Arizona republican., 1910-06-05
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side of Reavis creek, but the greater
part of it is on the west side of the
stream. This little stream, clear, pure
and sparkling. trickles on down the
bed. past Pineair and past the Glenn
ans ranch. which il irrigates. The
water is cold and delicious Ii is
planned to either draw water with a
pipe line farther up the creek on a
gravity basis for the supply of the
resort, or tap a spring some little
distance from the place. Either of
these plans are entirely feasible, and
the securing Of an abundant water
supply is simple thing. If space
would permit, much more could be
said about the resort, but it is be-
lieved that this short description of
il will suffice.
The climate is very similar to that
Of Prescott and Iron Springs, and the
elevation is between 5000 and 5000
feet Unfortunately, no thermometer
has been kept there heretofore. though
one was taken upon this trip At 10
o'clock. when the visitors left camp,
the thermometer recorded ~ degrees.
A daily record will hereafter be kept
of the temperature for comparison
with the valley temperature.
The writer can testify to the cool
ness of the nights. He slept inside
by an open window and before morn
ing was obliged to close the window;
and spending half an hour reading
under a tree the next forenoon while
Mr.. Clemans was transacting bust
ness at the ranch house, found il suf-
ficiently cool To make a coat a com
fort
TIE ROAD THIS WAY.
Mr. and Mrs. John De Priest reside
at the Clemans ranch, and Mr.. De
Priest has taken a contract for the
construction of 2.65 miles of the auto
mobile road, working from the creek
toward the Roosevelt road Returning
to Thompson's camp Thursday morn
ing. the visitors travelled over that
portion of the road that has been
completed. and found it the equal in
every respect of the other end of
the highway. In some respects IL is
superior The natural lay of the
land makes fewer crooks and turns
necessary The only possible criti-
cism that could be offered on Mr.. De
Priests work is that he is exceeding
the specifications of his contract.
which calls for an eight-foot roadbed
In no place does the road fall below
nine feet. and in many instances II is
ten feet in width. This, however, is
commendable fault During the
time that Mr.. De Priest has been
engaged on his contract he has
worked force of men varying from
half dozen to fifteen. He now has
his contract about so per cent COM
plete, and is over the worst end of it,
In travelling over the survey of the
road between the two completed ends
on horseback. il is difficult for one
to realize thar a road over which an
automobile can pass can, possibly be
constructed there. though the COM
pleted road passes over places just
as bad.
1t will be noted from the feFego-
ing that of the twelve miles of road
to be constructed All have been
completed on one end and about 100
on the other. making a total of ap-
proximately six miles of the highway,
or one-half. that has been completed.
both of the opinion that the gap be-
tween these two ends will be closed
early in July Mr.. Thompson has Of
fered his men a grand celebration If
the gap is closed by July 4th. Look
ing over the proposition conservative
ly, it is the writer's opinion that the
road will be fully completed early in
July. provided. of course, that the
present force of men and teams is
and there is no loss of
time through bad weather or other
causes.
There is no reason why sharehold-
ers In the association should not COM
mence to locate there for the balance
of the summer Immediately upon the
closing of the gap between the two
roads. Whether there is rain or not.
the road will be easily passable for
any sort OF a conveyance. though of
course it will not be a good auto
mobile road until the roadbed has
been wet a few times and well packed. |
This once done. there is no reason |
why the run TO Pineair should not be
made in an auto in just as short a
time as to the dam site and on just |
as little gasoline.
Summing the matter all up and |
viewing it from every standpoint, the |
writer feels safe in predicting that |
within another year Pineair will be |
the most popular summer resort in |
the territory.