Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
Petty Local Strife
Won't be Tolerated
In Building Road
Continued from nnge /

Dc AoA All time, ana whether
they want those state highways TO
be direct arteries of traffic leading
to the centers of population.
The committee of nine under tbe
leadership of Senator A. H. Breed.
listened to opinions of local com.
missioner and residents of Imperial
County who were present.
The majority of opinions as ex-
pressed was in favor of the "pav
as you GO program of road build-
ing, in which the placing of a Tux
on gasoline and motor vehicles. par-
tlcularly upon trucks, should be
adequate for the needs of highway
construction.
Calexico Man Speaks
Among those who spoke to the
committee from Imperial County
were the following: Charles Scott, !
president of the FL Centro Cham |
Der OF Commerce; E. ". Cuff. pres i
ident of the Associated Chambers |
of Commerce of Imperial County; |
j. Roy Adams, chairman board of |
supervisors, Imperial County; As
semblyman George Davis; NJ. d. |
Witter, Brawley News; w. H.
Brooks, and Supervisor c. L. Stew
art.
Paul Steintorf of Calexico outlin- !!
ed briefly the position of Calexieo |
on the routing of the state highway /
through Imperial county and stated !
that he merely wished to appear be-
fore the committee to let it know
how Calexieo felt in the matter.
State Highway Engineer Morton |
was called ON to voice the aims of
the commission in routing highways.
He declared that local interests |
were of necessity, secondary con
sideration in constructing roads for
the state. That Imperial Valley
happens 10 lie in the path of a |
state highway from the eastern bor-
der 10 Los Angeles, is merely an
incident, he stated
The state highway engineer ex-
pressed the opinion after the meet
ing that the agitation of Calexieo
for a change in the routing of the
present proposed highway from
Holtville to .Highlime canal, would
be likely to have little influence on
the building of a highway east of
Holtville as far as the commission
was concerned. 1--WE want to build
a state road,'' he declared, "and
that is of first importance to us. :
Calexieo men at the meeting last
night would not say whether or not
. lalavion vi
tion to Sacramento to appear be-
fore the state highwa yeommission
at its next meeting in April.
Committee Plans Report
The committee of nine, which ar
rived by automobile from San Die
60 Yesterday afternoon, was taken
for :, tour of the county, by local
members>6f the road committee OF
the lChamber of Commerce and
Others. Following the. trip there
wa$ a dinner at Calexico, from
which the committee members re-
turned for. the meeting here. They
left this morning for Blythe. where
they will hold meeting tonight.
The purpose of the committee S
making this tour of inspection was
explained last night by Senator
Breed, who said that the voting of
large bond issues by the state for
the building of highways, made it
necessary that the problem be thor
oughly studied from all angles and
the needs of each section Of the
state investigated. The committee
will make report TO Governor
Richardson at the end of its in
vestigations.
Among the valley people, outside
OF FL Centre, present at the meeting
last night were the following: Sup !
ervisor c. L. Stewart, II. Terwilliger, !
". II. Myers, John Gresham, Carl
Morford, Dale Cooper, ". l.. Hueb
ner, C. II. Eckert, NJ. c. Blanchard, !
o. l.. James, from Holtville; George
Gage, Paul Steintorf and Sam Tyler,
from Calexico; Supervisor J. Il. An
derson and Z. ". Cuff, from Braw !
ley, and Supervisor K. ". Adams
from Imperial.