Arizona republican., 1909-04-27
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAYS AND
 BRIDGES.

lO lllt EullOI Ol IktpuDllCdll I think it will be admitted and
 there is no question that the Board of Trade, representing the interests of
 the city of Phoenix, is in favor of
 territorial highways for it has been
 conceded that nothing would be more
 beneficial to all the interests of
 Phoenix than to have PhoniX con-
 nected by territorial boulevard with
 the other important towns of the
 territory, both north and south.
 have just been talking with Hon.
 T. G. Norris, of Prescott, and he
 informs me that his road organiza-
 tion is about to send out letters
 to the various organizations, propos-
 ing that a road be built from the
 Grand Canyon south by way of
 Prescott, Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Tue
 son to Douglas. No county in the
 territory has spent more money, di-
 rectly or indirectly, for good roads than Maricopa county. The govern
 ment, for the Water Users associa- tion, expended something over $250,-
 900 on the Roosevelt road, from Roosevelt eastward toward Globe.
 Several thousand dollars has been spent on what is known as the High line road and another road running north from Roosevelt along the east side of the Mazatzal mountains, be- tween twelve and fifteen miles. The money expended on these roads in time will have to be repaid by the taxpayers of Maricopa county, and at the present time preparations are being made to vote a tax of from fa I1r lars for bridge purposes.
 As has been said many times, the people of Tempe were among the first to organize a good roads or ganization and to appoint a com mittee to do all in their power, legitimately, to secure good roads legislation. This committee received assistance, not only from the people favoring good roads in Phoenix, but from Prescott and other parts of the territory. A few days ago the Board of Trade of Tempe appointed a good roads committee, of which Mir w. J. Kingsbury is chairman, and asked the Board of Trade of Phoe- nix and Mesa City to appoint a like committee to confer and agree on road to be located by the territorial engineer of roads, running from Phoe- nix in a southeasterly direction to Florence, Tucson and other points further east This committee will meet in a few days, and we believe that such an agreement can be reach ed. As I understand it, the territorial of roads is gathering data now in regard to the roads of the various counties.
 - Section ', of an "act relating to the maintenance and inn of territorial roads, etc, states that there will be a territorial tax levied for the year 1909, 1910, not to exceed five cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed of taxable property, which shall be levied by the territorial audit or in all counties where no road work is being done or to be done on ter ritorial roads during the period for which such tax is levied.And that the board of control shall, for the years 1909, 1910, fix and determine the amount of road tax, not exceed 1 ng twenty-five cents on each one 1 hundred dollars of the assessed val | Iation of taxable property, which l shall be levied by the territorial | luditor in all counties where territo 'ial roads are to be constructed dur ng the period for winch such levy | s made.
 Therefore, it will be seen from this lct that in any counties where terri orial highways are located to be | the tax is higher than n other counties where no roads | Ire located This is right as the counties where the money is ex- pended get the greatest benefit and |