Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-22
WORLD HEARS OF HIGHWAYS
 OF NEW STATE
Territorial Engineer James B Grand of Arizona Address es the Good Roads
 Congress
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
 IN A VERY SHORT TIME
Mir. Grand Takes Occasion to Speak of Matters Not 0i- recty Related to Thor
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OpCdh Ol lHoNtSlo NUl Oi-
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 RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 2l.--Among the addresses today before the first annual road congress es Tue AIs-arican association for dirssNay Improvemea. was ui.s. Oy James B Girand, or Ari- zoua, descFiSing the recent rapid progress in good road building in that state Mr Giran said:
 Arizona is duly thankful in being permitted 70 participate in con- yentiOn composed of such a represent. ative body of road builders. and our people desire to express their appre- ciation cf the opportunity Of telling you something of what Is being done in our territory 10 further the wide spread interest ln this great move ment. We have come more than three thousand miles to be with you. fully alive to the fact. that it Is going to be well worth the time and trip.
 Just outside hs threshold of our beautiful country lies land which is soon destined to play an ibporgant part in the construction of roads. 1t IS that portion of tce United States which will some day be the play ground of tke nation. refer to tht Rocky mountain region and especially Co Arizona. Prior 10 the year 1909. whenever 8 road was built in Arizona it was with the view of reaching some mine or mining camp, and was built nrE fTna .F as to location and cost. The west. never laggard. heard the Good Roads call, and true to her characteristics. abandoned the old method. and has .lGnged in bodily to do in few years what would ordinarily require a cen ury. and that is, to gridiron her self with 8 system of roads that are not only models of construction, but of a permanent character.
 When Arizona Began
 Not until 1909 did the people of Arizona realize that In order to keep abreast with the progressive states of the Union, was it necessary 10 be- gin the construction of a system of highways This feeling was aug. mented by the large number Of motor tourists, and also from the fact that te east was looking for some feas. ible route across the country upon which 10 Iuald a trans-conttnental highway. These facts. coupled with local conditions. were responsible for the legislature passing the highway bill, under which we are operating. in " ich provision was made for the ewing of an annual tax of 25 cents on the slO0 valuation of taxable pro pe-ty. This may seem like an ab- normal tax, but We have 10 do things n an abnormal way in Arizona to obtain results. because we have 8 territory comprising an area ll3.0OO square miles, population Of but 200. 0e0, and a total taxable wealth of .ess than {l00,0O0.00O, rom which 1t will be seen that 25 cents on the S1O0 would raise an amount we do not deem excessive. although 1t is more an S1.O0 per capita.
 In crder that the best results might Le obtained in our spsrsely populated country, the law not having provided Tor a highway commission. all work 8 done under the direction of the Territorial Board of Control, of which me governor is chairman. the audi .or ex-ohcial member, and the citizen member, secretary. Our first work was 10 outline the most advantageous system of highways The board autu- orized a survey across the entire ter. gltory from the east to west, which it $ expected will be a link in a trans continental hig1way. and a north and south road, which Is to be used in connecting the populated districts "lth the scenic wonders.
 How lt Was Done Here
 Then the arduous task Of locating more than 1000 miles of road began, and we have today about completed this work. We locate our roads on a maximum grade of six per cent. and you can appreciate that it Is an ardu- ous task V .en you know that we have to overcome mountain ranges from .nree to nine thousand feet high. The beginning of our north and south load at the Grand canyon is at an ele- saion of 7,5O0 feet about sea level, and trsyerses the Colorado plateau, which practically maintains this ele- yation for nearly 100 miles, whereupon an abrupt descent of about 3.0O0 feet is made. T-is is knoZn as theMogol- On hill, and we have constructed our read over this hill. and quoting Mr Thos ". Wiiby, who passed over this section of our highway. in a letter says: I think of that as a piece of good engineering. with it's easy grades Is overhead ditc :ng and It's fine system of catch basins and culverts this highway Is as good as any work l have seen in the Alps" This is quoted, not seeking special commenda- ton but to show that we are doing proper work This road then sue cesslvely sscends and deseends noun tain ranges for a distance of 400 miles. until the south boundary of the ter ritory is reached. at an elevation above sea level Of 4,000 feet.
 The east and west highway is equal ly mountainous, and Mr. A. L. West gaard whom l had the pleasure of meeting the day before l left home. informed me. when be first logged this route. toa; the scenery from tue east boundary of the territory tel