El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

N/ construction OF new roads be-
tween YsIeta and SOcorro that
Will represent an outlay by the county
Of about s125.O0o. The money VIII
! come from the bond issue Of $780,
600 voted by the tax payers Of the
county last August
The work in the Ysleta district is the
first to be undertaken with funds from
the bond issue, but within a short
time bids will be invited for new road
work between FL Paso and points in
the upper valley. It is probable that
in this section Of the county S125,OOO
viii be expended. The remaining $50
OOe will be used in the construction Of
new roads in the eastern part Of the
county under the direction Of county
commissioner J. n Walling. Of Sierra
Blanca.
Paved Road in YsIeta.
The work in Ysleta includes a mile
OF resurfacing on the county road run
ming through Esleta- The road VIII
be paved from curb to curb and curb
work will be paid for by the Rio
Grande Valley Traction company,
whose tracks extend along the street
through the town. An 15-foOt roadway
old Xsleta-SOcOrro road. and the
Hsleta-Clint road will be repaired Bit
ullthic will be used on all or this
road work, the contract having been
let TO the FL PasO Bitulithic company.
May Try Concrete.
The paving in the upper valley viii
De either of bitulithic or concrete
There is a strong disposition on the
part of some members Of the commits
sioners court TO use concrete in the
NnHn
test the material The Investigations
conducted by members Of the commits
sioners court in California several
weeks ago convinced some members
that concrete is a permanent pave
ment, and IT is desired that some OF
the road work in the county be OF this
material
No paved roads will be built in the
eastern part of the county with the
$4,000 set aside for that section
Gravel or caliche will be used extern
sively in the building Of new roads
and surfacing existing highways. while
some Of the roads win probably only
be graded. The program Of work has
not, as yet, been mapped out
Open IS Miles of New Road.
The work Of the past year was
largely maintenance work although g
miles of new graded dirt road were
opened up between Sierra Blanca and
the Culberson county line The new
road follows the Texas & Pacific rail-
road and completes a continuous high
way from Anthony. y NJ. 10 the east
line Of the county. a distance OF 13e
miles. the longest county road in
Texas
The South Loop road No. ;. from
Ysleta through SOcorro TO San Elizario.
15% miles in length. was graded dur
ing the past year. and % miles Of Side
roads and feeders were graded in the
lower valley. Three miles OF the lat
ter named were surfaced with caliche.
Much Repair Work.
Repair work was conducted on an
extensive scale. -Four and one-half
miles Of the Montoya loop road were
regraveled- Holes in DOniphan's drive.
the paved road leading from Ell PasO
to Anthony. n. N. were filled = large
portion Of the North Loop road was
worked over and lately holes in the
pavement were filled Several streets
in the Government Hill and Altura
Park additions were graded. A half
mile Of DOniphan's drive, near the city
end was paved during the first part
of the year
In addition to the paving and repair
work, a number Of bridges and culverts
were builtl $2T5O.0S being spent on this
work
spend S7O,69S.79 on Roads.
A total Of s7O.6s3.7s was expended
during the year on the various roads.
in the purchase of rights of way for
new roads. the building of bridges and
culyerts and in the purchase Of road