El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-14

dangerous curves and shorten the
distance by several Hundreds OF feet
Permanently VIII Be Sought.
On this stretch OF road. which 10 IS
expected viii be the road which VIII
have TO bear the heaviest travel. &c is
intended that the improvements 20 be
made viii be as nearly permanent as
is humanity possible To that end the
contractors bidding on the work VIII
be asked 10 submit figures on very
carefully prepared estimates which
viii include
First-StraiEht concrete OF a 1-z-a
mix. with a crushed rock base, the
whole TO have an eight inch thick
ness IN the center slopinE 70 a six
inch thickness at the edges
SecOnd-Bithulithic pavement with
a concrete base. the latter 70 have
an uniform thickness OF five inches
Third-Bithullthic pavement with a
crushed rock base six inches in
thickness
Fourth-Bithulithic pavement on
an asphaltic concrete base
Pavement TO Fit Ground.
1t IS our present intention" said
county engineer White. "to have tine
character Of the ground to be tray
ersed By the road 50 ven defined in
the specifications, which viii be sub
mitted 10 the bidding contractors.
that they. as well as ourselves. viii
know just what kind Of coustruc-
ton viii be best and most durable
Tor any particular spot or place IN
the road This plan viii be followed
with the hope that in bidding each
contractor viii take into considera-
ton the need for changing the char
acter Of the paving material 70 meet
the changes IN the character OF the
ground In that way We hone 70 Sc
cure a road bed and surface for every
foot OF the way which VIII be most
suitable ror that particular foot or
ground
The Alsmogordo and Socorro-sau
Elizario stretches OF road to be I'm
proved present no engineering prob
lens aside rom grading and provid-
ing against washing away by torren-
rlal rains. where the roads cross
arroyos- Each road VIII have IS foot
drlFe7EaTs with protecting shoulders
OF al least three feet in width AS iu
the case Of the Fabens road. the char
acter Of the ground foot by foot. VIII
be taken into consideration by the
bidders on construction. in order that
the pavement most suitable may De
used and the greatest degree OF per
ulalency attained
No Money for Cross Roads
owing 70 the fact that every dollar
available from the bond issue. as wei
as from me road fund OF the state
VIII be needed for the Improvement
OF the three main roads mentioned
above there viii be little or nothing
done this year in the way Of imnrov-
ing the cross roads OF The county
Plans for the construction OF G street
or road connecting the city with the
county road leading to the north
county line al Anthony. n ". which
have been discussed In desultorv
FASHION for several years past. are
still IN nebulous form Because OF
lack OF funds nothing viii be done 10
bring them into more concrete form
this year
From the fact that the whole Of
the way now lies Withia the cI-v I'm
Its, it IS probable that. If the pro
u sed connection viii have 10 be built
by the city" said county engineer
hite, 1T would be a good thing. not
only for the people living IN the M
Ter valley. but better thing for the
people OF FL Paso II the upper county
road could be brought into the citv
from old Fort Bliss. along the bank
OF the Franklin canal. OF narallelinr
T. % point south and west OF the
Union station. where it would con-
land street
Would 0bFlate Bad Hfn.
That would do away with the bad
nlA al the vladuct and make it posi-
Ole Tor the farmers and truck grovr-
ers up the river TO haul bigger and
more frequent loads Of their produce
INTO the Fl Paso market However. IL
IS problem for the city. rather thar
the county, and from the fact that
mere are many interests TO be CON
suited ana harmonized before the
right OF way can be secured il may
De years before a solution OF fha
problem can be reached md = rs---7
road built from up the valley into the
CITY"