Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-05-07
BOROERlANO TO
Be IMPROVED
Boosters from Douglas and
Bisbee Call on Board
of Supervisors at
Tombstone
VISIT NOT WASTED

Portions Of the county roads that
go TO make up this section OF the Bor-
derland highway will be put in bet
ter shape by the county. Not all the
work that was asked for by the good
roads boosters who conducted the sec
ond invasion OF Tombstone viii be
done. but the worst portions of the
road are TO bettered. the portions that
aroused criticism from Harry Drum
on his recent trip over it. BY no
means as much money will be spent
as was asked. and there will be
some disappointment that further
work will not be done on the road
east of Douglas. yet the trip taken TO
Tombstone by the delegations from
Douglas and Bisbee was not without
success, enough success to have made
the journey well worth while, to pro
duce good results.
Party Leaves Late
There was delay in getting started
yesterday morning. Several of the
cars that were to have gone from this
city did not leave, as the owners
found il impossible TO adjust business
matters so as to make the trip. Be
sides this, the Douglas delegation was
a little late in starting, and one car
had trouble, so that there was delay
in reaching this city. II was there
fore after ten O'Clock, instead of
nine o'clock sharp, when the first car,
that OF J. j. Bowen. got away, close
ly followed by the, car of DR. ~ c.
BledsOe. Other cars TO go were those
of Or. Shine, Dr.. Miner and George
Neale. The Douglas cars we're those
owned by w. NJ. Adamson, L. Z. Grin
dell, w. r. Henry ana NJ. +. Dicus,
eight cars carrying the party of in.
vasion, which numbered about thirty
This late start prevented an appear
ance before the board Of supervisors
at the morning session. and lunch was
the order OF the day before attempt
ing anything in the line OF argument.
Before one O'Clock the delegation was
at the court house, and a two hour
session on good roads followed.
Jealousy Appears
Before the delegation went before
the supervisors, it became evident
that there was TO be some opposition
to the requests that were to be made.
Tombstone was plainly jealous, be-
cause that historic Old town is not
on the present map Of the Borderland
route. even though it is intended 10
rectify this when roads are put in
shape and bridges built to make it
possible. Tombstone felt sighted,
and explain as often as possible. it
was impossible to remove all OF this
feeling. There was an evident feeling
in the board that only the Warren
district and Douglas would be bene-
fitted by the present line OF the route,
while in reality the whole county will
be benefited by the bringing in Of
tourists. Yet is was hard to make
this plain There was feeling
which would not down, no matter how
hard combatted.
Case Well Argued
w NJ. Adamson, yice-president Of
this section of the Borderland route
association. was the first speaker. he
explained the ocean 20 ocean high
way project, told Of the BOrderland
route and the proposed northern
route. how the former was feasible,
is now being used, and has endorse
ment in the east, how the later is
favored by Los Angeles and Phoenix.
He contrasted the two routes, how