The Florence tribune., 1898-06-04
THE GLOBE WAGON ROAD
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE TO
 HEAR REPORT OF ENGINEER.
Another Committee Appointed to Receive Propositions for Construction of the
 Road.
From the Phoenix Republican,

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 A meeting of the Globe road com. mittee met at the chamber of com merce yesterday to receive the report of W. F. Waters, the civil engineer employed to make a survey of the pro- posed route. This committee was composed of representatives from Mesa, Tempe and Pheuix, appointed at Q meeting of citizens of the north and south side, held about month ago. After the reading of tLe report i and some brief discussion, Chairman ] Heyman of the committee appointed the following committees to receive propositions for the construction of the road or for devising means for its construction. Walter Talbot and E. Gang of Phoenix, George N. Gage and A. J. Peters of Tempe, c. R. flakes and William Johnson of Mesa. Mir. Heyman is chairman of this commit tee, which will meet ot the same place on June 15 and report.
 The whole committee favors a prop osition from some one to build toll road and would lend such an enter prise generous assistance.
 The cost of the road is shown in the following report by Engineer Waters.
 Phoenix, Ariz.. May 25, 1898. Globe Road Committee.
 Gentlemen: herewith submit re- port of reconnaissance survey of pro- posed wagon road from Mesa City to Globe. Distances as follows:
 Miles. Mesa to Desert Wells ........14 Desert Wells to Whitlow's ranch. .21 Whitlow's ranch to Hewitt's ranch Hewitt's ranch to Intersection" 21a Intersection to foot of Summit Hill IS Foot of Summit Hill to Summit. ...3 Summit to Maricopa and Gila county  County line to Schultz's ranch. .8 Schnltz's ranch to Bloody Tanks. .2 Bloody Tanks to Globe. .......8 Mesa to Globe total distance ... 80
 Roads are already built for dis tance of 5211s miles frsm Mesa City tc foot of Summit Hill, and also for 6 distance of eight miles from Bloody Tanks to Globe. But by building 51. miles of road between the point desig mated "Intersection" in above tablt and point on old wood road at Whit lows ranch the present road can b' shortened six miles.
 This cutoff would probably cos about $1,000, and is described as fol lows: Leaving main road to the Sil yer King mine ut Intersection, point 21S miles above Hewitt.s ranch, run ming up ridge with grade not ex ceeding 8 per cent for a1S miles thence down into Potts canyon, witt one-half miles of 10 per cent grade thence up Potts canyon for E mile with per cent grade (except abou 800 feet where the canyon boxes ant grade will be about 9 per centl to in tersection with old wood road to Sil yer King mine at Whitlow's ranch 15 miles from foot of Summit Hill. 1 However, the main object of surve. was to find character and cost of roa from foot of Summit Hill to Blood Tanks, a distance of 191a miles. From where the road leaves woo, road three miles from Summit of Kim balls pass it follows ridge for nearl one-half mile with a grade of abou 1 7 per cent, then in side hill, cuttin following contour of hillside with 1O1a per cent grade for one-half mile completing first mile.
 The next mile has only 700 feet 0 ! 101S per cent grade, the rest varying from 7 per cent to g per cent, and stil | follows the contour of the hillside.
 The third mile has nearly all 101 per cent grade, of course allowing fc occasional level places of fifty feet ( more, and crosses gulch about one-ha , mile from summit, where small fillin ? will be necessary. It runs on the hil side as last mile until it reaches Sun t nit.
 s The fourth mile runs along the hil s side from Kimball's pass to the bo : tom of Haunted canyon with a 10 !, per cent grade, except for about on l fourth os mile, which is 12 per cen h This section of four miles has vel c little solid rock as will be seen in est e mate sheet. It also has water in sma Q quantities at each end.
 The fifth, sixth. seventh, eighth al
 ninth miles follow down Haunted ca
 yon in the wash where the canyt
 boxes, on sides and bars where cany,