The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-05-09
WILL BE ASKED FOR A
 SPECIAL ACT
Board of Supervisors of This County Desire Permission To Expend County Road Funds Within
 Incorporated Limits of
 Town.

Town.
 At joint meeting of the members
 of the Town Council and the Board of Supervisors, held at the court house on Thursday evening, which meeting was largely attended by a number of citizens, telegram was prepared and forwarded to the representatives of Greenlee County in the Legisla- ture asking them to urge the imme-
 diate passage of a bill which will con- fer upon the Board of Supervisors the
 right to expend county road funds within the incorporated limits of Cliff
 ton in connection with the construc- tion of the Morenci-C Clifton highway, a new road which will reduce the dis tance between the two towns one mile and half
 After some discussion the following telegram was drawn and sent to Sena- George Chase and Representative Whipple and Kane:
 Clifton, May 6, 1913.
 We respectfully request the Green lee delegation to introduce a bill au- thorizing the County Board of Su- pervisors to expend County Road Funds for the construction and main tenance of highways and bridges with in the corporate limits of Clifton Owing to the near adjournment of the legislature we urge that this bill be intfoduced tomorrow. Would sug- gest Wickenburg bridge bill as guide. Bill can be amended in com mittee to meet wishes of Board of Su- prvisors and Town Council, the pre- siding officers of which bodies are leaving for Phoenix tomorrow morning."
 The above telegram was signed by all members of the Board of Super yisors and members of the Town Council.
 On Friday morning Wade Hampton, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and George Fraser, Mayor, left for Phoenix to urge upon the members of the legislature the importance of i'm mediate action upon the bill
 The proposed new road to Mo renci will cost Recording to the es- Surveyor Tunis approxi- mately $20,O00, one halfs of which amount will be expended within the limits of Clifton.
 Hon. Lamar Cobb, state engineer, was present and after the Clifton-Mo- renci road proposition was disposed of he discussed with the Board and others present the work to be done on the State Highway leading from Cliff ton. On the first of next January there will be approximately $34,000 in the State Road Building Fund to the credit of Greenlee County. MT. Cobb intimated that the first work would be done between Clifton and the new Smelter and continued to the top of the ridge beyond the smelter, to the east, where a connection would be made with the present road to Duncan. From that point MT. Cobb was undecided just what course the State Highway would take to con- nect with Graham county. He said It all depended upon the success of he state bond issue for good roads. He went so far as to say that if sUf- icient funds were soon available he would favor the route via Gillard Hot Springs as it would mean a saving in distance of ten miles. If there was 10 bond issue he said he would prob lbly favor the building of the road ria Coronado station, but estimated hat at the present rate of taxation, or state road purposes, it would prob lbly take eight or ten years to com )lete same.
 Dell Potter, President of the South ,rn National Highway Association, in- listed that the State Engineer should orthwith designate the most feasible oute leading from Clifton but Mir Cobb refused to commit himself now nd argued that it would be useless o designate any definite route at his time until it was seen that there vas sufficient funds on hand to pro- eed with construction. He added hat. all the construction work under he present administration in Green ee county would be confined to the 'uilding of the new road between Hilton and the divide, via the new melter, and that the old road up Yards canyon would be abandoned