Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-25
GOVERNOR WRITES COCHISE
 BOARD ABOUT ROAD

1AA- L a- &NNADNs
 Chairman. Board of Supervisors.
 Tombstone, Arizona
 Dear Sir: | have before me a copy Of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Coehise county at a recent meeting on the subject of Territorial Hlgnways.
 While the members of the Terri torial Board of Control welcomes any frank and candid criticism which has for it's purpose the adop ton Of wiser and more efficient methods of administering the Ter ritorial road law and are roauy to profit by such criticism, permit mS to suggest that to be helpful sncs criticism should be al least just and that no other sort at least shoula be placed Un the records uf re sponsible o4Bcial body like the Board Of Supervisors. in the present in stance It seems to me that your Board has misconceivcd both the letter and the spirit of the TerriiQ rial road law, and the duties of ihe Territorial Board of Control with respect to it's admiuistTa& and that certain of the rocitals contain. ed in the resolution doubtless have their origin in such lniscnncentlon For this reason l have coaciuded to state some hat at length my con stTuction of the law. and that of the other members of the Board or Con troi. and our attitude with regard to the matters referred Co In ylui resolutions.
 It is quite apparent from 6 casual reading of the law of 1909 that it's object was the construction and maintenance of a system Of Terri torial highways. These reads are tt be built by the Territory and when built are to be the property of the people of the whole 1erTitory. i, was never the purpose 10 construct county roads through the instrunen- talities of the Territorial Board ot Control and Territorial Enginee. The cost of construction and the cost Of maintenance of highways when built is to be terrltorlal charge. Indeed, every county in the Territory contributes something to- wards the building and maintenance of the highways. Certain counties Tn which the roads arc actually to be bA4AN GAt NAEtNAt0 tO GSuAi AuutG aAi additional sum. but, nevertheless, the people of Apache county are in- terested and contribute to the build ing and maintenance of roads in Cocbise county. as do the people of Gochise county in the construction and maintenance of roads in Coco nino county. All the money collected by means of the leyies for road pur roses goes into one fund 10 rr ex- pended for the benefit of the Ter ritoTial Highways and bridges.
 Again, no limitation whatever is found in the Act requiring the ex- pendiyure of the money raised by means of any levy within any given period of time. The law distinctly implies otherwise, for the very aa. ture of the work to be done wouie render this impracticable. A high. way in a mountainous region cannot be built quickly. Bridges are to be constructed, and such as are needed across our largest streams cam 1t without unduly adding to their cost be built within less than a year. Then, too, the method of letting the work by contract adds materially to the time needed to construct both highways and bridges. The funds raised under the Act being TerritO- rial funds, and the highways and bridges to be constructed becoming under the law Territorial property