Petition Urges Change in Route of U S Highway 285
R F Cruse circulates a petition in Roswell seeking to reroute U S Highway 285 to head south rather than east on Second Street. The document to the Chaves County Board of Commissioners lists 397 local taxpayers. The petition outlines facts about the proposed new highway and notes differing opinions on opening an alternative southward route from Roswell.
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R. F. Cruse
Second Street
Board of County Commissioners
Chaves County
Roswell
Wealth From County Farms Reaches New High In 1940
Roswell chamber figures show total value of farm crops livestock and wool clips in Chaves county rose to 6.884 million dollars in 1940, up about 715 thousand from 1939. Cotton yield and acreage led gains, with crops valued at 6.884 million as of 1940, excluding livestock feeding and dairying.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Simpson
Chaves
Proposal for West Route Highway No 285 Opens in Chaves County
Chaves County taxpaying residents argue for opening a new west of railroad highway No 285. They cite direct southbound access, removal of two dangerous crossings, reduction of tourist accidents near the south Roswell crossing, relieving East Second Street bottlenecks, $94,000 Federal aid for the project, loaned right of way costs, and minimal impact on property owners while awaiting county commissioners’ action with 397 signatures.
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Chaves County
East Second Street
New Mexico
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Roswell Laundry expands services and plant upgrades
Roswell Laundry and Dry Cleaners introduces upholstery cleaning at the plant for furniture and car interiors. They offer portable rug and carpet cleaning at customers' sites. A new wing doubles upholstery cleaning space and enlarges the dry cleaning finishing room while Fur Storage space is doubled. Visitors welcome at the plant.
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Roswell
Army Cantonment For Albuquerque Plan Reported
Albuquerque May 17 Albuquerues may get a cantonment housing 30000 soldiers. Mayor Clyde Tingley met with army engineers to discuss the cantonment. The government has picked Albuquerque as the Civil Aeronautics Authority headquarters in the southwest and a site for an army school for pilots.
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Albuquerque
Clyde Tingley
Army Engineers
Civil Aeronautics Authority For
Southwest
Resolution Passes Designating Route as State Highway
At a special meeting yesterday afternoon the city council passed a resolution making the portion of the proposed alternate route of U S Highway 285 within city limits part of a state highway and subject to state highway commission rules.
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Lim
Its
State Highway Commission
Raymond Arias in Roswell Visit with Secretary
Raymond Arias of Santa Fe visits his mother Mrs. Carmen Arias in Roswell. He is accompanied by his secretary P Ortiz, as they tour the area and meet local residents.
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Raymond Arias
Santa Fe
Roswell
Carmen Arias
P. Ortiz
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