Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-15
BISBEE AND COCH|SE
 WILL BE STRONG AT
 GOOG ROADS MEETING
Ross of Bisbee, AdamSon Of Douglas and BIedsoe
 Named Delegates
BENSON ROUTE FAVORED

Bisbec and Coehise county will be well represented at the Good Roads convention, to be held at Phoenix on April 2i. The board or supervisors has named R. Nj. Ross. of Bisbee, and I}ill Adamson, of Douglas, as delegates to represent Cochise county and Governor Sloan has named pr. N. C. Bledsoe as del egate from the territory at large.
 The object of the convention which was called by the govern CT. is to discuss good roads and to form a permanent good roads associations. Delegates will be there from every county in the territory and from boards of trade at county seats.
 The Douglas chamber of com merce has written the Bisoee board of trade asking the cooperation ot the latter in an effort to have the territorial board of control, so con struct at once, without waiting until the construction crew has pro gressed that far, that portion of the proposed territorial highway for ten miles beyond Hereford across the San Pedro river.
 It is not believed that the Bisbee board of trade will do any such thing.
 6isbee Not for This.
 While Bisbee is just as anxious as Douglas to see the territorial highway built, the idea of build ing the road through a portion of the territory as bare of town and cities as the palm of the hand, does not appeal.
 It Is understood that the Bisbee delegates will stand out for the plan to have the portion of the territorial highway in the section run from Douglas to Bisbee. thence to Tombstone, St David, Bisbee and Tucson, thence towards Phoenix.
 J. J. Bowen believes this to be the best route and the one that will be of most benefit to the cities in this part of the territory. He points out that the final end is not to obtain a highawy to Phoe- nix. which would be of benefit and pleasure to automobilists, but to 5uild better roads between the cit ies of the southw est and en. , courage commerce and closer com muuion. On the route favored by Douglas, Mir. Bowen, says there is nothing but a COW ranch between Bisbee and Douglas and Tucson. a. Hereford, while the other route would benefit Douglas, Bisbee. Tomb. stone, St. David, Benson and towns all along the route to Phoenix.
 It would cost perhaps s5,O00 more than tie Hereford route" said MT. Bowen, but the benefit to the cities named wonld be greater. The peo- ple are building this road and they should have the benefit"
 Poor Economy.
 The route advocated by Douglas would be shorter to Tucson. but as Risbee people see it. that contention ID tiAlllGig bt5Alt lnS A4dA h. A w line route might be cheaper but feasibility and benefit to the people of the territory through which the Highway will pass are the things to be considered.
 The route favored by MT. Bowen and others of Bisbee would be just as much benefit to Douglas as 1t would 10 Bisbee or any other of ] the towns named, but the route favored by the Douglas chamber of commerce would beneft, principal. ly. Douglas autoisfs. The Hereford route, it is believed. will not re- ceive serious attention at the con ventioE. so many are the argu- ments in favor of the route by Bis bee, Tombstone, St. David and Ben