El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-09

laying out and constructing a system
Of territorial highways has been
prosecuted for less than two years
During the calendar year 1903 ana
pending the collection of the terri
torial tax levy for that year little but
preliminary work was done. This work
minary lines of surveys As a result
of this preliminary work, the board OF
control laid out two main roads, one
beginning at the town of Douglas and
running in a nOrthwesterly course
through the center Of the territory and
ending at the Grand canyon; the other
beginning at some point on the east
ern boundary of the territory near the
west following in general the course
of the ella river and ending at Yuma
Under the law Of 1903 the money for
the construction OF these roads can only
be had through direct taxation, and as
that is necessarily limited the COM
pletiOn of the two highways must
necessarily be deferred a number Of
years. A contract was therefore let
during the year 1910 for the construc-
ton Of road between Roosevelt and
Globe, and another contract was let for
the construction of the piece Of road
south from Prescott toward what is
known as the Senator Divide. Later
in the year 1910 the work of construct
ing the north and south highway was
further prosecuted by the letting of
contract for the construction of p
miles Of highway between Douglas
and Bisbee
The board also took over and des-
ignated as part Of the territorial
highway system 9 miles of road be-
tween Phoenix and Glendale and -
miles between Phoenix and Tempe, and
rebuilt them in such a manner as to
make them excellent pieces Of roads
of their type.
In addition to the work begun and
prosecuted during the calendar year
1910 on road construction. territorial
bridge across the ella river at Flor
ence was begun and finished.
A bridge across the Verde River in,
aVapai county, on the course or the
north and south highway. was begun
during 1910 and completed during 1911
This bridge is of steel construction,
resting upon concrete piers.
During the present calendar year the
work of building a bridge across the
Salt river at Tempe has been begun.
This bridge will be of a type similar
to that Of the Florence bridge Its
length, however, will be 1920 feet.
During the present year a contract
was let for the completion of 10 miles
of-rOad IN Pima county through the
Santa Rita mountains which affords
communication between Tucson and the
southeastern section of the territory.
Another contract was let between
Flagstaff and Prescott Contracts have
also been let Tor the continuance OF ten
road work from Prescott south over
the Senator divide through the Brad
shaw mountains.
CuIllLlaA lLluE the WOEk which mas
been done under the good roads law
at the date of the writing of this re-
port, there has been constructed
two bridges, one at Florence and the
other at Camp Verde, and substantial
progress has been made in the con
structiOn Of the bridge across the salt
river at Tempe. There have also been
constructed 111h miles of road. Be
sides this actual construction, prei-
minary surveys have been made OF zoo
miles OF additional highways.
The cost of road making up to the
end OF the fiscal year would not quite
approximate an average of $1,000 per
mile. The roads built and now being
built are at points presenting the
greatest expense in the cost OF con- {
structiOn. I estimate that the build 4
ing of an additional $50 miles OF roads
similar TO those constructed wiz COM !
plete the system through the noun
famous and diff f5 portions, the
formed during the year.
National Guard.
The organized militia of the terri /
tory consists Of one regiment Of II /
companies of infantry and one troop /
Of cavalry the whole containing I53 4
officers and men.
A serious handicap to the success OF /
the guard in the territory is the need (
Of proper armOries- The adjutant gen /
aral in his report strongly recommends !
that provision be made for building {
lrmorfes at the expense Of the territory
lr state as the case may be. / unhes-
tatingly approve the suggestion.
Mining.
The mine production Of the territory
Tor the year 1910 as appears from the
returns made to the territorial audi
-Or as required by law was slightly
ess than for the year 1909. The gross
production for the year was as fol-
OWs:
copper, pounds .-.-..--.--. zy9,zLo,5Zl
Iold. ounces -.---s-.--.--- 14a-z9z,o y5 I
cad. pounds .- loss 093
zinc pounds -------.------ b,l54, ais
There was a slight falling off in the
production of copper, some Increase
n the production Of gold, a material
decrease in the production Of silver
md lead. and a slight increase in the
production OF zinc.
The gross value of production for
go was s42229 2S256, a decrease in
he value Of the production for the year
Is COMPARED with 1909 of Sly, 462. So.
The Miami Copper company began
production by starting up two units
f its concentrating mill and is treat
ng 1000 tons per day. The Ray Con-
Olidated company at Kelvin. also be-
'an production in the month OF April, 4