El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

Z TO the construction OF those roads
I in which crushed rock is TO be used
/ II has been observed BY local men
that an average o. about 10 gondJla
I cars have been passing through FL
| PasO east bound for several weeks
l Superintendent Mcdonald, Of the G.
[ H & S A. at the request OF local
parties, asked OF the federal board
bound cars, which would cause a de-
Z lay OF only two or three days at the
most and in some cases no delay at
IL as the cars lay in the yards here
at times for several days PermiS-
sion was refused
This may necessitate the hauling Of
stone in box cars In this case the
stone must be thrown into the car,
then shoveled back into the car In
loading will require the same amount
OF labor. As some 80 carloads viii
be required, each car containing about
SO yards, the extra cost at from 10
to 20 cents per yard each time II is
moved will amount TO not less than
$1,000. It has been proposed by county
road agent White that flat cars may
be taken and sides built on them. but
the cost OF this would be almost as
great and there is a possibility that
after the sides had been built that
the federal government would hold
that they were open topped cars and
prohibit the use Of them as in viola
ton OF orders Of the railroad board.
Mr.. White expects to get in commu-
nication with the board at Washing
ton in hopes OF securing an alter
alton OF the order as respects FL Paso.
He viii show to the board that the
construction OF the proposed roads
viii deal largely in handling the food
supply in this section and is there
fore helping to carry out the war
policy and should not be obstructed.
II is doubtful, however, IL even this
VIII prevail as government employees
here are forced TO haul crushed stone
needed for headgates and other canal
work for distance Of nine miles. In
any event the roads viii be built
Has 400 Miles of Roads.
At present EI Paso county has about
$50 miles of earth and gravel roads,
Z25 miles Of which have been sur
faced or paved, making excellent auto
roads. In keeping with the plan to
make FL PasO tourist center for
autOists making the transcOntinental
trip on the southern route, the cham
Der OF commerce has caused 10 be
placed up sign posts on many promi-
nent roads which converge with roads
leading to this city. This work has
progressed on roads north, east and
west OF FL Paso.
Tourists once travelling over the
roads Of FL Paso county can have
nothing but cOmmendatiOn for them,
and as the roads thus become adver-
tised and better known 10 tourists
the number coming to FL Paso will
steadily increase.
Some Of the county's principal roads
are. FL Paso, Ysleta, Fabens, con-
crete with bitulithic cap, % miles;
upper valley, concrete, 20 miles, Clint
San Elizario, bituminous. two miles:
Fabens-Sierra Blanca, gravel and
caliche, 50 miles; Sierra Blanca-Cul-
oertson county, gravel, IS miles; So
cOrrO-San EliZariO, earth, ten miles.
north loop, bitulithic and concrete, -
miles; Ysleta branch, macadam, one
mile: Montoya loop. gravel, seven
miles These roads. all first class for
auto travel, add greatly to e Paso's /
trade facilities as well rs being the
means Of much pleasure to citizens
and tourists.
The county OF Fl Paso has not
slowed down in the matter Of road /
cause Of the war. knowing that ad- !
ditional road facilities throughout the !
county is a material aid in trans /
porting food products and in quick |
ness with which troops may be trans
Ierred from Fort Bliss to various Dor I
der points.
Ideal Road to North.
One of the best as well as the
most useful stretches Of country road
finished within late years is that OF
Doniphan's Drive, some 20 miles Of /
concrete and asphalt macadam reach /
ing from FL Paso to Anthony on the 4
New Mexico line. From the city to 1
the viaduct. or TO the Santa Fe cross
ing the road is laid with asphalt I
macadam. and from that point to An
thony has been resurfaced with con- /
crete, making an ideal highway for /
auto travellers.