Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-07

ucd as at present should be finished
Icy the first of June, unless of cOursi
there happens to be too much snow
on the ground up around Flagstaff
The east and west road from Clifton
to Yuma is 432 miles long and is nj
negotiable by an automobile though
! much OF it has yet had no worl
done and it is not an ideal thor
' oughfare This. with the single ex-
ccption Of crossing the ella river al
San Carlos which is now precariou,
and depends on the stage of the RI
yer \ bridge will have To be built
there before the road is a finished
and satisfactory project. The total
| length Of both roads is 99l miles
almost an even thousand
on the north ard south road the
work has been finished on 1O4 miles
Of the $50 miles. 4l5 miles is Of pas
sable natural road or roads that
have previously been built while the
section in the Bradshaw mountains
that is still impossible is about for
, ~ miles long. twelve miles of il on
Silver mountain being heavy work.
and the entire forty mile section be-
ing north from the base of Silver
mountain. Work is now going on
there rapidly and should be finished
by June | if il is not interfered with
by the change of administration. II
will be ready for the coming summer
travel. The 1914 miles of constructed
road on this highway include the
following sections: From Douglas
to Bisbee twenty-five miles: From
Bisbee toward Tucson fifteen miles:
From Tucson toward Florence Tween
ty miles; Through the Salt River
Valley between Tempe and Glendale.
twelve miles: south from Prescott
twenty miles; between Prescott and
Flagstaff fifteen miles. total one
hundred and four miles. Not all the
rest will have to be built for much
Of it is already we'll improved road
though much of II will need some
work to make it what it should be.
Those who are interested i'm dis
tances vii! be pleased TO have the
following figures. embracing the en-
tire road. both finished and unfin-
ished: Douglass To Bisbee twenty
two miles: Bisbee 10 Tucson one
hundred and ten miles; Tucson to
Phoenix tvia Florence) one hundred
and forty miles. Phoenix to Prescott
ore hundred miles: Prescott TO Camp
Verde forty-two miles; Camp Verde
To- Flagstaff seventy-five miles:
Flagstaff to Grand canyon seventy
miles; total $50 miles.
on the east and west highway be-
ginning at Yuma one hundred and
sixty of the one hundred and eighty
miles is a passablc auIUmODlle road
the next twenty miles bringing the
road into Phoenix is of good county
construction. the same is true of the
next eighteen miles 10 Mesa City
then comes the government road u
Roosevelt sixty miles long Here the
territorial construction begins. thirty
nine miles. Roosevelt to Globe. There
is no more construction but the resi-
Of the road is all passabIe the sec
lions being: Globe to San Carlos
thirty miles: San Carlos To- Solo
monsville seventy miles; Solomons-
VILE 10 Clifton thirty-five miles. or
a total from Yuma to Clifton of 432
miles. OF this it is built road
from a point twenty miles west Of
Phoenix to Globe one hundred and
thirty-ninc miles.
The one hundred and thirty-nine
miles of road on the east and west
highway. built either by the govern
inert. the territory or the county
added To- the one hundred and four
niles the territory has completed on
the north and south highway. and
the total deducted from the nine
hundred and ninty-one miles com
prisng both highways leaves seven
hundred and foTty-eight miles that
Will still require great deal of work
to complete in the ideal way the
highway has been planned. 1t is es-
:imated that il will cost an average
finished portion a permanent road
and all that il should be. or total
of Sl.496.OOO But as indicated the
reads will both soon be in commits
sion even without this expense.
As near as the figures can be OBJ
taired, the one hundred and thirty
nine miles the territory has now fully
completed has cost an average Of
about $500 per mile but it has in
cludcd some of the hardest imagi
nable tasks in mountain road build
ing. much of il being Of construction
similar to that of the famous Roose-
welt road.
This article would not be COM
plete without casual mention again
of the two completed bridges on the
north and south line. over the Verde
at Camp Verde. and over the ella
at Florence. both magnificent pieces
OF work and secured at a minimum
OF expense. Mention should also be
made of the bridge over the Salt at
Tempe. now under construction.
which will serve both highways and
which promises to be one of the fin
est structures in the west. and which
by the use of prison labor and other
fortuitous circumstances will not
cost much over half what a similar
structure would cost the county or
"a private corporation to build.
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