El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-24
NeW FL PaSO And
ALanOgOrdOROad
Nearly Finished
Two Men in Ford Run
about Keep Up With a
Train On It For Miles.
By G. A. MARTIN.

Kansas City, No. June 24.--It is a
far cry from AlamOgordO, n, 4ls 10
Kansas City, but opportunity 20 file a
message has not presented itself
sooner and it seems worth while TO
file this back for the benefit Of the
automobile owners Of Fl Paso.
The new road between FL Paso and
Alamog ordo is being constructed rap
idly and. judging from appearances
from the train. IL should be possible
to traverse 1t in a very short time.
Appears Almost Finished.
Except for a short space near Orc
grande on the FL Paso end Of the
road. the work seems to be almost
finished. From AlamOgOrdO towards
FL Paso to Orogrande. the graders
have finished and much Of the surface
OF the newly constructed road is now
covered with gravel As the III FasO
Rotariaus came north Saturday on the
Golden state. q couple Of men In a
.llttle Ford runabOut going north kept
pace with the limited train for a num-
Der Of miles over the new road. show
ing that it is in good condition
No crawling has been done betW cen
Newman and OrOgrande. but much OF
the sand has been scraped out and
tracks show that number Of cars
have been going over it of late.
whether 10 is contemplated 20 gravel
this section is not known. but II this
is done. the haul viii be for great
distance and rather expensive
The worst part OF the road for the
Workmen has been south OF Orogrande,
where the sandbauks are high As
the construction men are building the
road straight, they have been forced
at times To cut down a bank often
six or eight feet high.
Parallels the Railroad.
The road parallels the railroad all
the way along the west line Of the
right Of way and viii reduce the mile
age 70 Alamogordo considerably and
should be lar superior in all respects
TO any section Of the present Ell Paso-
road around through the
flats one thing is certain. IL viii
never be as muddy at any point as
the present road can get ia many
places.
ON the stretch north Of Orogrande.
concrete dips have been installed at
all arroyos. so that there viii be no
danger OF bogging car in bad
weather. some Of the road between
El Pas0 and Orograude stiu looks
sandy, but IL was said in Alamogordo
that none of the sand is deep enough
TO hinder fast driving and that as
soon as the road is completed 10 viii
be easy TO make the trip 20 Alamo
gordo iu four and a half hours.
AAAEa can DE AllaAAE NL fNE4AAH ana ~ lAA
not be due until July @
This resolution covers the fact
that the granting Of unnecessary ]
credits should and must be curtailed
IL this district IS TO meet the re-
quirements Of the government It /
viii indeed be gratifying if this first
issue OF treasury certificates is over I
subscribed. and il can easily be done ]
if the bankers Of this district viii
apply as government dcpositaries, I
and make the payments as called for I
by the government
The e-rly movement of the grain t
crop viii materially assist, as well as
the fruit crop Of East Texas What ]
ever sacrifice the banker makes. 10 is ]
small compared 20 the I
real sacrifices the soldiers Of this
country are making. and . sincerely ]
hope that the spirit Of this resOlu- /
tion viii be carried out.
sales az the close Of business ]
Saturday amounted to S1,500,U00.'