Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-14


Wash route to Los Angeles.
"This route naturally passe,
through Calipatria or Brawley
crosses to the west side Of Salton sea
where it joins the new boulevard t.
be built by Riverside county. This
is the road that Los Angeles needs tt
boost hard.
"Those favoring the sandhills
route warn all travellers that the roaC
TO Los Angeles is absolutely impos-
sible of travel. We went over it ir
the Apperson without once going out
of the high speed.
"Both Hanshue and Herrick agree
it is a road of excellent possibilities
Suitable materials for its construc.
tion lie right at the roadside. One
inestimable advantage that it has is
the lack of grade. To enter San Die
go, the traveller must climb a chain
of mountains. You enter Los Ange-
les over a road as level as barn
floor.
"From Banning to the Riverside
county line there is to be built a road
connecting with the Ocean-to- Ocean
road. Riverside has already voted the
money and stands prepared to build
the road, but the Riverside people are
not willing to build a road that con-
meets with nothing. They will go
ahead when assurance is given that
the other end of the road through the
oesert to Brawley and Calipatria and
thence to Yuma will be built.
with the magnificent boulevards of
this county leading to Riverside, with
the Riverside road leading to the
county line on the west side of Sal
ton sea; with the old Ocean-to- Ocean
highway road carrying the traffic to
Imperial Valley, it only remains for
the gap to be filled by a road be-
tween Yuma and Calipatria through
the Mammoth Wash.
"The Riverside people are already
hard at work. Under the leadership
of such men as DR.. Coffman of Palm
Springs, who was one of the pioneers
III the Ocean to- Ocean Association, pc
titions are being circulated to induce
the members of the state Legislature
to support Assemblyman Avey's bill
for 100000 appropriation for the
Mammoth Wash road.
"This sum will be sufficient to
Luild the road through the wash ant
to restore the balance of the road
through Westmoreland to the Riv
erside line. Such a sum would not
be drop in the bucket in an attempt
tc build raft through the sandhills
ut will be up to the state to build
this Mammoth Wash road; it is toe
heavy a burden to be wished onto I'm.
perial county. Upon the raising Of
the money to build this road will de
pend the chance that Los Angeles ha.
to participate in the national Ocean
to-Ocean highway.
"There is no chance to divert the
national highway from San Diego, nol
is it desirable to do so. BY theil
splendid enterprise, the San Diego pco-
pie have won a place in the sun. They
were seizing upon the possibilities OF
this road while we were dreaming
about it.
"But San Diego already has one
good road that will connect her with
the Ocean to Ocean boulevard; the
state is building another one for her
Somehow or other she will get the
plank raft across the sandhills.
mo real reason exists why both
Los Angeles and San Diego should
not have 4 fork of the terminus of
this national boulevard.
Calculating on our time from the
valley to Los Angeles over the pres
ent roads, it can be stated with some
assurance that the automobile trip OF
the future, when these roads are
made, will be accomplished in about
nine hours.
ITO get the necessary roads, Lo,
Angeles must get behind the Nam
moth Wash project, and get behind
ii loud and hard"
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