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Show jHUNDRED TONS ! OF T. N. T. COMING FOR ROAD WORK Jlociuisiilmi for 1100.000 pounds of TNT for Iho road construction program In this territory this sprint waM made today on thf u;u department by the bureau of pub-j pub-j Hi: roads' office in the Col. llud-I llud-I .-on buildinp:. The supplies of hiprh j explosive originally manufactured for war uhc and stored at San I I'rancisco have been exhausted. I according to word from the depot j commander, by the demands of the federal government and road j commissions of western states. An i order for a shipment of IdasllnK powder has been cancelled by the I war department, Indicating that tho surplus loft at tho armistice j Ij rabidly diPHppcarln?:. The hundred tons of TNT ia expected ex-pected In the near future from I Fort VCingate. N M. oo |