El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
20 M|LESOF CONCRETE ROAD ADDED
TOCOUNTY'S FINES Y5TEMO ROADS
Upper Valley Drive Between E Paso and Anthony on the
New Mexico Line Is First Concrete Road Built in
the County; Road Expenditures For the
Year to Reach Half Million Dollars
wisdom of improving str

"HE wisdom OF improving streets
that run eastward from Cotton
avenue to the rapidly building
residence districts has been clearly
seen since the tremendous traffic
caused by the encampment of thou
sands of state and federal soldiers in
the eastern and northeastern sections
Of FL Paso has come upon the city.
Paving of several streets was pro-
NOTED early in the year and estimates
of cost prepared by the city engineers
before the army arrived and there is
prospect that at least two more main
arteries will be opened for rapid
transit within a few weeks. to relieve
the congestion on Montana and other
avenues
Connecting With PiedrnS
Paving operations were begun in
August on East Boulevard eastward
from Cotton avenue. on job OF 10
blocks that viii connect with the pave
ment on Piedras street Five blocks on
old East Rio Grande street. east of Cot
ton avenue. now known as Bliss. to
connect that long avenue now paved
east of Piedras with the downtown sec
ton always known as East Rio Grande
have been estimated and work is to be
GIN soon on Texas paved section Of
worked on. VIII connect up that street
with Piedras- The east end Of NIagoffin
VIII also be capped with pavement TO
a connection with Alameda Alameda
street paving has been in progress for
some time When finished that uriuci-
pal outlet TO the lower valley county
road Will he one OF the fastest and
finest streets in the system
City Has 1912 Miles Paved.
In the city limits of FL Paso there
D
crease OF 5-66 miles since the first Of
January. 1916 The cost OF pavine fin
lshed this year and actually underway
in August. was S295. 635 This does not
include the paving that has been pro-
NOTED during the year and not vet he
gun on, which VIII amount 70 SIS
miles Following are the streets paved
with bitulithic surface during the wear
or where work is now in progress:
Streets Finished and Progressing. IL.
Alameda. from Texas 10 Washington
park u blocks. $3.50 feet. cost SC2526
Texas. between Alameda and PiedraS
, II blocks. cost 1865
Bl2cker. from Mesa 10 Kansas. >
blocks. $50 feet: cost. s62fI
Federal from Louisiana 10 Dakota. ;
blocks. 1875 feet cost. 1928
Mesa. from Blacker TO Blanchard.
block 2e0 feet. cost. S2SgS
East Nevada. between 81. Vrafn and
cotton 8 blocks. 2460 feet. cost. S14.92S.
'iIcie aNenue- one block. between
1850
Newman. between Nevada and Mon /
tana. blocks. 500 feet: cost. s1642
stanton. from Rio Grande 10 RIacker. /
10 blocks. $500 feet: cost. S2421q-
Last Rio Grande. from Newman 10 B
cotton. blocks. 36e0 feet: cost. Sr7-276. /
Prospect. from Epson TO West Boule- /
ward. blocks. 200 feet. cost. S15.6Og.
West Nevada. from OREGON to Los
angeles . blocks. 200 feet. cost. s51g- d
south Kansas. between First and
-l~hth. blocks. 2310 feet cost. 5000
East Boulevard. from Cotton 10 P.--
iraS. 20 blocks. 800 feet. cost S55.sO6-
PiedrnS Street PaVfn. Finished
Early in the year the i block job
u paving Piedras street the principal
rosstowu division Of the city between
iaEoffln avenue and Bliss. was com
'leted. at cost Of S62O7o This paw
ne was laid with a single track line
+ the electric railway company. and
ives the additions OF Highland Park.