The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-21
MANUAL TRAINING
BUILDING AT STATE
NORMAL COLLEGE


BUILDING AT STATE
NORMAL COLLEGE
East Las Vegas. y. NJ, Oct. 20
Tho regents OF the New Mexico nor
NAL university here have authorized
construction Of q manual training
building. .ully equipped. the material
20 be furnished BY the board and the
students In his department 20 do the
work. Ii IL expected the building will
be completed this year.
leo have gotten value received. OF
course there rave been some mistakes
made and Others will be made, but
when one reflects the condition OF
the roads a few years ago with the
present condition, II Ia shown that tho
county road boards, as a rule. and tho
state road board and especially tho
state engineer, have done excellent
work. Now the amoun expended By
the people OF New Mexico might not
be great In comparison with what
other states are doing. but IL is great
In comparison TO the taxable value Of
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has become a great burden upon the
people Of New Mexico, o burden. how
ever, as ] have before stated. which is
cheerfully borne by them. Blu what
! want to impress particularly upon
this association II that the state and
county governments have already been
extremely liberal in appropridting
money for public roads. We have
now a limitation upon the amount
that may be raised by taxation. both
In the county n In the state. n Il
cannot be said that. keeping this linn
itatiOn In view. the public roads are
being neglected. | believe the amount
VI money that IL now being expended
from year TO year. which In the pres
ent year 1915 will amount TO nearly
81 200, 00O, for good roads. is sum
cient and that by means OF direct tax
alton good roads can be built as rap
idly as they should be built.
Opposes Blg Bond issues.
There Is tendency upon the part of
sotne people to advocate county bono
Issues for good roads purposes. tx
cept In a few counties. such as Dona
Ana, where conditions are peculiar
and unique. I believe II would be a
great mistake for The county Ia vote
road bonds In any considerable sum.
| do not believe that any community
has the moral right to vote bonds that
must be paid by a future generation
FOR any Improvement that IL not per-
maneni. Any man who has had eX-
p%ericnce in public affairs knows thar
whom county bonds are issued there
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In the county that a portion of the
money derived from the bond Issue
shtlI be spent In such precinct.
whether the roads are really needed
Tor the general public or otherwise.
These matters will enter into politics
and II is safe To say that al least 90
per cent Of the money will ne abso-
lutely wasted. SO that In q few wears
nothing will remain permanent OF the
pond issue except the deby itself Flu
tufe generations viii need good roads
To the same extent that the present
generation needs them. and they
ought not to be burdencd with tenn
porary benefits which we shall eniov
any more than We should live upon
Injuries IN our personal lives which
our children are bound To pay.
sentiment II Aroused.
we nave succeeded In %arouFing a
very healthy sentiment 80 far a. the
taxation cot property il concerned for
me building of good roads. believe
We should 80 .Irtncr ana arouse a
sentiment Tor individual efforts to
maintain such good roads believe
mat u ncighborhoods are encouraged
a great dcal can be accomplished by
voluntary work In the way OF drag
slng roads In most of the ountry
OF New Mexico roads are huilt very
cheaply, and " diligently dragged
AFTER each rain can be maintained in
a very good condition al "A yer, low
cost. But such dragging must be none
~ tht communities themselves, and
not by the counties of the state
rams IN New Mexico are local, and
'he central county board cannot so
Keep itself advised that they can put
teams and men ut work dragging he
roads IN the outlying communities
after each wet spell. The road board
IN have county has followed this
plan and has accomplished a great
deal The county furnishes the drag
ana grades the roads In the Hrst IN.
stance upon the promise OF the people
OF the neiShborh0od TO keep the roads
up by constant dragging.
$4,000. q for Roads.
] again refer to the fact that the
legislature ana The county taxing nu-
thorities have been extremely liberal
~ appropriations FOR good roads Dur.
ing the past five years. including in.
present year, there will have been
spent on the public roads In New
Mexico In the ne%ighborhuod Of
NS'OOo,O 600, ! believe rs a rule the
people are satisfied tina they hay.
value received for this money. but
each year the mou spent Tor good
roads has been greatly increased. and
there rests with the state road board.
the various county commissioners and
the county road boards a great re-
s%ponsibility ot administering the enor-
nous amount Of funds placed al their
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