Arizona republican., 1904-10-31
TEMPE
ov9R TIE ToNro ROAD
F. 4. Houeh Gives a Good Account oF
 His Own Experience.

Since lEr. IIcuEh retufnsI ron lis recent trip throughout the eastern and southern Iort O. the territory he has been frequently questioned regarding the To-to load and it's condition. h. las been a-zad SO often that he came to the conclusion he could answer al iaquuics better by giving an account oG the Grip over the road. IL is as fol- lows
 4 trip to the Tc1tc dam ste ov.F ths s new government wa=0n road was c. revelation to me as l believe it would be 10 anyone who has not already tray eled it. Soon after leaving Goldfeld ! came to the place where the govern ECDt had commenced wo-k ] was irlpressed by the excellent character of the work Gcne there. The road was Of good width, and for the most pav- as smooth as the road between Temp and P1oeuix. Although there had been very heavy rains on the read, ] was surprised Go find so little dauagc doae to the pats of the road already completed. The work i1 undoubtedly first class. and the grades are easy. am told that there is only one place i1 the entire road where the grade eE~ cecds per cent, and that is up the Fish creek hill. where the grade is about 10 per cent.
 Tae first vc.k done on this end CT the road was under the supervision O. Charles Mullen. 1L-. Utt-1g supc-7 is- ing the work being Cone next tJ this which in some places is very dithcult. Tn conversation with rim, he told u-e that the work his force is doing does not cost, on the average, more than S2,CCJ Der mile. and lc is doing most excellent work. Tcc re-- camp is .l charge oe R. IT, Haaha- whosr working force f. r-o= .iy Apache h. Giars. lie is building splendid road. There are several other camps this side of Fish creek, which have a com bined force of about three hundred men. They are Cutting a highway through the mquntains. wa=rc thc-e never was a rotd Of any kind.
 ThiG is changing the appearance Of the country. and will open up a large country which las heretofore been shut cut from this part Ct the terri tory It will give the Tontc country an outlet to the Salt River valley. which ] found the people are very a.rx- ious to have. This will a-iuE quite volume Of business to the valley.
 Besides the utility O. the road from a business standpoint, it win be mach tr1veIed by tourists md residents O. the valley. People will travel it be- cause a. its terminus they may sco sHr TCuto dam. one Of the greatest proj- cct1 Cf its kind iu thc world, and be- Cau-c or tEe unsurpassed mountain scenery 70 which it win give the pubic access. As the road contuUae through the mountains the scenery increases iu beauty and grandeur clear to the end, reaching it's climax at the great artI- dcial lake whiqh will be formed in the TOntO basin.
 The building of this government road is a great undertaking it itself, and one which will bring 10 the valley con- siderable revenue. II is a fitting pre- Jude to that wonderful and gigantic enterprise, t3e building O. the Tcatc dam. I have lived in this valley and heard of the Tonto dam/site for the last thirteen years, but ! am frank to say never had but very slight con ception of what it is and what it wiD mean 10 the territory, until ! had seen tt. And I am quite sure that when you take 2 ride over this fine government road. as, of course, every one will want to do. you will agree with all I have said concerning the scenery and the T0nlO dam.