El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-11
Congressman ". R. Smith viii Seek
Big Appropriation For Fort Bliss
Texas Congressman to Ask
For $125,OOO For Need
ed Improvements.

Fort Bliss viii have another i'm
provement appropriation Of $4,000 II
Congressman W r Smith, ii Paso- $
own congressman, can get 1t for 81
Pasos military post
Congressman Smith was here Monuay
to meet director +. H Newell OF the
reclamation service. He spent the
morning at Fort Bliss. inspecting the
enlarged post and gathering data which
he viii present TO his colleagues IN
congress in behalf of bigger Fort
Bliss An appropriation of $4,000 has
been made by the war department Tor
the improvements or the ROADS az i or
Bliss and the approaches to the post
from the city. This is not considered
sufficient and congressman Smith viii
ask an additional $1,000 for the i'm
which viii be built under the direction
Of the quartermaster generals depart
ment
VIII Ask for s125.OOO.
After inspecting the post Monday
morning, congressman Smith an
nounced that he would ask for an ap-
preparation Of 100000 in addition to
the $4,000, with which TO obtain an
adequate water supply on the mesa
near the regimental post, to install
an ice making and electric light plant
and TO make other provisions Tor the
care and comfort Of the future Tegi-
menrs to be stationed at new Fort Bliss.
There is no idea at this time Of ask
ing for a brigade post at III Paso.
congressman Smith said This would
hardly be possible now, with the regi-
mental post not yet completed But the
appropriation allotted by the war de-
partment for good roads IS not suffi-
cient and We viii ask for $25,OOO, IN
stead OF $4,000, for this work. There
IS need for the expenditure Of 100000
on the water supply at the fort the
installation Of an ice and light plant
and other permanent improvements
intend to start to work on these appro-
priations as soon as return to Wash
inEton and viii work for them until
they have been made
Here to Meet Newell.
st came her primarily to meet d.
rector Newell OF the reclamation serv-
ice for a conference about the EIe-
plant Butte dam and the PecOs irriga-
ton project which are both of vital
interest to the people Of my district
I viii go to PecOs tonight to meet di-
rector Newell and with the local peo-
pie there we viii go over the proposed
project to irrigate the valley from the
PecOE river for which the government
has appropriated $4,000 to make
preliminary Investigation Of its posi-
bilities. There is nothing new at the
big Elephant Butte project that I
know of. except that work is progress /
ing rapidly and satisfactorily"
Candidate for Reelection.
Congressman Smith is a candidate /
for reelection and is preparing to start !
his campaign in the 18th district soon. |
He is completing his sixth term as con- !
gresham from the FL PasO district and I
has developed very little opposition in l
his preliminary race for the renOmina- |
ton for a seventh term in congress I
He is the father OF the Elephant Butte /
dam project a greater Fort Bliss and I
Of every public project which has been \
OF benefit TO FL Paso and the 18th dis /
trict. CONGRESSMAN Smith was enter 4
tanned at lunch by Felix Martinez 1
James G. AfcNary and r. f Burgess at 4
the PasO del Norte.