The border vidette., 1925-02-21
SPEAKING OF HIGHWAYS.
"a. Fl. Gardner in Tombstone
Epitaph)

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think that it did not make sweet
music to the ears of certain par
ties who prefer to do their road
work under cover" and that
in just what is the trouble with
Cochise county, too much 'un.
der cover"
If road project is worthy.
then it should stand the light Of
day and all fair minded men GER.
tainly need have no fear of pre-
senting their views openly and
above board. and if we can get
our road matters in Cochise
down to a basis of strict business
and argue them out in bust.
ness like manner, then I am sure
we will stop throwing q lot of
money away in useless, needless
expenditure.
By the way, have you noticed
the excellent danger signals that
have been installed through Co..
chise county by the state high,
way department, where the state
highway crosses a railroad?
Well, they are in and are not
only life savers" but they. are
neat and substantial, and if the
people will help protect them
from vandals then they will IN.
doubtedly make good. They are
placed about fifty feet from the
rail crossing just far enough off
from the road so that as soon as
your auto head light rays hit
the signal a red glow about a
foot square looms up in wave
like fashion and gets brighter
red as your car nears the signal.
A waved red glass behind a
heavy wire screen with an iron
back ground mounted on a two
inch started with the r. r. and
x above is all there is to it, and
that is enough, for it appears
that they will work most salts
factorily and the state highway
department is to be congratulate
ed on their installation of this
night signal which also adds to
the caution signs of the daytime.
I think that,ere long the u. s..
bureau of public roads will be
putting the Xxi. bosh" on high.
way associations and will forbid
Federal Aid highway from being
cluttered up with, markers and
other signs of the too numerous
highway association. After all,
it's all nonsense to have so many
names or even names at all for
transcontinental highways. They
ought to be designated by some
uniform system from ocean to
ocean that would be the same in
each state, thereby eliminating
so much confusion on highway
maps.
The Chicago Tribune conducts
ia touring information bureau
and in q recent issue it gives as
the best route from Chicago to
California: Chicago to Cairo
(paved all the way) Cairo to
Memphis, then the Bankhead all
the way to the coast through
Little Rock. Texarkana, Dallas,
Fort Worth. Ell Paso, Deming,
Lordsburg, Douglas, Bisbee,
Tombstone, Benson, Tucson,
Florence, Phoenix, Yuma and
then to either Los Angeles or
San Diego thru Ell Centre. The
Chicago Tribune Touring Bureau
has copy of THE Main Street
Through Arizona" on file.
If the other magazines and
auto editors over the United
States do not know that this
route from El Paso to the coast
as named above is the best road
and nearest completed, they bet
ter keep their eyes on the high.
way news that will be sent by
wire, wireless and radio on the
night of February %, for that Is
the big day on which all the
Southwest will celebrate in"mak.
ing road history that will take
other highways years to dupli.
cate. ...
Watch for the Yuma date line,
for that is the city where the
celebration will be held.
The work that brought the
completion of this most southern
highway has been greatly aided
by the great effort. on the part
Of the officers of the Borderland,
Bankhead and Old Spanish Trail
highways, | am sorry to say
other highway associations are
"horning in" and actually have
tho nerve IN claim thov hnlDnfI