Mohave County miner., 1912-11-30
Good Roads Meeting.


 Potts, Thomas Devine, county Treasur- CT, J. S. Withers, supervisor, c. G. Krook, Superior Judge, M. Hamilton. I. w. Bartholomew, clerk of the board of supervisors, Allen E. Ware and wife, H. H. Watkins, Anson H. Smith. I. M. Geoage, A. J. Mckelvey, E. F. Thompson, Sheriff J. P. Gideon, Harry Hubbs, Dr.. A. l.. Hilton and wife, John H. Ware and Wife, Car roll w. Davis, John Mulligan, D. S. Richards, c. H. Granger, c D.. Hamilton, Harry Locke, J. w. Thomp- son, George A. Bonelli, departed to Needles by special train for the pur pose of meeting with the people of that town and lining up a good roads move ment that would complete the link of good roads from the east to the Pacific ocean.
 The meeting was held in the rooms of M. l.. Clark and Son, where were gathered all the business men and boosters of the town. M. l.. Clark was elected chairman of the meeting and Anson II. Smith addressed the meeting on the object of the get-to- gether movement, outlining the man. ner in which all the counties are to be brought together anG advocating the building of great highway from the eastern line of Arizona. through all Needles, whence the road would run to Barstow and then to Los Angeles and San Francisco To secure this great highway Mohave county is to issue bonds in the sum of l00.000$ and all the other counties are to be asked to come in on the work. Harry Locke, who with c. D. Hamilton, is mapping and logging all the passable roads of Arizona for the Arizona Good Roads Association, spoke of the work the Association was doing and the vast amount of scenic northern Arizona contained and the possibilities of road building across the north part of the state. He was followed by Mir. HamiI: ton. who went into the details of the work that the logging of all the roads entailed and of the great benefit that would accrue by reason of the con- pletion of the work and the publica tion Of the maps and log records,
 Many other Kingman people spoke on the necessities of getting together and building this highway, notably J. c. Potts, H. H. Watkins, E. F. Thomp- son. Carroll w. Davis, C. G. Krook and Allen E. Ware.
 Many Needles people spoke to the subject and expressed great enthusiasm for the proJect It was the opinion that bridge could be attached to the Needles railroad bridge. and in the event that this could not be done. a trolly car could be run across the bridge conveying cars from one side of the river to the other and to be at all time, available to the traveller, and that nominal charge be made for the service. These matters involving the passage of the rlver are now up to the management of the Santa Fe railroad company.
 Needles people have also arranged l for a bid or the Los Angeles to Phenix road race, which may be rein forced by race from San Francisco to Phenix, next fall, to be either dis tinguished from that across the desert through the sands of the Imperial val ley, or to take the place of the desert race. Money has already been raised for that purpose, so that bids can be authoratively made to the association having the race in charge.
 Last night the Needles people were to perfect an organization and elect several representatives, that would go with Mohave county's representatives to the other counties in the north of Arizona to line up the movement.
 Altogether the meeting with Needles was productive of much good and paw ed the way to closer and friendlier re- latons between the two towns, and gave assurance of the building of the desert link of the great Ocean to Ocean highway through the greatest