Arizona republican., 1909-04-27

therefore should be made to bear the greatest burden. Now, in connection with this l will say that the board of supervisors of each county can instruct the superintendent of coun- ty roads, after January, 1910, to place certain county roads in such condi- ton as has been recommended by the territorial road engineer That Is to say, the county can grade up the road in first class shape and when the board of control takes the road over as a territorial road, at the advice of the territorial engineer, there will be nothing to do to com plete the road but to put in culverts and drains.
 Mir. Roy Goodrich has asked me, personally, and has also asked through the columns of the newspapers, why the people of Tempe are only asking for a wagon bridge instead of a combination wagon and electric car bridge. In answer to him, and to any other taxpayer who desires to know, l will say that the people of Tempe and of Mesa are working for the territorial highway, and if the people of Tempe ask for a bridge for a highway and the street railway, too, that kind of a structure cannot be taken over and maintained at the expense of the territory. So, if the people of Phoenix expect to locate the territorial highway running by way of Center street bridge, they must change their plans for the board of control is positively forbid den by the act, creating territorial highways, to take over a bridge of this description.
 I will call attention to Section fl of the act. creating territorial road engineer No street. surface, steam or electric road shall be constructed upon any portion of a territorial highway which has been, or may be, constructed or improved under the provision of this act, nor shall any person, firm or corporation enter upon or construct any such works in or upon any such highway of the territory, other than crossing, and any person, firm or corporation Vio- lating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars for each day of such to be recovered at the suit by the board of control and paid to the territorial treasurer to the credit of the territorial road fund, and may also be removed therefrom as a trespasser by the board of control on petition to the district court of the county or counties in which such trespass shall have been committed"
 You will notice by the provisions of this section that it is impossible to construct the kind of a bridge that is proposed, and then, in the future, turn it over to be maintained lt the expense of the territory. This Is why the people of Tempe are de- sirous of coming to an agreement md letting the territorial engineer )f roads locate the road running east and designate the kind of a bridge that will be acceptable both l .o the supervisors of Maricopa county | md afterward to the territory of | Arizona. And to the taxpayers of | Maricopa county 1 would say that | you will be released from quite a | burden in the repairing and maintain ng of a road through your county if | t is taken over and maintained by | he territory.
 If I have made any mistakes I | wish to be corrected by any one bet | CT informed on this subject than | myself.
 JAMES c. GOODWIN.