Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-09-17
Fort TO Fort
Highway Meeting
Well Attended

4 VII W IOAb AAtkIWnJ hOoONio
ton, held in the Lincoln County
Court House on Monday, Septem-
Der 18th, 1920:
Present, various citizens from
Lincoln county and the following
visitors; j. W, Corn, Tucum-
carl, N. M. u. s. Devor, Iu-
cumcari, N. M. Oscar Sandusky,
Tucumcari, N. NJ; H., W. Me-
Gruder, Dalhart, Texas; Frank
L. Mcdowell, Dalhart, Texas.
c. II. Walker. Dalhart, Texas.
In the absence of j. b. French,
secretary of the association from
Lincoln county, Mr.. f.. M.
Brickley of Carrizozo, introduced
Mr.. j. w. Corn, president of the
Southwestern section of the
association, who presided at the
meeting.
MIR. j. w. Corn spoke briefly
of the aims and purposes of the
association, which are to induce
the government to make the
highway from Kansas City
through Topeka, Hutchinson, Dal
hart, Tucumcari, C%arrizozo and
Alamagordo to I'll Paso a military
road. The chair then introduced
MIR. II. w. McGruder of Dalhart,
Texas, who addressed the meet.
ing and stated briefly how people
living along this road aud ada
cent to it would be benefited by
having this road and having II
kept in good order. Mr.. u. >.
Devor of Tucumcari, N. NJ. fol-
lowed Mr.. McGruder and spoke
briefly of the condition OF the
roads of eastern New Mexico and
gave the history Of the building
OF the road from Tucumcari Il
Montoya, in the b Hiding of which
federal aid was received.
The chair then called on a rep
resentative from Lincoln county
and Mr.. f. w. Quincy reported
on the condition of the road from
Carrizozo to Tucumcari. MIR.
Quincy stated that this is a good
road in dry weather. He advised
that the road from Carrizozo t
Vaughn is N good condition, bu'
that some repairs were needed
from Waugh to Santa Rosa. H'
stated that il was So miles from
Carrizozo to Vaughn and one hun
bred eighty seven miles from
: Carrizozv to Tucumcari. He ais
stated that it was one hundre'
forty-four miles from Carrizoz'
: to FL Paso, sixty miles iron
Carrizozo to Alamagordo. II,
reported the road fairly good
b excepting from Orc Grande t
Newman and this road beinI
rather sandy and hard to trave
o in dry weather. There bein.
stretches of sand for a distanc
of four or five miles at differen
! places. Mr.. Gurney's statement
. were supplemented by remark
b from Mr.. Ed r. Kelley also O
lCarrizozo.
/, The chair introduced Frank I
3 Mcdowell Of Dalhart, Texas
who gave an interesting talk 0
the benefits TO be derived frol
Z the promotion of this project
Al 1t was the concensus of opinio
b of those present that in order /
, attain their object, it would /
necessary to log and mark tn
road from Kansas City to !
al Paso and the visiting delegate
desired an expression from Il
4 Lincoln county men as TO wheth'
* they would Join the associate
is in hiring a man to log and mai
;, the road, Lincoln county to pa
her pro rata of the expense i
Cured thereby. The LlncoI
Is county delegates went on recoi
and unanimously agreed to shal
4 their part of all expense incurr'
10 in marking and logging the roa.
Mr.. n. M. Brickley, acting
10 secretary for Lincoln county,
the absence Of j. B French. "
instructed by the Lincols coun