El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-13
ALamOgOrdO Is
GUen RaWDeaI
On FL PaS0 Road
Engineer Flamm Says State
Highway Commission Is
Not Acting Fairly.

Fl Paso's arrangement By which It
I paid the money promised as its part
I in the construction Of the AiamaEordo
and FL Paso road 10 the ceunty Of
otero instead OF 70 the state Of New
Mexico, caused the New Mexico high
way commission TO place a ban on
the road as a state highway
This Is the declaration OF Roy
Flamrn. county road superintendent Of
Otero county, writing 20 the Alamo
gordo newspaper from Boulder. Colo.
Capt Flamm's letter 81 uart. which
should interest Fl Paso good roads
advocates generally. says:
When 7 became county road super
intendent / learned that there was
$1,000 due TO the county from the
city OF Ell Paso or rather the FL Paso
chamber Of commerce. as the unpaid
portion Of a pledge OF $500 TO be
spent upon the AlamoEord0 and e
Pas0 road. also learned that the
state highway commission claimed
this money and commended that II
70 apply on debt claimed TO be due
the state highway commission from
Otero county So long as there was
50 much controversy over the money
and uncertainty as 70 where e. would
be expended II the state receive the
money Fl Pas0 refused 20 pay Go to
either the state or Otero county.
7 made several trips 20 FL Paso in
regard 20 this matter. and finally
secured the money for Otero county. I
guarnteed 10 spend the money on the
FL Paso and Alamogordo road. In
conjunction with the El Paso chamber
oi commerce endeaTored 10 set
statement from the state engineer to
the effect that he would spend the
money on this road, and ~ he would
agree 20 do this ] was willing FOR the
state to have the money Neither the
state engineer nor the state highway
commission would make this promise,
and I became convinced that II the
state did ger this money il would
not be spent on the roads Of Otero
county. bur possibly would have been
spent on the roads OF Taos OF san
Miguel counties.
state Engineer asore.n
u was ia the state engineers office
IN June and was politely informed
that was -in bad, because 7 had Sc
cured this money for Otero county a
lot Of talk was uur forth about pre-
FiouE agreements between the county
FL Paso and the state engineer with
reference TO this money, but upon my
request 70 see such agreements they
matter OF Red Line roads for Otero
county. and was informed that under
no circumstance would the Alamo
gordo and il Faso road be made a
Red Line road The AL1mo-Las Cruz
ces road would. however. te made a I
Red Line road.
The fact that the Alamogordo and I
FL Paso road Is the most Important (
rad IN the county and the road most /
desired by the county as a Ped Line j
road had no weight with the state /
engineer or the highway commission. I
7 then tried 20 compromise on The I
matter by asking them 10 declare the (
as far as TURQUOISE and then 4
build a new road 70 connect with the +
Las Cruces road at the organ Gan. /
and thus not have two parallel roads \
nearly half way 70 FL Baso, but the
state engineer would not favor this /
Tyraunieui and Unjust
From the standpoint OF faIrdeai-
Ing can the state highway commits
sion offer any defense for its tyran-
1ical and unjust attitude towards
0teFo county IN tneir own words
they have lt IN FOR otero county
and 50 long as they feel this way
about the matter an AFRAID ne VIII
have 20 do without Red Line roads IN
1fero county. A Red Line road is a
road maintained by the state. The
tate engineer and the state highway
commission feel that something was
put over on them when I received
his money from FL Faso FOR Otero
I0unty. Perhaps something was put
Iver" but 60 was something due Otero
county, and was for the good OF the I
.ounsy- The state engineer and the
tate highway commission seem de- ;
ermined 10 do all IN their power 20 Z
Irevent Otero county having a pass ,
.ble road TO II Paso- when we con- 7
ider the fact that senator James Y. Z
July. OF Orero county. was chairman
q the COMMITTEES on highways Of the ,
tate senate and Oliver IL Lee was
Hartman OF the committee on roads
z the house Of representative du-- q
nE the last session Of the Legislature q
zero county should have received S
omeWhat OF q square deal from the
legislature and the stHte highway {
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