Arizona republican., 1911-03-22
CONVENTION ID FORM
 ROADS ASSOCIATION IT WILL MEET IN PHOENIX ABOUT APRIL IS. Preliminary Steps In Fight for Trans continental Highway Taken
 Last Evening.

Stirred into action by the assur- ance of 4. G. Batchelder, chairman of the American Automobile association executive committee that the Glidden tour will cross Arizona in 1915 if there is good road from the New Mexico line 10 the California boun- diary by that time. and also by q fear that the activity of Utah and Colorado citizens may cause the proposed trans continental highway To pass through those states instead of Arizona. number of automobilists met last night at the board of trade and set on foot a movement for the formation of territorial good roads association. Governor Sloan agreed to call con- NentiOn for some date about the l5th of April, provided a committee which was appointed formulates d satisfactory plan of organization.
 Mir. Batchelder was. in Phoenix the latter part Of the last week and be- fore his departure Sunday night he told President George Purdy Bullard Of the Maricopa County Automobile club that he could guarantee for the A A. A. that the Glidden tour route in 1915 would be run from New York to San Francisco and that it would cross Arizona if road condi- tions Were satisfactory in this ter ritory. The fear that a transconti- mental road will be built to cross Colorado and Utah. leaving out Ari- zona, was voiced by Dell NJ Potter. who had letters from the Los An Seles chamber or commerce tO prove that John Brisben Walker of Den yer. is working to that end. The charge was made by Mir. Potter and by General A. J. Sampson that Walker is deceiving Los Angeles into believing that that city is to be the western terminus Of his road when. as a matter Of fact, he is aiming at San Francisco.
 Last nights meeting was called by Ihe Transc5ntinental Road associa- ton of Arizona, which was organized at Globe some three weeks ago. with Mir. Potter as president. IL was de- clared the sense of the meeting. how ever, that the best way to go about obtaining a transcontinental road that will cross Arizona is to form an or ganiZation including the entire terri tory and to make the first fight for an east and west highway Parts of Arizona not crossed by the highway if it is constructed on the route pro posed. will have the assurance that ultimately they will be connected with the road by branches.
 Mir. Potter whose home is in Clifton and who came to Phoenix especially Tor last nights meeting. presided
 
 Maricopa county were Supervisor A H Kent of Yuma. E M White of Globe and Judge Fletcher NJ. Doan of Tombstone.
 In his opening address Mir. Potter outlined his activities in behalf Of a transcontinental road for Arizona. covering a period of more than three years. He read letters showing how, two years ago. he had Los Angeles lined up. willing to do all in their power to work for a road from Fl Centro, in Imperial county, California. to Yuma. Arizona. From Yuma the route outlined lay up the Gila and Salt rivers to Phoenix. to Globe and Clifton. up the divide between the Blue and San Francisco rivers and out of Arizona at a point about
 
 it will connect with the New Mexico ! highway.
 MT Potter read a letter from the ! Los Angeles, chamber of commerce. ! written March l6. in which it was stated that John Brisben Walker was working for a road through Denver | and Salt Lake. not touching Arizona ! at all. and that the Los Angeles peo- l ,.l, l,s MT. Potter declared that Walker was i undoubtedly planning to have that [ proposed highway end at San Fran | cisco and that after Los Angele. ' renders him all the assistance possi- | ble she will find herself out in the | cold. That city. he declared, should t be Arizona's best friend in the fight to have the transcontinental road E cross this territory.
 During his talk MT. Potter declared his intention of at once beginning an i agitation for the issuance of territor- ial bonds for an amount sufficient to build good road across Arizona. from east to west He also stated that he did not believe territorial good roads association. working for roads in all parts of Arizona. could do as tAAANiNhA hpih ADhdi VI ObNdiilltl6 d transcontinental road as an organiza- tion formed for that purpose alone.
 MT. Bullard took the opposite View After outlining what MT. Batchelder had told him, he said that a territorial association would carry more weight and. in his opinion be much more ef- fective. He did not fOrsee any obJec- tions on the part of other portions of Arizona to first taking up the trans continental road matter and pushing the issue to its conclusion. His idea was for an association including all parts of Arizona, each town having its separate local organization. Dele gates could be sent by the local or ganizations to a big convention once a year. MT. Bullard also spoke of the futility of trying to build roads by direct taxation. A bond issue, he said. is the only right way to go about improving the highways of the territory. and the only way to go about obtaining a transcontinental road is to secure an appropriation from congress instead of depending upon state and territorial organiza tions to raise the funds
 General A. J. Sampson spoke a few words concerning John Brisben whom he has known for