El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-28

forced TO follow a crooked. billy
route upon which he encounters both
street car traffic and heavy auto
mobile traffic. and must 80 through
the business district OF town 70 reach
his destination
Roads In Lower VALLEY.
4 bituminous surfaced highway ex-
tends from the city TO Fabens. 80
miles sasterly, and from that point
on TO the county line, ID miles, We
have a fair gravel road
Provision was made By the recent
road bond issue for the construction
OF a hard surface pavement on this
ID miles and work VIII probably be
commenced in the next few months
having been temporarily suspended
on account OF necessity OF working
all available labor in the cotton
fields
When this roadway f. eonapIeted.
Fl Paao county VIII have q continu-
Ous hard surfaced road from one end
OF the county 70 the other and VIII
be the first county In Texas 10 have
completed her section Of state kiEh-
way No 1 which Il the most fmpor-
tant and the longest highway IN rte
state and reaches from Fl Paso TO
TezErkana via Fort Worth and Dali
las.
The north loop road. which for the
last few years has been FL Paso's
Joke road. has had many improve
ments made on Il lately. The Old
pavement which had become full OF
chuck holes was sacrificed and
broken up over some eight miles and
a water bound rock macadam road
way constructed There are still sew
ersl sections Of this road that need
the same treztment-particul z
stretch one nile in length DEPOSITS
CadTalladsrs which is expected TO be
attended 10 within very short time
The south loop. passing through
Socorro and san Elizsrio. viii be In
proved from bond issue funds and
VIII serve tie farmers living aIonE
the river on the southern edge OF
the county
On account OF The limited gravel in
the lower valley all crossroads must
be improved with rock shipped from
the quarries in Fl Paso-
Cotton suspeads Road Work
The recent rapid development o.
the cotton industry in this county
made 4 desirable 70 construct nes=
roads and improve old ones at once
10 haul the crop 10 MARKET However.
the heavy demands for laborsrs FOR
railroad work created a temporary
vas planted on newly broken land
upon which, OF course, the weeds
grew more rapidly than the cotton
The farmer needed al the labor
that was available II he did not
have the labor the weeds would kin
the cotton. there would be no appre-
cable crop for him TO haul out and
he would have no need for a road
Therefore. so far as possible, all
road work was suspended and only
such work done as was absolutely
necessary In spite OF this tbs roads
OF e Paso county in general are to-
day IN much better condition than
thew were Uerr
Sources OF Revenue.
Moneys Tor maintenance OF roads
Is obtzinable from TWO sources
The road and bridge fund amount
ing 10 about S110,00o yearly comes
from the regular tax levy and j.
aFallaole Tor use on any road in tbs
county.
The state highway fund. or auto
mobile license fund. amounting 70
about $4,000 yearly, is the county'f
proportion OF the automobils license
tax and must be spent under plans
approved BY the state highway com
mission This money can be spent
for maintenance only and none oft
IS allowed 70 be spent fer construe-
ton OF new work. The department
requires each county 70 furnish a
budget At the beginning OF each year
showing the expected amount OF
money available what road Il pro-
poses 10 spend tie money on ana
what class OF work u wiz do. Ths
budget must not be exceeded or
changed in any cetail without writ
ten approval OF the department The
only penalty Is 10 fire the county en-
gineers but II surely works just the
sans
Money Fer More work
Following are the road bond issues
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