Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-20

every way, a. Is. MCMlilen assumed
charge of the meeting. He said that
twenty-five years ago when he came
to albuquerque he was very much in
terested in the resources that We're to
be opened up by the building of rail-
roads-of railroads that were to be
built to the San. Juan country Il
know that the resources were not
overestimated, he said. The half
was not told. We have been expect
ing railroads but they have never
come, Those resources still lie unde-
veloped. Since that time the meth
DDS of transportation have developed
until we are now almost as interested
in highway as in railroads. The min
ing company says Come on, help us
build this highway. | hope you peo-
pie have the confidence that they
have
Nothing but Wagon Tracks.
There Is no road between Albu-
querque and Cuba" said sydney NJ.
We'll, the second speaker of the even
ing. There are nothing but wagon
tracks. In a distance Of elghty-5iX
miles between here and Senorito there
lies a country that has great re-
sources In a certain radius of five
miles in Sandoval county there is
more wealth than exists in any one
county in New Mexico except that de-
veloped from Il mining standpoint
There is more wealth in that five
mile area than there is in Rernalillo
county at the present time, But on
account of lack of roads i cannot be
gotten out out of thirtv-sN freight.
ers that have been used between here
and Senorito there are but six left
who are willing TO make a second
trip at this time of the year."
Mr.. We'll then stated that the San
Miguel Mining company has $1,000
tons of ore lying outside the mine
ready to mill and $4,000 tons inside
the mine. THIS ore will run about
per cent copper. The mine is good
for twenty years, and more likely
forty years. judging from tnvestiga-
tons made by biologists and the lay
of the land
Bringing the matter home to every
citizen of Albuquerque, Mr. Well
stated that at present Colorado pota
toes are laid down in this city for
S45 a ton. At present it costs the
producer in the Cuba country about
$40 a ton to produce potatoes and $50
to get them to Albuquerque, so the
man within 100 miles of our doors is
unable to compete with the Colorado
potato growers 1t is expected that
freight from the Cuba region could
be delivered in Albuquerque for not
more than $3.50 Il ton thus enabling
Albuquerqueans to obtain potatoes
much cheaper than they are now do
ing
4 good road between here and Cuba
would enable the mining company to
& 81. I pAt Of T,
600, most of which would be spent
here. while the mining company
would maintain balance in our
banks Of from 100000 to Sl,O00,000
Il year
Tomatoes weighing q pound and q
half apiece were grown in the Seno-
rito region last summer, Mr. Well
said. and fruit does equally as well,
| From y Bankers Standpoint.
! Charles S. White spoke on Whit
! the Cuba Road Means From Bank
/ ef's Standpoint" Mr. White illus
| trated this quite Vividly by relating a
I ease he encountered recently. A man
and woman came into the bank and
made known that they wanted to open
an account Mr., White obtained then
! signatures in the usual manner, fixed
I mp a deposit book and then asked the
man where HIS money was The
woman handed Mr., White large
package which. when the wrapping
paper was removed was found to be
a good sized grip. Opening the grip
I Mr.. White said it was fun Of currency
! The man said the amount was $500
and this was found to be correct by
the bank employees. This probably
represented the accumulation of years
and had been boarded instead of be-
! ing IN circulation. This man and his
wife reside along the line of the pro
posed road "A good road into Albu-
! querque would bring people here reg
ularly and they would deposit then
money" Mr.. White said, We are
Hooking for more people like these
Charles Springer, chairman of TIN
| state council of defense, gave hi
hear y approval to the project ant
stated that if certain amendment
could be obtained TO existing law
this road could soon be EXTENDED
through to Pennington. The pres
ent highway law" he said, require
that most of the money in the stat
treasury available for road work mus
be used in each county in proportion
to the assessed valutton less the as
/. sessed valuation of towns and cities o
E42,c00. We should be allowed to con
! struct roads over the IS ate where thel
are, needed A change which | hay,
/ just recommended to the governor
elect is that the state road fund may b'
used at the discretion of the commits
4 sion to build roads
In explaining why railroad haf
rot been built into Sandoval and Sar
| Juan counties, Mr.. Springer said /
was because no wagon roads had beer
| built to develop the country.
GnfNd Roads in France
Maj. NJ. l.. Stern, lust back from the
/ French front, said the war would no
have been over for long time had il
not besn for the good roads in France
built hundreds of years ago ane