El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-31
To HELP GET
OZARK TRAILS
Three Texas Counties Vol
UNFAIRLY Pledge Assist
anca TO FL Paso.

FL PaSo will have support at ANA
rilIo on June 2s, p and IS In It's eff
forts to bring the ozark Trails road tC
FL Paso. through Roswell and Ala
mogordo. \ letter to The Herald from
T. E. Huffman. highway engineer for
Deaf Smith county. says Deaf Smith
Farmer and Randall counties viii be
pleased to support the efforts of Fl
Paso.
". G. Roe. one OF the FL Paso dele
gates is mixing an effort to take a
carload Of El Pasoans TO the con-
Vention- AR. Roe, judge Adrian Pool
and C. 4. Martin viii be the official
delegates from the chamber Of com
merce, but, realizing the Importance
Of securing the road, Mr.. Roe thinks
it ought to be possible TO take a large
delegation Of FL Pasoans TO the meet
ing.
Three Counties to Help.
The letter from Mr.. Huffman 10 The
Herald follows:
1T has been with considerable in
terest that we have read G. A Mar
tins article in your recent issue, head
ed TO Pull for Ozark Trail In this
article was mentioned the efforts that
are being and viii be made by Ell
Paso and contiguous territory to the
north and east OF FL Paso to secure
either the main line OF the Ozark Trail
or a branch line OF il from Amarillo
through Roswell and AlamOgordo TO
FL Paso. The Importance of this route
as military road to the BOrderland
was also mentioned
ANY such movement on the part
OF Ell Paso and that portion of New
Mexico through which such a roa 4
would pass will find hearty support
on the Texas side Of the line IN the
counties OF Farmer, Deaf Smith and
randall, through which the road
would pass.
The counties OF Farmer and Deaf
smith are already making preDara-
tons to put that portion OF their
county roads leading from Amarillo
Aiamogordo. in first class shape.
To Build Good Roads.
FARMER county. Texas. has called
Tor bids for road Improvement. to be
opened thursday. Nay 81. at Farwell
Tor the construction of first class
earth roads on that portion OF the
county highway which will lead from
Amarillo through Roswell and Ala
mOgordo. to FL Paso. The specfff-
cations for this work call for the con-
struction Of first class. rein F9rced
concrete bridges and cuIverts a. an
openings. The idea is to prepare the
roadbed for the receipt OF a hard sur
face of some kind just as soon as the
traffic increases sufficiently to JUS
tify it,
Deaf Smith county, the adjoining
county TO the east of Farmer county.
has already let contracts and the work
IS alreaSy started on the construction
OF 10 miles of road on this same route.
the construction to be Of a similar
class Deaf Smith county expects to
let the contract for the construction
OF the remaining portion Of the road
on this route within the next two
weeks. When this contract is let It
viii also include the construction of
reinforced concrete bridges and cul-
verts at all openings
When the above contracts are let
Randall county will be the only coun-
ty on the Texas side OF the line that
has not already made preparations
TO improve this route Immediately. It
is thought. however. that Randall
county viii soon Join the movement
"All OF this work will be done IN
der the supervision OF the county
highway engineer for Farmer and
Deaf Smith counties"