El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
ENDURANCE RUN TO LAS CRUCES
BY WAY Of COX'S FROM Il PASO
Francis E. Lester Suggests It and the Roads Are Ideal
For It; Las Cruces Building Road West to Deming;
Will Be Nearly as Short or Fl Pasoans as Present
Road and Much Better; Chance to Get Together
By G. 4. MARTIN.

pasOans TO make the trip that way. as
he thinks the new road will be capable
OF much faster time than the present
Borderlaud road out Of FL PasO- y
temporary bridge has already been built
west of Mesilla Park for the new road,
but when the diversion dam is COM
JiOu-the plans call for roadway
across the concrete dam. making a per-
manfnt bridge OF lasting quality
In constructing this road from Me-
silla Park to Deming- DOna Ana county
is making a bid for the Southern Ma
tiOnal Highway. the official designa-
ton OF which says that II shall run
from Roswell TO AlamogOrdo, Alamo
gordo TO Fl PasO. Fl Paso TO Mesilla
Park. Las Cruces and Deming. Origi-
nally Las Cruces intended TO take the
road II possible across san Augustine
pass and leave FL PasO off the route
but this was frustrated a the meeting
that decided the route. Now the traffic is
TO be directed down the eastern side
OF the Organ and Franklin mountains
into Fl PasO, and north from El Paso,
on the west side Of the mountains up
the valley, to Las Cruces and Mesilla,
where it win turn west again to Dem
ing AS a result OF this. DOna Ana
county viii not furnish any money for
road work between Fl Paso and Dem
ing. but this viii hardly be necessary,
for If the road from Mesllla Park 10
Deming is kept in repair, Fl Pasoans
desiring 10 make the trip westward Will
not mind the few extra miles because
Of the quicker time in which they can
cover il DOna Ana county will hardly
put up any money to put the road in
shape between Fl PasO and the OterO
county line on the east side OF the
mountains. however so this VIII likely
fall TO the part Of FL PasO and Alamo
gOrdo 10 keep in shape. AT one time,
Dona Ana county people threatened 10
tear up any road work done by Fl Paso
or AlamogCrdO on the east side Of the
mountains south OF san Augustine pass
but latterly the Las Cruces people ap-
pear 10 have given up this idea and TO
have decided 10 make no further effort
10 force traffic over that long steep
pull. but TO let IL come on 10 II Paso
and then force it back up TO Las Cruces
by building a good road from that point
TO Deming. Fl Pasoans have no fight
with Las Cruces upon this point, in
fact il viii meet with general ap-
prevail FL Paso has always wanted 10
keep the tourists in as much Of the Rio
Grande valley as possible and viii be
glad TO send people from the east up the
valley to Las Cruces. II Las Cruces viii
serd those from the west down the val
ley 10 Fl Paso and viii permit the east
side road to be kept in shape Ordi-
narily Dona Ana county would be eN-
pected 20 help keep the east side road
i'm condition. but. II the county puts
the western part Of the road I'm shape
from Nesilla Park 10 Deming-and
keeps IL that way. FL Paso motorists
can raise the necessary money to keep
the east side roaI in passable cOndi-
ton II needs but little work at any
time and il viii be much easier to keep
in condition than IL has been 20 keep
the road in shane from here 70 DeminE,
and II PasO has done all that work
without help from Doua Ana county
alth6a-h the road is in that cOuuty's
boundaries until IL reaches the Luna
county line.