Arizona republican., 1911-01-21
THE ROAD ID GLOBE
 \ SCENIC WAY
The Thorcughfare Beyond the Dam
 Almost Complete.

A member of The Republican staff
 returned yesterday from Globe, whither
 a journey from Phoenix had been made
 with Territorial Engineer Girand and
 the board of control over the new ter
 ritorial highway from Roosevelt. This road, some forty miles in length, is so nearly completed that it has become a magnificent addition to the road system of the territory. About all that remains to be done in the way
 of construction work is the cutting off
 of few sharp noses" caused by
 abrupt curves, and the the slight wid-
 ening of the road here and there so as to permit heavy freight teams to
 pass each other without inconvenience.
 For all practical purposes the road is completed now, and there is d great deal of traffic over it already.
 To be fully appreciated the road
 must be seen, for it is impossible to describe it adequately. To those who are familiar with the Mesa Roosevelt
 road. however, it is sufficient to say that the RoOsevelt-GIobe road is the equal of the famous highway. Passing through a rough, mountainous coun- try which would repel any prospective builder except an engineer. the road Is carried along easy gradients-at no point is there d heavier grade than per cent. To be sure, in order to carry the road on an acceptable contour many curves were found necessary, the same as in the case of the government road to Roosevelt from GOldfield, and to build a straighter line would have made the cost prohibitive. But the curves only add to the scenic beauty of the road There are som" points where the scenery rivals that of the older road in grandeur. Especially ln- Viting is a ride along the road for ten miles beyond the Roosevelt dam-the mountains to the right, and the beau tiful reservoir lake to the lett, while looking across that splendid sheet or water the eye rests upon the troWh- ing rim" of the Mogollons.
 The completion of the Roosevelt Globe road gives d perfect hlghWay from Mesa to Globe, and there Is not in the United states another road Of equal length that approaches IL III merit. To ride over the llne Is an edu- cation in the gospel of good roads. Within another year the territory VIII have constructed a bridge across the Salt river at Tempe, and then rom Glendale, through Phoenix and Tempe and Mesa to Globe the people Will nave A road of which they may well De proud. From Globe the territory VIII construct a similar road southerly, into and through the rich farming region of the GiIa valley, and thence to Cllttoh'
 nf AriynnH Clifton to Springerville, to the north, distance of fifty-five miles, me Ioresl service will construct road, so that if will not be long until one can urn with comfort from he heart or the Salt river valley to the heart ol lle hitherto inaccessible White mountains From a point on the territorial me easterly of Springerville, the puohc highways department of New MeAlCo win construct road across that ter ritory. designed to be part or the proposed great transcontinental hlSh- way.
 But when one is writing of the pro- posed road development in Arizona II IS difficult to stop without taking at least a nasty mental picture of what thls territory will have in the very near iu- ture. if the people continue to sustain the good roads movement. For eN- ample, there will be good road rom Flagstaff to Prescott. and from Pres colt to Phoenix; from Phoenix to Flor a splendid bridge has just been completed across the Gila- thence to Tucson; from Tucson, down through the Huachucas to Bisbee and Douglas: thence up the Sulphur Springs valley, into the Gila valley of Graham county. And when that time comes when the tourists can travel in the ut most comforI in automobiles or carriages between the points men, tioned. and enjoying an outing of weeks in Arizona's incompatible winter clim- ate. we shall have such an attraction for visitors as will bring them here in thousands for the winter.