The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-18
ALBUQUERQUE WILL
BACK THE PROPOSED
CUBA ROAD Project
Directors of Chamber of Commerce
Make Decision; Public Discus
sion Of Matter at Business
Mems Dinner.

After c%ongidoring the matter from
every angle. tho'board of directors ~
tae chamber OF Commerce decided
that Albuquerque should Immediately
raise see. 900 20 finance the eight
mile cutoff on the Alhuqucruuc-Cuba
road.
Plans to raise this sum Of money
VIII be formulated hy the executive
committee of the Chamber OF Com
morce. In order that All interested
citizens may haV an opportunity OF
expressing an opinion on the project
and submitting any plans Tor u, sgd
ney NJ. We'll. OF the san Miguel Min
INK COMPANY has issued "a special IN
Vitgtion to all business and profess
sional men of the city asking them TO
attend a dinner at the Alyarado no
tel tomorrow night as the guests OF
the company. The meal will be- AerS-
ed promptly At . O'Clock.
There were two routes FOR the pro-
posed road Improvement To cuba cN-
amincd by the Chamber Of Commerce
directors At their meeting last night
one IT these IN the CUTOFF from Ala.
media bridge to the mesa. a distance
Of eight miles. and which Alhuqu.r-
que must build according 10 the gen.
cral plan of financing. and the I'm
"proVement of the route through Cot d.
ralcs, which was suggested by the
citizens of that district The "cut-
Off" plan was adopted. but plans Will
Immediately go forward for the M
provcment OF the other out also.
AZ an indication of the present con
dition of the road TO Cuba. the fol.
lowing telegram to the postmaster
general was sen last night by the 10
cal Chamber ct Commerce at the rc.
quest OF the residents OF cuba:
Cuba. New Mexico. and the inter
yening points served on mail route
Gf2tt have been suffering most de.
plorably with lack of service since the
middle OF October. Parcel post des-
tined for Scnorita and Cuba has &C.
cumulnted at Cabezon and interme-
diate points until the congestion q
exceeds ten tons.
There has been no delivery of par
eel post at Cuba since December 4
aud first class ma between here and
there has taken up TO twelve days IN
a distance OF less than ninety miles
Cuba oven finds II impossible to
make It's protest to you by mail OF
telegraph and therefore by specia
messenger has asked us 10 advise YOU
that due to inefficient mail service
they lack groceries and provisions. i
In only fair TO say hat the contractor
OF the mail on this route In badly ham
pered by weather and road conditions
but we strongly urge that relief 81
some type he given him AZ once"
This telegram simply indicates wha
a change in conditions will result
from the proposed road repair an,
serves 10 bring TO mind the mercan
Tile, health ~ pleasure reSourc"
which viii be- opened up by "A vel
beaten road being constructed int
this country. rich IN farming. mining
timber. game. health and scenery
The chamber OF Commerce eN
pressed the hope his morning tina
business men in general viii accep
the san Miguel Mining company's In
vitntion 20 the dinner and discussion
at the Alv1rndo hotel tomorrow eve
ning.
Goal will not get ~ cheaper. Or
der tciriilos now. Hahn Goa Go
Ishnnc NJ