El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-13

he asserted that with such a road. a
man would not hesitate 10 set out from
either OF the towns TO the other because
there happened to be a cloud in the
sky.
A~IamoEOrdO Would Benefit.
IF We wish to dispose Of our fruits.
we must bring 4 market close to US"
asserted DR.. 7. p Gilbert. who presided
at the meeting. and the way to bring
such a market TO US is TO build roads
so that people VIII come in here in
their automobiles and buy up our
fruit would like TO vote bonds
enough to build a road up every canyon
in Otero county he continued. then
build a road 10 FL Paso and invite the
world 10 come and play with us. The
business We would get from tourists
w6Ild soon pay for the bonds. We
nave the most wonderful country in
the southwest. = veritable playground
for everybody Good roads viii bring
people. people viii bring Us money"
Judge Pool asserted that automobile
tourists in the ummer with "A goo
road connection AianoEordo
and Fl PasO would buy every pound OF
fruit the people or Otero county could
grow; also all their poultry. eggs ana
butter. and at better prices than they
get nov. TO say nothing OF the saving
they would make on express charges in
shipping out. as is done now. lie said
a good road from Fl Paso would result
IN every canyon in the Sacramento be
ing dotted with tents OF campers dur
ing the sumner
Road RuiIdinE Cheap.
Judge Pool estimated that the grub
hing OF the Dad can be done for s15 a
mile, and there are some stretches
where this would ,e cheaper. He sug-
sested that after the road i grubbed.
perhaps Gen. PershinE would loan his
engineering machinery for scraplug
the road off: he thought the general
would at least send d truck train over
1t TO pack down paths for the autOmo-
bile wheels.
W. g. Roe asserted that AlamoEordo
would be the natural picnic spot for
at least 80 automobile loads Of people
every sunday II they could make the trip
mp there in four hours. as they cou1d
easily do on The new road once y Is in
condition. He said A~lamogOrdo would
become the central point for tourists
and p~icnickers and that. while making
their base at that place. they would run
out TO the various attractive :
nearby for short camping trips. Alo-
mogordO would sell their supplies to
them. He thought every store in Ala
moSordo would soon be employing more
clerks and doubling its sales OF goods.
II PasO Road Finished.
i IS pointed out that EI Paso
county has already built a good road
10 Newman, \. NJ. the Otero county
line. and hat it is but 80 miles from
Newmsn to O~rogrande, from which
point it is planned TO send traffic 10
the new Sacramento river resort II
A~lamogordO does not open the road all
the way.
]. +. Reeves. Of Newman. said he did
;he grading Tor the road from Fort
Bliss to Newman. and that it cost TT
IasO county about S20O TO grub six
miles Of the road and about So a mile
10 do the grading. but that the grad
ing was a detriment rather than a help.
He said if the sandoanks only had been
scraped off. at a cost Of about $25 a
mile, the road would have been better.
as automobiles are not using the grade
ne threw up, but are running in the
bitches" on each side and have made
two very good roads Of these since ne
Sand Not - Menace.
J ". Prude. OF MescaIero. who is a
newly selected member of the OterO
county road board. succeeding J.. J. San
ders. a county supervisor. said he was
heartily in favor of building the road
and thought the II Pasoans. particu-
iarly judge Pool. had opened the ewes
Of the people Of AlamogOrdo regarding
the construction Of roads through sand.
They had hitherto considered sand the
one great obstacle 20 the construction
Of a road to FL Paso along the rail-
road.
Judge Pool informed him that sand
was their best asset. as no road is as
good as a sand road after il is once
packed, particularly sand Of the char
acter Of that found between Fl Paso
and AlamOgordo. in which there is a
clay mixture.
J. J. Murray, OF ~Orogrande. asserted
that Orogrande had built three and a
half miles of straight road through the
sand north Of that place at a total cost
of about $50 a mile and that the work
was done two years ago and the road is
better now than IL ever was. II took
about three or four months for il to
pack down, because or light travel.
To Draw Much Traffic.
Thos. E. Rains. Of Qrogrande. said
the Borderland and Ozark highways
had already been designated as running
through AlamOgordo to FL Paso and
that the making OF a good road would
not only draw people from FL Paso who I
come in here over the Borderland from
m. Me.-. and The Fort L-n-.h 20 ~ !