La Junta tribune., 1917-10-11
MANY MILES OF NEW ROADS
One Hundred and Seventy-Fivo Miles
OF Road Re-COnstructesi In Oter0
County In Five Months

OterO county mas ever known. over
l75 miles OF main line roads in Otero
county have been rebuilt, recon-
structed and graded during the past
five months. At the present tim0
there are more miles of road in Otero
county that are in first-class con-
dition than the county has ever
known before. and the work has been
done at the minimum of expense
or course 1t has cost n lot OF
money to do the work. and the ini-
tial expense for equipment was con-
siderable. About 5000 was spent
early this year for equipment to
build roads on mammoth scale. and
the county commissioners are now
firmly convinced that the expendi-
ture was justified when they con-
template the amount OF good work
that has been done on the roads
during the past summer.
With the equipment that the coun-
ty Is now provided with It Ia possible
to build and reconstruct roads In
Otero county at an expense per milo
Of about one-fifth of what It has cost
In times past. During the past week
two miles OF new road was construct.
ed In the Holbrook country at an ex-
pense OF $50 per mile. II cost Otero
county $50 per mile to build road
To the J ] Ranch few years ago.
An excellent view OF the road ma
chine that was purchased by the
county commissioners of Otero coun-
ty is shown on the first page OF this
issue. The Twin City forty horse
power oil tractor Is shown I'm the
lead with two Giant Road King Lean
Ing Wheel Road Graders attached.
The Twin City 40" il the most now.
erful oil tractor on the market to-
day Its drawpuli represents tho
united pulling power Of sixty good
.hoises. ris qioipr n,npins n,onc viii
develop over onc1 hundred horse
power. II is marvel OF. strength
and energy and OF course Is only
fitted for unusually heavy work. IL
weighs thirteen tons.
II can he used for pIowing and
viii turn twelve fourteen-inch fur
rows, II can also be used for
threshing. and handles with ease two
OF the Giant Road King Leaning
Wheel Road Graders. with ten foot
blades. as shown in the illustration.
This road making machine moved
along at the rate of two miles nm
hour when we saw II In operation
on the center road to Holbrook last
Saturday morning When you can
build new roads at the rate OF two
miles an hour you have an equip
ment that is certainly worth while.
especially when you have 500 to L.
600 miles Of road to take care OF
ms we have In otcro county.
otero couniy's road making ma
chine has been In almost continu-
Gus operation during the past five
months. II has been In charge OF
W. =. Seward. OF MnnzanoIa, ms fore
man, with J. n. Modglin M chrt-
neer OF the oil tractor. r. ". Hanson.
head grader man. and NJ. y. Green.
rear grader man. The machine has
reconstructed and graded i7S
miles OF road In Otero county during
the past Nv. months. Tho roads
graded include an eighteen milo
stretch south OF Rocky Ford 10 tho
ssink reservoir. eighteen miIes OF
road between In Junia and TImpas.
also the road west of Tlmpas 90 tho
Nanzanoin road and then south to
Mhnzanola. Some OF tho roads
around Fowler were also graded. 40
that every part OF tho country was
included.
All three Of the roads from La
junia 10 the iiolbrook country wcro
graded. the last one being the road
to Hoibrook Center. except two short
stretches, one OF them Just south OF
the Fort Lyon canal. and the othcr
about three miles farther south.
near the top OF the hill. both Of which
viii have TO be graded with mon
and teams. ON account Of tho
deep cuts and washouts where it
would not be practical TO operate
tho road making machine.
All three roads leading 10 the
Hoibrook country are now In fine
shape. the road along the tslsphoae
line being In especially fine coadi.
tion. Some parts OF this road are
thirty-six feet wide. and after Il has
been ratned on , few t1nes anl
dragged II viii b. one Of ~ finese
bouisvards and autonsttDs soeel-
ways u ths county. '.
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