Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-22
ARRANGE FOR
ROADS LECTURE
Committee Meets and Set
ties Details for Free IL
Illustrated Lecture
on SATURDAY.
OTHER ROAD MATTERS

Arrangements for the lecture OF
VI. H. Burrell ou good roads. the Sc
lection of delegates to the meeting
OF the Arizona Good Road association,
the Old Trails Ocean to Ocean High.
aay. compiling Of data to be use1
for the purpose of making definite
statements o. what would be re-
nuired in tho way OF roadg IN this
county under state bond issue were
matters that were considered yes
Ierday by the good roads COMMITTEES
CT the Commercial club at the first
real meeting since its appointment ar
which all except one member were
present.
Lecture Saturday Night
II has already been announced that
Engineer II. ". Burrell from the OF
ice of roads in Washington will de.
liver an illustrated lecture on roads
in this city ons January %. At the
,Aeeting Yesterday afternoon the COM
mittee decided to have this lecture
IA the council chamber Of the city
hall saturday evening and instructed
that dodgers advertising Il should be
issued.
Saturday morning az $40 and will be
met al the train by members of th=
committee. At ten O'Clock the com
mittee viii call upon him and take
him through the district His lee
lecture viii be delivered al 8 p'clocs
and he will lesye for Benson Sun
I day morning. The lecture will be =
i free affair and cordial invitation Is
issued to all TO attend.
Road Over Divide.
| The matter of the state highway
over the divide was brought up an
| Secretary Gray read correspondence
on the subject. The matter Of cosl
was considered AMI it was deferred
10 the next meeting when a delega
lton to 90 TO Tombstone at the meet
] Ing Of the hoard of supervisors is
/ expected TO ne named No opportn-
nifty for the state highway TO pass
/ around Bisbee will be permitted IL the
] elnb and its roads committee can
prevent it.
L viii Gather Data.
II In considering a state bond issue
for the completion of state highways
the need OF having definite facts and
figures was discussed. Il was stated
~ Chairman Bowen that he was in-
formed that Douglas would be salts
ned with certain definite road con.
straetion which he outlined and which
he also stated he believed would
II generally satisfy the rest OF the coun-
Il ~. This road. would would eonsis,
/ Of a highwayirom the county line "a
/ Douglas. maintenance of line to this
Il city, thence over the divide 10 Tomb
stone. to Fairbanks and to the cOun
" line via Huachuca siding. Another
road runs from Forest north to Court
land and Gieeson and thence to
Wilcox. A third connects with that
road al Courtland running from Doug
II las up through the valley and still
another is from Tombstone to Glee'
son, thus connecting up the whole
system.
The secretary was instructed "a
learn how many miles o. road in the
county under this plan would be re
CURED and its probable cost He wa.
asked to get the aid Of the eounJ
engineer in this.
The committee fayors such bond
lssne as viii give to each county &c
spend within IFS limits 70 Per cent
Of its share OF the bonds. On s..
009. 900 issue this would give Coehist
county $3.50. 900 and this counts
would thus contribute s250,00o e
the general state road building fund
Wait Representatives Coming
The committee was informed tina
a representative OF the Old Trail;
Ocean To Ocean Highway association
was now In ~ Paso and would sooE
lie in Bisbee. The matter Of furthei
support TO this project and OF mem
Eership in the association was there
fore left open until such time as he
should come here when he viii b
given all possible support in the pro
| ject. Tue committee feels that hi
proposed route is the one which vii
lie given federal aid and that the 10
cation OF Bisbee on a national as wei
. as a state highway Is OF the utmost
. importance and Is assured accord
ing to present plans.
5nother meeting OF this committee