Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-29
ROADS IF INTEREST ID
 ANGELENOS
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COM MERGE IN FAVOR OF TER
 RITORIAL HIGHWAY
AR|zONANS CONGRATULATED
OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES ASKED TO
 COOPERATE

The good roads movement started in Gila county some weeks ago is not of local interest alone. The matter has been taken up by the Los Angeles cham Der of commerce and that body not only congratulated the people of Arizona for their attitude in the matter. but offers to do everything possible to induce the counties in Southern California to CO., 1 highway.
 1 The matter was taken up before the | Los Angeles chamber or commerce a short time ago by Dell M Potter of Clifton. who is greatly interested in the good roads project.
 | As a result. the following resolutions were adopted:
 "Your committee on Boulevards. | Parks and Roads. to whom was referred the communication from Dell M Pot ter, chairman of the Good Roads com mittee. Clifton Arizona, would recon mend the adoption of the following res olutions:
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 WHEREAS, the people of Arizona have begun campaign for good roads and are now contemplating a road through the territory from the eastern boundary of the territory, passing through some of the greatest timber | belts in the United States, Roosevelt, | Phoenix and Salt River valley to Yu. ma, and are also contemplating build ing road from Phoenix to Kingman, then west to Needles, and Yuma, WHEREAS, the territory of New Mexico will connect with the eastern terminus of the Arizona road, through what is known as the scenic route of that territory; the road will then pass through some of the grandest scenery of the Rocky Mountains and connect with roads in Colorado, then through Kansas and the eastern states, making an ocean to ocean route, and
 WHEREAS, the construction of the state of California as to the ter ritories and other states,
 THEREFORE, BE I. RESOLVED, by the board of directors of the cham. Der of commerce, that the people of Ari- zona be congratulated and encouraged on the undertaking, and the counties of Imperial, San Bernardino and Riv erside be and are hereby requested to ] loa ta ,pitb hn t,annla of pa to the end that the good roads now un- der construction to the borders of Ari. zona, may be constructed through the respective counties to the border line of Los Angeles county, so as to connect with the roads now being constructed by Los Angeles County Good Roads commission, and
 "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copy of these resolutions be sent to the board of supervisors of each of the above mentioned counties, with the request that some action be taken immediately along the lines suggested. v Attest JAMES SLAUSON,
 FRANK WIGGINS, Vice Pres. secretary. With so much interest in the terri torial highway scheme shown by the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, one of the big factors in the development of Southern California, the eventual consummation of the plan seems as sured.
 Los Angeles county is now bonded to the extent of $3,0OO,OOO for the build ing of good roads alone. Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial counties, in California, will, as the resolution states, be greatly benefited by the carrying out of the highway scheme and their hearty cooperation is to be de- pended on.
 Mir. Potter is doing much good work in the matter and he is well pleased with the stand taken by the people of Globe and vicinity, as evidenced by a statement in communication to the Silver Belt, in which he states that ''I hope that the balance of the counties will do as great boosting as Grand Old Gila.'