El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-28
FIVE AND 4 HALF HILES0F PAVED
STREETS Since FIRST Of YEAR
Construction Of Scenic Drive About the Mountain Is
Completed and Affords Wonderful View of Large
Area; Much Park Work Done, Including Con
struction of Sand Beach and Swimming Pool.

I I'll PASO, the city OF parks and paved
II streets, has paved n blocks or
has laid five and a half miles Of
street pavement in 1920. Contracts
Of 90 additional blocks. or six and a
half miles OF street paving most OF
which is now under way
To further improve the streets In
the less travelled area OF the city, Fl
Paso since the first Of this year, has
graded 80 blocks. and have funds
available and work planned for grad
ing 50 blocks more.
Paving Funds Inadequate.
FL Paso. although Il has mora paved
streets than any city in the southwest
for its size and more than some cities
twice its size. is not satisfied with
what has been done. The city council.
backed by public sentiment. is plan
ming further street improvement
Other paving would have been con-
tracted for this year, but funds have
not been available
The scenic drive around Mount
Franklin. the biggest road building
project the city has ever undertaken.
Is almost finished. The roadway Is
completed and the surfacing is nearly
done
When this drive l. opened to
the public, an automobile from
any part OF the city, or from any
point NJ or down the valley roads.
can tour the city, circle TIE high
est mountain IN this part Of the
county and never leave a paved
roadway.
A trip around scenic drive viii AZ
ford a view OF the entire city, OF sur
rounding territory including Juarez
and the mountains OF Mexico, and
even points in New Mexico. The view
MI - - = III
from any point in this section
Fl Pnso City Of Parks.
The sewer department OF the city
has spent SIS. 900 in improvements and
extensions. which carried trunk lines
into various sections OF the city here
tofore without the convenfences Of
the sewer. Remaining in the sewer
fund OF the city is $4,000 which viii
be spent in connecting up new houses.
Additional trunk line extension Us
needed. on account OF the city's ex-
pansion, but more funds must be OBJ
tanned before this work can go ahead.
The city has IS parks. large and
small, and some attention was given
to each one this year. The parks and
the amount Of ground each contains
follows. Washington park. ~ acres.
Newman park, - acres; Doniphan
park. LAT acres: Castle Heights. new
soldiers memorial par, 2S acres;
Depot park, SO acre: Mundy Heights
park, block No. 4. - acre; Carrusso
park. Is acre; San Jacinto plaza. one
block; Cleveland Square. one block:
Carnegie Square. one block; Grand
view. Nundy Heights, one block Aus
tin park. one-half block; Alamo park.
one block: ToItec club park. ons-quar-
ter block; city hall park, one-quartsr
block. Cox park. Is acre; Cumber-
land park, .46 acre Madeline park.
5-47 acres: Westcott park, L55 acres
parking space in Kern Place, Is acres:
Cotton addition park. "a acres; water
works park at the Montana street
well. SAT; Mountain park. above
school Of mines. 1883 acres; park site
east Of Fort Bliss, so acres.
City Has Bathing Beach
All OF these parks and park places
have been improved 10 some extent
this year by the city park department
except 1fundy Heights park. the park
site IN Kern place. Cotton addition
park the park at the city water
works. the tract east Of Fort Bliss and
the mountain park.
A score or more o. animals has
been added 70 the Washington psrk
zoo. The zoo now is one of the most
interesting in the southwest.
The city has Just finished
svrimming pool and sand bank IN