El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
H0WM0NEY WAS
SPENT ON ROAD
Statement of Collections
and Expenditures on the
Deming Cutoff.

0Cu44A4S ON0O44'
/ Supervision. which includes
engineering foreman and $780,
assistant ------F 49u.t7
/ Grubbing new right of way. $3.50
/ Grading, including hill and
approach TO ( bridges $3.50
: Scraping sand of Of old road
way .--.----.-.----.- ------ -9t.4y
/ Hauling clay and caliche.--- l,526-4l
/ Hauling gravel. .--.------- 5S52
/ Road signs from Montoya 20
] DerCiug- ---.---.- ll0-ON
. Expense on car for foreman $500
Hauling water on clay and
clillcle. --------- -l--tr
Bridges, Including lumber.
hauling. hardware and labor $3.50
Total .....................ss .52432
The above summarizes the cost OF
} constructing the "DeminE cutoff
from the Borderlaud Inn west 10 the
s. r. crossing. according to report
filed today with the chamber OF COM
merce by judge Adrian Pool chair
man OF the committee on good roads.
Mr.. Pool and his committee had
charge Of raising the FUNDS and eN-
charge Of raising the funds and eE-
chamber Of commerce. which Is ad-
dressed TO John NJ Wyatt, president,
judge Pool sets out the amounts sub
scri5ed and how the money was spent
The Statement.
he presents the report, accompanied
by the following letter
Attached hereto you viii find A
complete statement Of the receipts
and disbursements on the Norwood
Hall cutoff on Deming road from
Sept 20. 1917. 10 Dec. 1. 1917.
About September 10 the road
committee Of the chamber Of com
merce decided that Il was necessary
to raise funds in this city 70 build q
direct connection with Deming and
other western points, FOR the reason
that this city was losing a great deal
Of business on account of not having
Immediately at the chamber OF com
merce, which was well attended by
representative business men Of the
city. We raised $500 that night and
started work on the road the next
morning, thanks to ". ". Turney.
who attended this meeting, put his
influence back Of the road and sub
scribed $1,000 for himself and asso-
ci1tes. Mr.. Turney's action IN this
matter was followed by the business
men OF the whole city and the money
was raised without any difficulty
whatever.
Plenty Of Publicity.
&c A Martin. a member OF the
C, nmituee, explained the necessity
thoroughly through the newspapers
that the public 50 thoroughly under
stood IL that many subscriptions were
volunteered II A Warner, another
member OF the committee. was very
active in helping to raise the funds
and used his car continuously 70 take
the road committee over the road
while the construction was in pro-
gress-
Tom Powers also took a great
deal Of interest in the construction
Of the road and, thanks 10 Nr. Pow
ers, he discovered the famous Tom
Powers 'hoEbacll.' which enabled US
10 90 from the mesa 20 the TOP OF the
hill. over a backbone that will never
require any maintenance. for the rea-
son that il followed the top OF the
hill where she water flows on each
Amount Collected.
we collected s5ss5 for this pro- q
lect, spent s3524-32 and have a bal
auce Of sf7O.5S that viii be used TO
maintain this road. I wish 70 say that
we did not attempt 10 build a road TO
Deming with This amount Of money. g.
out we did attempt and were success :
tul IN building o good road from the .
valley 10 the 5. ?. tracks. which con- /
meets Us with a good road to Alden. I
80 miles from z Paso. and cuts off /
20 miles Of the distance 20 DeminE. b
We covered over two miles of this five
miles with 10 inches Of clay and
caliche and gravel that we hauled in
wagons all the way from one-half I
mile 70 two miles.
@Jimmy- Newton's Work.
We would not have been able 20
accomplish all OF this work with srch .
a small sum Of money. had 10 not been
for the fact that Jimmy Newton. the I
most efficient man in this county in
handling men and teams. had charge
Of the construction work 20 well
was the committee pleased with his
work that they gave him q bonus on
the completion OF the work Mr. !
Newton states that he could have
done the work $500 cheaper II he
could have rot plenty OF teams and
men, but this was difficult on ac-
count Of the work being four miles
from water.
Il viii also state that we placed 20
road signs from MortOya 70 Deming
On this road; these signs are the
most substantial 10 be found in the
United States and the one erected at
The Borderland Inn cost SIS 4
This road is very IMPORTANT con-
lection for the city OF Fl Paso and I!
should be mainta med and kept in
first class condition for the reason /.
hat 10 is used by approximately 100
,ars per day" Il
Where Money Went. L
The money was spent as follows;
'aE roll. o. . O.. $-+a l-fg j
HTi K S5rz z25k q Noys. Inc. s1 s5S
J. ". EUhank- ...--....-..-- 5000
y Paso Sign Co--.---------- 400
3ecker-McDouEau Hardware
company ---..-.--- 5-55
3urton-Lingo company. 15IlO
stanley Bevan-- S6.9S
Va rl-ar & Tou &c = 70