Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-29
COMPLETION
Of HIGHWAY:
To VALLEY
ASKED
Imperial Valley Calls on
State Highway Commits
sion to Finish Job Long
Authorized. Resolutions
Passed Decrying Delays.

The Los Angeles Imperial Valley
highway, delayed since 1916 despite
the existence of an appropriation for
the work, must be completed to Ell
Centre at once.
That demand was made Yesterday
| upon Gov. William D. Stephens and
the State Highway Commission by a
conference yesterday of Southern Cali
1ornla citizens representing practically
every large city and county lying be-
tween Los Angeles and Imperial in
resolutions adopted in Los Angeles.
The resolutions advocate completion
OF the road from Los Angeles to Ell
Centro, and as soon as possible there
after, extension in accordance with the
original plan, to Holtville
Sincethe bond issue for construction
OF the highway was carried in 1916.
San Diego built highway to the In
perial Valley and is now energeticallv
endeavoring to have it extended to
Yuma, Ariz., where it will connect
with the Coast-to- Coast route. Should
San Diego succeed in having this ex-
tension made, it was said yesterday,
an incentive would be furnished for
the diversion of hundreds of automo-
bile tourists away from Los Angeles.
The resolution yesterday was car
ried unanimously with the exception
that delegates from Ell Centre and
Holtvile withheld their votes until
they could return home, report the
sense of the meeting and receive def
mite instructions.
The State Highway Commission is
in session at Sacramento this week
and last night Is chambers of COM
merce sent kilograms to it and to
Governor Stephens urging instant
action. They were the chambers of
commerce of Los Angeles, Redlards.
Riverside, Banning, Indio, Coachella
Westmoreland. Calipatria, inland
Brawley, Imperial, Seeley and Ripley.
reads:
The resolution passed yesterday
Whereas, BY vote of the people of
the State of California in 1916, State
highway bonds were voted to build a
highway connecting Los Angeles with
the Imperial Valley, and,
/ Whereas. Nearly five years have
elapsed and the surveys have not been
complete and the rights of way have
not been secured for the building of
said road, and, largest producer of
food products in Southern California,
and,
Whereas, The city of Los Angeles
and vicinity is the largest consumer of
! food products in Southern California,
and,
Whereas, There is no road connect
ing said city of Los Angeles with the
Imperial Valley whereby the products
of said valley may be directly mark
eted, and,
Whereas, direct business intercourse
between the Imperial Valley and the
city of Los Angeles is hampered and
delayed by reason of the non-construc-
tion of said road. and
Whereas, the Highway Commission
of the State of California did on or
about the Gath day of August, 1920
in consideration of the purchase of
81 100000 in bonds by the county of
Los Angeles. bind themselves to inn
mediately build said road. and
Whereas, pressure is being brought
to bear for the postponement of the
building of 20 miles of the road from
Banning to Ell Centro and 25 miles
of the road from San Diego to I'M
perial Valley. and for the use of the
funds thus derived for the building
of the road from Holtville to Yuma
and
Whereas, There is in existence al
the present time a good road from
San Diego to Ell Centre, and,
! Whereas, here is no road from 10,
Angeles to Ell Centre; therefore, b'
it
| Resolved by the representatives o
the chambers of commerce of River
side, Redlands, Banning, Indio, Coach
ella, Westmoreland, Calipatria, INLAND
Brawley, Imperial, Ell Centre, Holt
vile, Seeley Ripley and Los Angeles