El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-20
HIGHWAY HEADS
MISSLUNCHE0N
Texans Coming to Meet
New Mexicans Delayed;
Due This Afternoon.

] Curtis Hancock. chairman Of the
! Texas highway commission, George
/ Durand. state engineer, and W. 3.
/ starr. secretary Of the Fort Worth
/ FL Paso highway. with five other
! Texans. missed a good meal Mon
7 day when their T. & p. train was de-
/ layed and arrived in FL Paso after the
I food was consumed at the weekly
! luncheon Of the Motor Trades associa-
/ ton at the Modern cafe However.
] they viii meet state engineer James
! a. French and member Of the New
! Mexico highway commission Eugene
/ kempenich. Of Valencia county. this
] afternoon and exchange ideas on
/ highway improvement in the two
I states. Nessrs- French and KEN
] Denich reached FL PaSO on the Santa
Z Fe at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
! They expected W n. Atkinson. mem
auto or train
Give Dinner Tonight.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the Motor Trades and the
good roads committee Of the chamber
I Of commerce will tender a dinner 10
the Texas and New Mexico commits
siOns at Hotel Sheldon grill this even
I ing at 1880 o'clock.
The New Mexico commission was
7 represented at the luncheon by sec
.
engineer James A. French. both of
whom addressed the gathering. The
business session OF the Motor Ira 1eS .
was abbreviated so that proper honor I
could be done 10 the visiting com .
missioners.
Talk or Headlights.
The glazing headlight trouble was
brought M by secretary E W dale f
mand at the suggestion OF judge A. J. .
Hall and a committee consisting Of .
G. l. Burt and police chief B. J. Zah- T
riskie will meet at the court house f.
on Friday at o'clock 10 discuss the I
matter and propose some solutions.
Suggests Night Meeting
The meeting was then turned over 4
TO G. A. Martin. OF the good roads .
committee Of the chamber OF COM (
merce. who said he believed that some +
arrangements should he made for a ]
night meeting with the joint commits 1
THE visit OF the two commissions IS I
very important to Fl Paso as this ci-v .
is on the only route across the CONT I
nent that can be Travelled all year .
round" said Mr.. Martin
Speaks OF y. VI. Roads
County judge F. q. McClintock said .
he was glad that the Two state hiEn-
way commissions were coming for u .
will give Fl PasoanS a chance TO inn .
press upon the officials the necessity f
roads OF very much value to this city.
He referred particularly TO the OrO-
Erande road and the HueCo tanks +
road. He believed the road from FL 4
Paso 10 AlamoEordo one Of the most .
important that the commissions
should consider.
Important to Fl Paso.
I'VE want 10 see the down valley
road completed" said the judge. for
we realize that Hudspeth county viii ]
na
some years 70 come and this road is
of even more importance TO Fl Pas1
than to the farm district along the
route"
Tells Of Work In \. n.
Mr.. Eempnich told Of the formation
Of the New Mexico board. The law
leaves the construction Of New Mex
ico county roads 70 the county off
Gals, but their maintenance is under
the supervision Of the officers Of the
commission. he said
Some trouble was experienced in
New Mexico in getting competent en-
gineers but this has been overcome
and the state is making some progress
with roads under the federal good
roads act There was some trouble
in the past with decentraliZed road
systems, each county building as It.
saw fit but the board now hopes for
better. cooperation between the coun-
ties, Mr. kempenich said.
FaVOrs AlamOEOrdO Road.
state engineer James A French OF
New Mexico said that he favored the
Alamogordo-El Paso highway as a
part Of a federal road through New
Mexico, but that some Of the New
Mexico members OF the highway COM
mission did not view 10 with favor
as national highway because of its
proximity to a railroad. fearing the
national government would not sane
ton It. The national government is
aiding only roads that may become
valuable as post roads, for the deliv-
cry Of mail.
Mr.. French said this road had al
ready been designated as a state
highway, however He said much !
work was being done on the road
between Ell Paso and Colorado and
that would soon be one Of the best
highways in the country. Permanent
construction OF uniform type is be-
ing adopted in New Mexico. ne said
waste Of money such as had attended
the old system when each county
built where il pleased Of any mater
ial il decided to use.
Dinner Motion Carries.
Following the talk Of Mr.. French,
present. together with other FL Paso-
ans who could be invited during the
afternoon. meet at $50 this evening
at the Sheldon for a dinner to the !
two state highway commissions. the
news being brought to the luncheon
that the Texans would not arrive
until o'clock.
Thirty men present promised TO at
tend the dinner in the evening and
the meeting adjourned. many Of those
at the luncheon going direct TO the
depot TO meet the Texans.
Plan To Entertain Visitors.
At a joint meeting Of the board OF
directors and the good roads com