El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-12

a source Of great annoyance 20 motor
lists. he said
III PasO's Road to Newman.
Judge 7. E. McClintock, Of Ell Paso
I county. revealed some Of the road
plans OF himself and the county COM
missioners- He said in building the new
] road TO Newman to connect with the
! road from AlamOgordo. IL is the plan
} 70 80 north from Montana street over
] Piedras and Elm streets as far as the
pavement extends then build a short
I stretch OF road TO a connection with
Mckinley avenue and use the AIcKin-
I ley avenue paving TO Dyer street just
north Of the Country club.
Road to san EIizariO.
Tn the lower end Of the county. he
said, q good graveled surface road is
now being built from the end Of the
paved south loon road at SOcorrO on
70 san Elizario and around back to
( Clint From san EliZariO q road is
also being built across the river TO
the west end Of "the island" making
ii possible to drive across "the island"
and come back out at Fabens and
home over the main or center road.
He said when the irriEa ton ditch is
built across 'the island" It IS planned
to carry the road along the ditch,
using the dirt eXcavated from the
ditch FOR the road grade
Widening Main Road.
Relative to the paving Of the road
between FL Paso and Tsleta. Judge
McClintock said besides widening Il
70 p feet by the addition OF three
feet Of concrete on each side. Il is be-
ing widened TO "a feet on all curves
and bridges and IS being Strengthened
in several places. For instance. the
dangerous curves over the five mile
bridge and the Vaidespino bridge are
being made less dangerous by widen
ing the bridge and moving the pave
menC a little TO the west instead Of
carrying it around in such an elbow
A.
opposite alfalfa switch. although on q
ightway. IS also being widened.
Mountain Road Assured.
DR.. 6. II. Johnson. OF White Noun
tain Inn. said money was now avail
Gbl6. virtually, 70 construct q fine
road between AIamogordo and Ros-
we'll He cited the fact that Oter0
county would appropriate money to
repair the road from AlamOEOrdO to
TularOsa and said the Indian appro-
nriatlon bill and state and federal aid
funds would take care Of work
through the mountain country. in
gliding the Mescalero Indian reserva-
tion. from Tularosa to Hondo, Ros-
ven has enough money. combined
with state aid. he said. 70 complete
the construction work out OF Ros-
well TO within five or six miles OF
Houdo. This would leave only that I
small stretch between HondO and the ]
end OF the Roswell work TO be built, /
and that is not bad at present
Rural Aufo Mail Service.
DR.. Johnson said a good road would I
put fine vegetables and fruits from I
the RuidosO country on the table of I
FL Pasoans at a very cheap price. He 1
would not be surprised. he said. TO 4
see the government operate a par !
GELS post truck between Roswell and /
Fl Paso. Out OF Philadelphia. he I
said. they are now being operated to 1
bring the farm and garden produce to !
the city market and are netting the j
government $3.50 profit 2 week
OterO County Is Alive.
Notwithstanding that Otero county
is very thinly settled. and a large
portion OF The population Of the
county IS Mexican. T. A Pace, Of Tula-
rosa, said The county IS alive for good
roads and at a meeting held the night
after Col. Harvey and his party had
been there, 50 memberships were Sc