Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-15
STATE HIGHWAY
TO Be SURVEYED
State Engineer Lamar Cobb
Is in City and Vicinity
and Will Soon Start
County Work
FUNDS ARE LACKING

Work of surveying the state high
way through this city and on 10
Tombstone is to be begun at once and
actual road building will be started as
soon as the road tax fund is available
Lamar Cobb, the state engineer ar
rived in Bisbee yesterday noon and
went over the route with the board
Of supervisors.
Suneurned and dusty, Lamar Cobb
walked into the Office of the Com
Inercial club just before noon yesIer-
day and Inquired of the secretary Is
every one cussing me around here"
Greetings having followed, he went on
to explain that be was going on 10
Douglas and would again stop In BIS
bee in the afternoon and then proceed
hack, to Tombstone with John Rock,
a member of the board. He was look
ing for Mr. Parker. the assistant state
engineer who has been in this vicinity
for several days and also wanted 70
see County engineer j. s. McNeish.
Gives Itinerary
Continuing Mr.. Cobb said that he
was going over the road from Bisbce
20 Douglas, back to Bisbee and thence
10 Tombstone with the three members
OF the board, Messrs. Hickey, Rock
and Riggs. Asked If the survey work
was to start at once he said that such
was the case and on further inquiry
on the matter of when road building
would start said that would be largely
up TO the board of supervisors after
the state road fund in their hands
and applicable to road work in the
county was available.
Mr.. Cobb had been on the road for
five days and was consequently tray-
ell stained and sun burned. He stated
that after leaving Phoenix he went
TO Roosevelt and then on to Globe
whence he proceeded here. spending
last night in Tombstone. He proceed
ed here with Mr.. Rock and the part:
of four, he and the three members OF
the board left for Douglas soon after.
Work Strongly Urged
The Commercial club individual and
members have been after Mr., Cobb to
get state highway work in this yicin-
ity underway. Letters were sent by
the secretary of the club 10 him and
q. Il. Henderson, John J. Bowen. DR..
y. @. Bledsoe, Gus Hickey and others
brought up the matter TO him while
they were at the Phoenix fair. He
then stated that he would come here
as soon as possible. He sent his as
sistant, Mr. Parker, here and he began
preliminary work stating at the time
of his arrival that Mr.. Cobb might be
expected within a few days. Since
then mo word was received from him
until his arrival.
Yesterday afternoon the party eX-
amined into what repair work was
needed between here and Douglas on
the state highway. and it was agreed
BY Mr.. Cobb that one man and
team would be put on this line in the
highway and kept there permanently
so long as he could find needed work
to be done. At many points this road
is rough and these rough places will
be made smooth.
Mr. Parker, Engineer CobE,s as
sistant. will remain here until the
final survey is completed to TOMB
stone and the work started. GesJer-
day the supervisors conferred WIN
the engineer concerning bringing con
victs from the state penitentiary to
work on the road TO Tombstone and
perhaps on the bridge which VIII be
required TO Fairbanks to accommodate
the state road west of Tombstone.
This matter will be taken up with
Governor hunt anu ILiS StalS OCaiN ~
control and whether state prisoners
will be brought to Cochise county lor
road work will he dependent on the
cost. as compared with other available
common labor, such as will be re-
auired on the roads.
Engineer Cobb and Supervisors
Riggs and Rock after conference
here yesterday evening lett IN the
state automobile for Tombstone.