El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-21


. physician He has been for number
OF years a resident and upbuilder OF
New Mexico
highway road is complete it VIII
make a beautiful motor ride across
the state" he said. This viii be a
great benefit to FL Paso. It will cause
. much travel
Assnns Road TO AIamOgordO.
The road from II Paso TO Alamo
gOrdO, a distance Of 100 miles, should
be made passable. The road If prop
erly built along the railroad track
. VIII be only 50 miles. I have travelled
/ this road eight times this year TO my
I summer home at Mountain Park and
at one time I counted eight cars ma
/ rooned in the mud The road as IL
now runs is a disgrace.
There would be constant traffic
{ over this road II il were made passl-
/ BILE. II would be one Of the most
/ travelled roads in this section"
The speaker told OF a time when
T his car was marOOned in the flats
near Hits ranch and IL required the
work Of a well puller. two mules and
four cowboys to get his machine out
aiter I'VE hours OF hard labor The
road from here to AlamOgOrdO needs
bullding-along the railroads
much as any in the United States 4
hope the commissioners Of New Mex
leo viii have II done.
Good roads are as important as
railroads and telephones. A city -r
town cannot prosper and be uptodate
If II has not good roads leading in
and out If I had as much money as
Rockefeller I would spend So. 900
building concrete highway from
coast TO coast"
Mclean Praises Is.
Ihomas r. Mclean, OF the Texas
commission. paid a tribute TO the
roads in FL PasO county. They are
the best roads in the state" he said.
You have the best brick buildings
OF any CITY in the state and as fine
homes. We are anxious TO get YOU a
road across the state for II Is a long
way to travel over bad roads"
County Judge F. B. McClintock said
Judge Adrian Pool was largely re-
sponsible for the building Of the beau
riful boulevard from here 10 An
thony- He cast the deciding vote 10
build that road, at a meeting OF -he
commissioners. which was dead
locked" the speaker said. IF anyone
wants good roads. let them build 10
Fl Paso county and We viii meet you
ut the boundary line with just a.
good"
McCIIntOek Enthusiastic.
Judge McCliutoclc also spoke OF the
impossible condition OF the Alamo
Eordo road and said Il was essential
aA-aa- N.N EtAA AaA EDD4 coma ZION
once He said the flats north OF mere
were almost impossible the entire
year
The commissioners court OF Fl
Paso county reached a little working
agreement OF its own" the speaker
said we have divided ourselves into
section bosses and work on a system
ike the railroads Each commissioner 1
Is q section boss Of roads in a certain
nart Of the county. In this way we
a1Hn 90 L Inc 81
We VIII look after the main roads
and in our spare time will look after
the branch roads" Commissioner
Hancock said this was a fine plan.
Pool Gives Facts.
Adrian Pool then announced that
he wanted 70 make e brief talk and in
part said;
You have been over our roads to
day and you know they are as good
rs any IN the country. We have 40
miles Of good road across FL Pas0
county This is one sixth the distance
Of the highway from FL PasO TO Tex
arkana- There are about 30 counties
through which this road passes. They
have TO construct the other five
siXths- II is a highway that can De
travelled 365 days in the year
The Monohans sands IS the ONLY
stumbling block on this highway The
road viii not be worth anything Il
YOU cannot get across these sands.
The counties through which this road
passes have announced that they will
waive their claims TO state and fed
eral aid due them. They want This
entire fund spent in solving the PROD
lem OF the MOnOhans sands. It can
be done. New Mexico had the same
condition on the Portales-Clovis high
way II is now one OF the best roads
in the state and the sand problem
was solved b. an expenditure OF a
few thousand dollars a mile.
Open Mountain Resort.
You men Of Texas know how warm
II IS in summer in your section and
you Know OF the delightful climate
we have near here IN the New Mexico
mountains. In east Texas. babies and
little children die from the heat You
men are able to send your families to
tne mountains But many are not
When the Texarkana-El Paso road is
built there will be scores OF. moor men
on this road who could drive their
Ford here and take their families for
an airing IN the mountains BY build
ing this road you viii be saving these
babies lives"
The speaker spoke Of the scenic
beauty and historic places in New
Mexico He said the scenery OF New
Mexico outrivaled that Of California
and Colorado combined. He said with
proper ROADS more tourists will 20 TO
New Mexico than any other state in
the union.
Asks New Mexico Help.
You OF east Texas help us TO get
this road and we win send east Texas
more tourists from California than
you have ever had. Arizona IS repair
ing the little strip OF bad road now
on the Borderland route.
To you people OF New Mexico. 7
want TO say that some time ago YOU
thought, perhaps. We wanted these
roads so that you could come down
here and trade. / think that feeling
has passed now. There are 100000
people here in FL Paso and nowhere
TO go. We want TO 90 to the noun
You build that Alamogordo road and
we viii pay for it each year in the
money we spend in New Mexico. Otero
county has already voted its money
to do its part Now let the state HELM"
CulbersOn'G Patriotism.
Judge J. @ Hunter. Of Culberson
county, spoke OF the spirit Of the peo-
pie OF Texas for road building He
said there are but IT'S voters In Cul-
berson county. yet that county has is
sued bonds amounting to $3.50 per
voter and that the people OF Culbersou
were ready to meet the state and other
counties half way in building the Tex
arkana-El Paso highway. His ad-
dress was filled with amusing incl
dents and caused much laughter
among those at the dinner.
He said $4,000 had been set aside
to cover" similar amount from the
state 20 build a road across the coun-
ty, yet" he added. this road does
not serve our residents On one As
mile stretch Of this road. a link in
your highway, there lives but one
man and he is five miles off the
road we are poor, but We will cover
the state and national -,-oDa-- ,5o11,-