The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-11-14
TAXPAYERS IN COUNTY WANT
 ID KNOW
1n Letter Signed By J. w. Rennie Attention is Directed to condi-
 tion of Road Contracts.
Report of Special Engineer Indicates That Contractors are Not Build ing Roads According to
 Specifications.

ing Roads According to
 Specifications.
 That the large taxpayers of the county, as represented by the three mining companies, are taking a lively interest in the affairs of county ad- ministration, county contracts and county expenditures, has been evi- denced ever since the formation of Greenlee County.
 Below we print communication, signed by J. W. Bennie, General Manager of the Shannon Company, on behalf of the three mining com panies, which is addressed to the Board of Supervisors of this county, upon the question of road fund ex- penditures:
 Editor Copper Era,
 Clifton, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 I enclose you an exact copy of let ter addressed to the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County regarding Roads.
 Under "Duncan-Richmond Road the word bridge is used erroneous ly. This mistake is due entirely to the writer, as there are no bridges on this Road, according to the re port of our Engineer may state, however, that the word bridge would have been used advisedly had s-, Specifications been built.
 Yours truly,
 J. W. BENNIE,
 Representing the Three Compan- ies.
 Clifton, Arizona, Nov. 9th, 1913 To Hon. Board of Supervisors,
 of Greenlee County, Arizona. Gentlemen:
 As you are awaree, you are expend ing approximately Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60, 0,OOO .OO) on new roads in Greenlee County.
 Apart altogether from the question of legality of what you have been do ing in contracting for these roads the large taxpayers of the County felt that they would like to have an independent Engineer follow the building of these roads, and report to us to what extent the roads are being built according to Specified tions, and whether we are receiving proper value for the amount of money being expended.
 The reports of our Engineer indi cate that the Contractors are not building roads according to ,Specifi cations, and that you are not receiv ing value for the amount of money being expended.
 We are aware that you are as much interested in seeing that the taxpay- CTS money is properly expended as we are, and, therefore, in addressing you this public letter, we are doing so in. the hope that when your atten ton is drawn to certain matters re garding these roads, they will have immediate and proper attention seeing that the responsibility and liability for the proper handling of County monies is. in your hands.
 DuncantRichmond Road@ThiA road we understand was advertised certain Specifications for the building of the road were given in the advertise ment; and the Contract for building the road was awarded MT. Nations of Duncan, at s540O. .00. q may not be correct as to the exact sum, but that is immaterial)
 The road, we are informed, is now completed.
 The road-if it can be called a road, in no way conforms to Specif' cations. If it is built to grade line. your County Surveyor does not know it. As a matter of fact, it is not. The road is not built according to dimensions; it is supposed to be 20 feet wide; at places it is only If 1t wide; in some places bridges and fills are only. 13 it. There is nc crowning unless you mean to claim that throwing dirt into the middle oi the road is crowning. Rip-rapping was to be used where shown on the