Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-26
Mining and Financial News
ROADS COMMITTEE
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| needs good roads as we do. We have | within our borders some of the most | beautiful spots in this whole country | to which ace ss, even with QUITO, is almost impossible.
 ''As you well know, the bond issue in Gla county will have to be ratified by congress, and this will take time, so that the sooner the citizens of the county begin this action, the better it will be. -
 Mcintyre Talks of Romans
 J. C. Mcintyre, who is an authority on road construction, and is connected with the Fairchild- Gilmore Wilton company, paving contractors, of Los Angeles, spoke in part as fo lows:
 "One of your good citizens today suggested that if your supervisors should build roads as the Romans did, he did not think there would be dis. senting voice. Now, the essential thing in road building if right principles of working. A Roman road to Phoenix would be about 40 years in the build ing A very solid base is necessary to road, however, if it is to stand the wear. This feature of the roads in Massachusetts has made that state ia nous for her highways.
 Natural roads cannot withstand au- tomobie traffic, something that must be contended with in all future road building. A few years ago the GUS tom of sprinkling roads with thin oil was adopted in some sections. The re- suits were not satisfactory because the oil did not contain asphaltum enough to make it lasting. A thicker oil, how i ever, has been used in Riverside, Cal, and the result has been more than sat isfactory. Pardon me for referring to Phoenix, but that city is spending to-, day $l3,000 year for street sprinkling where, if it's roads were rightly con stIucted and oiled, this annual expense would be dore away with. From my observation in Arizona, roads can be built here at much less cost than in California. The keynote of road pans in this territory seems to be thorough ness. The history of road construction in other cities in which I have been shows that good streets double the I value of property"
 Potter Talks of Roads
 Dell NJ. Potter, of Clifton, who is at the head of the good roads committee of Graham county, gave an instructive talk which follows in part:
 "The idea of continental road through Arizona is this. It will con. meet the cities of Arizona with the Pacific coast and, also, with the states of the east. Now as a matter of fact, the men who invest money in new country are the men who ride in their automobiles. Now, gentleRen, I meant to say, further, that if the live cit izens of Gila county issue $l50,000 worth of bonds to build roads, this county will be the envy of the terri tory, and, what is more, by the time these bords mature, the real estate in this county will have doubled in value. And whether the other coun ties appropriate for their share of the roadbuilding or not, long section Of this road, at least, will be built. If we make this road, the people of Globe will have easy access to many of the forests and scenic wonders of northern Arizona. And one of the wonders is Globe, itself
 "I have never in my life seen an other community that is such unit in ! .....4 Io .a e., c,r in this territory, almost no roads have been built, except those whose construc- tion was compulsory. There is not the slightest doubt that the people of Ari- zona are twenty-five years behind the times in road building"
 Territorial System
 In response to request from Sec retary F. F. Towle of the local chamber of commerce, J. B. Grand outlined plan for obtaining the territorial roads system. The surest and quick est method, he thought, would be to effect local organization, and then to convince the county board of supervi sors that the people want better high ways.
 Rev. II. F. Cory moved that com mittee of five be appointed by the chair to draft plan for action and present it at future meeting to be called by the president of the chamber of commerce. This motion was passed.
 Mir. Mcintyre, in reply to a question from Secretary F. F. Towle, of the chamber of commerce, said that the only road oil practicable is so thick that if has to be heated to temperature of 200 degrees before applying, and so, is not affected by the rays of the sun
 Highest Glass Necessary
 !. D. Coplen, the well known min ing man of Globe, said that the first step in the development of county is the making of good roads. It is essential, he said, that any roads built shall be the best obtanable with the means at hand. MT. Coplen said, fur ther. that nothing in his opinion. would