The copper era., 1909-07-01
Good Roads Meeting at Globe.

 At the Good Roads meeting held at Globe last week there was a great deal Of enthusiasm displayed and among the people present from the outside was Dell Potter, of Clifton, and Territorial Good Roads Superin- tendent Grand.
 J. B. Girand, territorial engineer, made sn interesting address. He said in part:
 "At the last session of the legisla- ture a law was passed making it possible for Arizona to have good roads. and a number of towns in the territory are resolved to take advan- tage of this law. It would take an engineer an intermiuable length of
 time to lay out these roads in detail. But this can be done to much better advantage by the people of each town through which the roads pass.
 "To this end, would suggest that a board or committee should have charge of this work in the respective cities. do not believe that the cost and maintenance of a roads system will prove as expensive as the terri torial board of control seems to think
 ''If the territory shows desire to have these roads built it will get them. Ole argument against the board of control having charge of public road construction is that the aim of that body is to keep taxes down. We propose to build roads of such a type that they will last for many years with only moderate amount of repair and up keep.
 ''Now with all due respect to the board of control, action can scarcely be expected from them unless the people of each county make known their wants. I do not think the bur den of laying plans for good roads in Globe should be left to the chamber of commerce. This work should be done by the people who have not such great demands made on their time. There is, however, no state or territory that needs good roads as we do. We have within our bor- ders some of the most beautiful spots in this whole country to which ac- cess, even with burro, is almost inn possible.
 "As you well know, the bond issud in Gila county will have to be ratified by congress, and this will take time SO that the sooner the citizens of tho county begin this action, the bette it will be-"
 Dell M. Potter, of Clifton, who at the head of the good roads com mittee of Graham county, gave instructive talk which follows in par
 "The idea of continental roa Arizona is this. It will cor meet the cities of Arizona with tn Pacific coast and, also, with th states of the east. Now as a matte of fact, the men who invest mono iu new country are the men wh ride in their automobiles. Now, ge tlemen, I mean to say, further, th5 if the live citizens of Gila cOun issue $50, ,000 worth of bonds to bui roads, this county will be the envy the territory, and, what is more, the time these bonds mature, the re estate in this county will have double in value. And whether the oth appropriate for their sha of the roadbuilding or not, lol section of this road, at least, will built. If we make this road, tl people of Globe will have easy a cess to many of the forests and seen of northern Arizona. A one of the wonders is Globe, itself.
 "I have never in my life seen other community that is such a u in spirit and action as Globe is. far, in this territory, almost no roa have been built, except those whd was compulsory. There is pot the slightest doubt that the people of Arizona are twenty-five years behind the times in road-build- pcr g