The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-16

presented ifom q busin'Aa, pleasure
and health standpoint by the con-
structlon OF the proposed AIbuquer-
que cut OF from the Cuba road,
which Il pushed to completion, Will
make "A direct and substantial roud
from Albuqucrque 10 cuba.
The great rehults In a business way
which will result from the construc-
ton OF such "A ioad have been well
recognized by Albuquerque business
men tot many years. but II took the
interest and the proposition of IL
nRncial aid which the san Miguel
Mining company has offered 10 bring
the matter to capitalization.
The San Miguel Mining company
has made the following offur To- Al
buIucrque To forward The construc-
ton OF the "Cut off," IL Albuquerque
viii build the road from AlamcdA
bridge to the toy OF the mesa IN a
tatrly straight line and OF such ma
t"tial that Il VIII stand heavy usage,
the San Miguel company will match
any amount each year for "a period Of
three years that SandONal county viii
contribute toward repairing the re-
mamdcr OF the road 10 Cuhn,
u rs suggested bY the O pany that
SapdoNal county Contribute between
; $500 and $1,000 zach year FOR the
three year period This would make
about $4,000 Added to that viii b..
wv tstlhf AtARhNA AiNhA wv MllilAaa
COMPANY a Nkc moun from the
state and from the federal govern
mcut respectively. This would total
a. least SOC, 900 which would he avail
able Tor work ON this road iu the neNt
three years
I'm speaking Of The possibilities
which the construction OF the cut Oft
and the repairing of the remainder
OF the Dad holds Albuquerque Post
master Chatles Rhoci said this morn
ing FROM a federal mail stand.
potnt the road would be q Voritahlc
bonanza, ~ 10 wei, seen 81 the pres
ent time, Judging from conditions
During the past few weeks u has been
almost Impossible To get mail through
that section OF the country and for
four DAYS last week ~ was a physical
I'M possihility.
"A trip was made hy IN. natl car
rier during the latter part OF the week
and WAS only made by practically dig
cling a way through the heavy road
The proposed cut OF and rebuilding
viii open TINS country 20 regular mati
service.
THAT the repairs are necessary can
easily be seen from the rather sur
prising fact that lhr mall carriers on
these routes spend. each ycai. a good
art OF their salary IN an effort to
keep the roads possible. In my optn
ION no bttttf bublNtNH proposition Has
ever been presented to A~lbuquer-
quoans than that OF opening THIS road.
TOT when The mail can get through To
the rpsidents OF the district. A. Is a
sure thing that the r,sidents can got
90 Albuquerque for their trading
The district In the Jcmcz country
iH one OF exceeding richness, AZ parts
OF II are fertile 10 an extreme aud are
well populated.
Tho building Of the Albuquerque
cut or from the Cuba road would
be the best thinE in the world iot
Albuquerque" snid j. Is. korher o.
the j Korber and Company Hard
ware business 1t ~ my opinion that
the road will mean an addilon TO our
trade here IN Albuquerque OF at least
sTOO, 900 a year. | ann well acquaint-
ed with the Iemez territory. hnNins
spent u great dcai OF ume there A.
Jar back as 1850. and ! realize the
wonderful possibilities OF IN" open
ing OF the country TO Alhuquerque
trade by the simple process of max
ing the roads poasabl1. ] consldci "
tho best business proposition ever put
an to Albuquerque business men.
The Albuquerque chamber OF com
merce ~ firmly hack of the propogi-
ton aud there will u" "a mCtung 90
the directors Of the organization 10
morrow night for The purpoEo of go-
NAA hNfN ~ lahANN 49,
cost which have been prepared 10y the
engineers who made a final survey
q; the conditions last week. At tins
meeting plans viii be formulated FOR
taking rare Of Aibuqucrqu''H share
of the expense
II is hoped BY the chamber Of com
mcrcr that the H|crnalillo counts coin
m~issiontrs viii make provisions tot
The rNDcnsc OF constructing the road.
but there Is not tim" at present 4"
wait for this action. which viii prob
ablS follow, as IL ~ not known how
long The san Miguel Mining compnn\
will hold open their offer of
cooperation
The chamber OF M gives
IA, following reasons whN n matter
must hr taken up ~ this time 10y some
Npe of private subscriptions. l1rtl
speed rs Necessary. second. SlndoNhi
county naturally turns 20 'ortnlns ~
,he terminal point Of the road ana
ror this reason Albuquerque must Pr'
wen behind the movement u ~ " 70
bc done: third. u Is the opinion OF
practically every business man 10 w,
civ that tho returns Ia Increased
trade will easily c~ounierbalancr Mh''
may be Gp,nt on 'hc CONSTRUCTION
work.
Although the region is rich in tim
her the road will not affect TINS me
of business 10 any large extern n"
though the development Of tho ooun
try will help materially In bringing q
railway TO the region. Aside from tins
posEibility the Jcmez counirN ts one
of the finest recreation and health.
resorts in the world.
I'm speaking OF these nhasca ~ the
proposition, District Forester Paul q
Redington said this m ,rning; iTh"
improvcment OF the so called Jsme1
road viii. I believe, open M a very
wide recreation ground TO Alhuquer-
oueans. The no and sulphur sprines
oil tho Jemcz country have never been
widely known because of their rela-
live inaccessihility and tho same II
trne OF the wonderful mountain terri
tory in the .lemez rangc. with the
new road, which I sincerely hope VIII
soon become an assured fact nun
dreds OF our citizens Will he ahlo
hereafter To find in b IemcL coin
trv within easy reach a vacation
ground which cannot he surpassed
anywhere In the southwest
while extensive timber ~ohf
lie comparatively adjacent 10 the new
road, ! do not think that there VIII
be an appreciable Increase IN INC
large exploitation Of these resources