Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-17
ROAD OVERSEER
 DOES BIG WORK
Many improvements Inaugur- ated and Roads in Better
 Condition Than Last Year
(Cochise County Press.)

|
 In a talk with overseer Armitage
 this week on the condition of roads
 leading to and from Benson within a
 radius of eight miles he stated that | the roads were in better condition
 than they were a year ago. So far
 this year there has been expended on ] the roads in this district about s700o.
 and there still remains to the credit
 of district about s600.
 Two bridges have been built with. l in the past three months, one a foot bridge on San Pedro street across the railroad ditch between Sixth and Seventh streets. wagon bridge has also been built across the ditch in
 front of the Martinez place on the
 road leading to the county bridge | across the San Pedro. .. The road to Dragoon has been i'm proved, about 900 yards of the road being changed from the low land on to the mesa This section of the old road was an old wash and invariably with the rainy season was impossible. The lower part on the road to Mes cal leading to the mesa has been re. paired by filing in.
 The road leading to St. David. says Mir Armitage, is in the best shape it ever was. and Thursday saw the last work on this road. The wash about two and a half miles from town has been fenced in and the road widened. The road down the river has been repaired and worked over for six
 miles and is now in good shape. MT. Armitage is desirous of continuing work on this road to the north line ! of the district, a distance of at least | 12 miles further. He has looked over l the ground with view of picking out the best and cheapest route for road that will need the least repair. He | has estimated that q good, service ! able wagon road can be completed this distance, one that will lead over the mesas and escape the washes. for $500. The people down the river are des,rous of this road and are clamor- | ing for it. It is understood that this | matter will be brought to the atten-
 tion of the county board of supervis.
 ors with the hope that the desired | financial assistance will be given so
 that the road can be built th's year. | This road is one of the most needed at present, as it leads to the mineral districts of the Rincon and Santa Cat alina mountains, and is also in direct ! line to Kelvin in Pinal county. The building of this road, as stated be- 1 fore in these columns, will be a trade getter for Benson and Cochise coun- l ty. Besides the outside roads Over seer Armitage has also given his at tention to the roads in Benson, with the result that they are in fairly good
 shape. He has devoted his time to the betterment of road conditions in the district and has received a num- Der of compliments from business men who have had occasion to travel
 over the repaired roads.
 i Complaint had been made to MT. Armitage as to the condition of the
 road where the Benson Canal com
 panys ditch is built and he has been | trying to remedy conditions for travel
 which comes into Benson from Drag oon and Johnson. The canal company . have constructed one bridge east of 1 Benson, but the worst place to cross
 at the present time. and where a num- Der have almost mired in crossing, IS on the road east of the Cota place, before the railroad crossing is reach ed
 A bridge will have to be built across | the ditch at this point. which will permit Of travel at all seasons. The 1 canal company are now considering | the constructor of this bridge To eliminate further crossing of the
 ditch, Mir. Armitage has been cores bonding with the Southern Pacific of | fcials to have the cattle guard on the | west moved to about co feet east of the other cattle guard. This will make a good road crossing and allow of the wagon road to be maintained on the upper side of the ditch. with less ! chance for being washed out by the
 heavy rains.
 Mir. Armitage Is taking considerable interest in the condition of the roads ! while under his supervision and is de-
 sirous that the end of his tenure of office that if can be said that the
 roads are in the best shape they ever was.
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