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GOOD ROADS LECTURER WILL VISIT MANY CITIES IN NEW MEXICO THIS WINTER. A great effort is being made, and there is dnger that it may succeed, to divert the first national appropria tion, or to get the committee appoint ed at the Automobile Manufacturers’ convention @t In@ianapolis to adopt what to the Northern or New York and Francisco route, in stead of the Old ‘Trails Highway to the Pacific. This is a genuine threat to the great project which is now be ing promoted in the middle and south western states. While the Santa Fe trail route offers many advantages over any route which has been sug gested, still a great deal of influence is deine brought to dear and senti ment aroused ,in favor of building the first “Ocean to Ocean highway” along the northern route through Colorado by way of Denver; thence west by way of Galt Lake and Ogden to San Francisco. The Old Santa Fe trail route is cen trally located and can safely be de clared an all the year round route, connecting with the Old Trails route east of Kansas City, which runs through 16 of the great central states and through off in near reach of nine s state capitals. It was the first road established by act of congress as a more than a quarter of a century .ne Olé Santa Fe Trail was the first trail to the west of the Missouri river, sur veyed at the expense of the United States government,and at a time when the trail and the survey passed into what was then the republic of Mexico. More than 100 miles of the National Old Trails route has al ready been built andnside of an other year 160 milles additional to the state of Missouri will have been com pleted. The road through Kansas and southwestern Colorado via La Junta and Trinidad over the Raton Pass to in good condition. What seems to be needed in New Mexico in order to complete this high way through this state is the organi zation of good roads associations in every community, and the arousing of public sentiment, qet the formation of a public opinion which cannot be overcome. In order to further the interests of road construction in New Mexico, at a conference between so licitor George P. McCabe, of the de partment of agriculture at Washing ton, and a representative of the Morn ing Journal of Albuquerque, govern ment aid in rousing sentiment throughout New Mexico, was secured as the following telegrams received from Washington demonstrate: Washington, D. C., Nov. 15, 1912. George P. McCabe, whileitor, Care Forest Service, Albuquerque, N. M. Acting Director Pierce advises the tail good roads engineer will be made beginning Monday, December 16. Pres ident state good roads association should—take up preliminary arrange R. BE. Twitchell, President New Mexi co Good Roads Association, East Las ( No M WI!) design” Maurice Owen Eldridge to deliver series of stereopticon na tures starting December 16 or later, Whe when you wish to start, and probable length of itinerary. PAUL PD. SARGENT, Acting Director Office of Public Ht.is the purpose of the New Mexico Joog Roads association to at once prepare the itinerary for the govern ment expert, Mr. Maurice Owen Eld ridge, and the first lecture will be delivered either a Trinidad or Raton some time during the next month. The iinerary in New Mexico will cover Raton, Sprincer, Wagon Mound Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Belen, Socorro, Maddalema, San Mar elal, Deming, Silvercity, Alamogordo, Clovis, Roswell, Carlsbad and later on Tucumcar and Clayton. If there are any other communities desiring lec tures of the subject of good reads all that will necessary to be done w e write © the outer signed in relat ion thereto. These will be given to the public AR New Mexico newspapers are requested to copy this notice. R. . TWEE. President New Mexico dood Roads Association,
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Las Vegas Optic
Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
Mon, Nov 18, 1912
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