had a glimpse OF
this wonderful view.
And La Bajada hill is only one OF
the myriads OF similar attractions
that are offered TO the auto tourist in
the Sunshine state. In every by-patn
OF New Mexico are wonderful snatches
of mountain scenery--gorgeou vistas
that put To shame anything that
Switzerland or any other portion OF
the Old World has to offer. A steady
and systematic method of intelligent
road building is bringing these things
closer home every day to the eastern
tourist, and by the same token Is en-
HANGING the attractiveness Of the
state to the homeseeker and the in