Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
TERRITORIAL ROAD
 IS FOR ALL THE
 PEOPLE, SAYS SLOAN
Governor Declares That Co., chiSe County Can Have
 Any Route It Wants
SURPRISE AT THE PROTEST

Coehise county can have any routs for the territorial highway that it likes. according to a statement made by Governor Richard E. Sloan al TUG son Friday, to a Tucson newspaper. Following was the statement maue by the governor:
 If the people Of Cocnise county want the proposed territorial nlgn- way to run through Tomrstone ana bisbee they can have it, even though shis would 4engtnen the road some sixteen miles. Me have written 10 the bo1ru or supervisors or Cochise county and to Douglas ana BisJee to thus effect. me proposed course dld leave Tombstone out but If the other course IS IaKen, 1t does not mean that the road would run down through the canyon and to Bisbee. The course as originally laid out practically reached to Bisbee. Travellers along the highway would certainly turn off and proceed up to that city. We thought the route would please Doug las and that it would be satisfactory to Bisbee as well. Hence the sur prise occasioned by the protest The letter Of the board was never pub ushe6-
 The purposes of a territorial high way seem to be misunderstood by many, It is for the benefit of all but if cannot pass through all cities and towns. County roads can make the connections. The territorial highway Is for the greatest good of the great est number of all the peoTle in the territory. This the board of control is trying to achieve.
 All Counties Contribute.
 The talk of spending all of the money assessed against each county in that county is not releyent. The law nroyiies nothing of the kind, Pima county until this present work is done, will not have reeelVeo one cent of her assessment in territorial road building. Yuma has rot hau fool of road built, neither has Coco nino and I might keep on. The ter ritorial highway is public work TOT the public good and is being paid TOT by all the counties whether any build- Ing goes on in any particular county or not
 The atack has been made on Maricopa county and very httle mas been spent in territorial road "ork there. More money by far will be re- ouired to complete the work in Co- chise county than in Maricopa. It cannot all be done at once and 1T those counties that have to wait should all protest it would be fine state of affairs.
 Fine Road Built.
 Tucson is on the proposed hign- way and we have expected she would be satisfied. It was the same way with Douglas and we did not expect 8 protest from Bisbee since the plan carried the thoroughfare to LoWeh so close. With Benson it is different. The character of the soil makes II lni- possible to build road Of the gener- al high grade that is being construct ed through that country. the county wants to construct lateral 10 connect it can do so, but that would be for the county. A territorial hign- WAY does not mean the terrlloIS shall build all roads.
 s.The highway, so far as constr uCe- ed is an object lesson in road builo- ing Every one who has been over The road speaks Of the splendid Work done It has not been costly ID com narison to the difficulties, either, and no money has been wasted ln the construction. Wherever possible Ine hoard has tried to select scenic routes. That near Prescott IS an e1-