Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-25
BISBEE WILL
 BE ON HIGHWAY
 BOARD DECIDES
Tombstone Win Also Be on But Benson May Be Left Off According
 to Pans
HIGHWAY PARTY HERE
 ON INSPECTION TOUR
Leave for DoueiaS-Memb Enthusiastic About Bene-
 its to Be Derived
 from Undertaking

Or final inspection of routes for
 the territorial highway, J. B. Grand, territorial engineer; Robert 4. Craig. citizen member of the board or control; T. C. Norris. president
 of the good roads association. and Reese M. Lining. a prominent law ] yer Of Prescott arrived in the city ! yesterday morning.
 The party lett PhoeBIx Thursday morning and trayeied this far with cut accident with the exception of a i tire hlOw-up on the government highway near the Roosevelt dam. Tho highway party. accOm panied by | several local people, among them 1 John Nj. Ross. J. J. Bowen and NJ l J. Cunningham, went down t0 Douglas yesterday afternoon to in 1 sEect the highway between this city and Douglas. They returned last night
 Mfr Norris is accompanying the territorial engineer and Mir. Craig at his own expense to get a line on the highways in the southern part of the territory for his own infor- , roads association aad is deeply ia. i terested in the improvement of the highways of the territory.
 Not Joy Ride Affair. NIT. Craig is a young man for a l post so important, but he is deeply interested in good roads. T am afraid the people Go not appreciate the importance of the undertaking uf building this highway he said ] yesterday at the Copper Queen ho- tel "I did not myself until l be- came intimately associated with
 the work. Now I know that it is the most important undertaking that | Arizona has begun. We must not 1 look upon it as a joy ride boule- yard, nor yet as a trail to run by | every mans ranch or dog house. but as a highway for the benefit of the
 whole people"
 Is 1t the plan Of the board to ! proceed with the construction of the ! highway and push it to completion
 as soon as the new money is in2' Nr. Craig was asked.
 Yes, that is the plan of the board Our first endeaYor will be to make it possible Co get through the Grand Canyon. As matters stand now this is not possible. We may not place the highway in houle- yard condition an at once, but this wu gradually be done
 There is another phase Of the highway Co be considered. There is a great deal of talk about trans continental highway through Ari- Zona. I know of one man who made
 the trip by auto through the terri tory on cross country journey who told me he had had numerous re- quests for TouJiugs from autOmObif isis, but that he could not route them. as inc roads we're not in con
 ditiOn 10 make such a journey. How ever. this does not concern the
 route of the highway, as the route contemplated would catch these travellers going and coming. But
 these tourists would soon pay for
 the cost of the highway in the mon
 ey they would spend in the terri tory
 About the Tax Levy.
 One of the purposes of the pres ent tour of the highway route by the members Of the board is to sound tbe sentiment of the several counties regarding the tax levy for continuing hte work of constructing the highway
 Up1n data gathered along the route of the highway through the several counties, the final decision as to the route Of the highway will he awarded. The next meeting Of the board of control will be in Au- gust and at this meeting bids for constructing tfe several sec.ions Of the highway will be advertised for and subsequently, lei tO contractors. ]
 After inspecting the highway be- tween Bisbce and Douglas, the party Will go to Tombstone on a similar mission. That the highway will pass through Bisbee ard go to Tombstone across the Divide. taking the route of the county road, seems settled, but there Is more or less speculation as 10 which way 1t will go when 1t leaves Tombstone, whether it will take in Benson or cut across to the west by way ol Fairbank
 It was reported in the press that the board of control was averse to running the highway by way Of Ben son because that route was opposed by the Pima county supervisors.
 The matter was taken up by letter by the Cochise board and yesterday letter was received from Bertram L. Hitch. clerk Of the Pima county su- peryisors, saying that that body had