Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-05
FOR
HIGHWAY PLANS
Petition Put Out for sigma
lures Outlines Ideas
of Commercial
Organization
MEETING AT PHOENIX

Through the Bisbee Commercial
club there was made public yesterday
the policy and the plans which that
organization will endeayor to enlist
the aid of other commercial bodies 0i
the county in support OF the matter
OF projected state highways.
Copies of the petition embodyins
The views of the Commercial club
we're put out in the city last evening
for sisners, and copies were mailed
10 Douglas, Tombstone and other
points in the county to be circulated
for. signatures. II is probable thai
those who may disagree with the
lines of action and the plans set forth
in the Commercial club petition will
have opportunity to express their
views in other petitions that may be
forW arded, although there is as yet no
organized plan of procedure along
this line. so far as known Il is true.
however, that the Commercial club
ideas do not agree in all details with
the ideas of some who have given
study to the state highways matter
and il is also true that these are like.
ly 10 be heard from. The general eX-
PLANTATION is that in the discussion that
~ill ensue, common ground will be
reached upon which all can unite
forces. The petition put out by the
Commercial club will come up at the
Good Roads convention 10 be held In
Phoenix beginning February 10. K
reaus as follows:
We. the undersigned voters and tax,
payers Of Cochise county, favor the
immediate completion OF the present
projected state highways and the
further construction and maintenance
OF complete system of state high
WAYS connecting county seats and i'm
portant points of the several counties
with each other or with the state
highways with money to be raised BY
a state bond issue.
We therefore, respectfully submit
and urge the senators and representa-.
tiyes of Cochise county TO vote for
and assist by all honorable means the
enactment of a law at this session Oh
the legislature providing for a bono
issue in an amount sufficient to com,
plete, construct ana maintain such
highways and further providing that
seventy five (I5l per cent OF the pro
portioRate part contributed by each
county or for the payment Of which
each county is responsible be eE-
pended within such county and that
the remaining twenty-five t25D pCy
cent 90 into q general state fund.
We further favor such bond issue
IN an amount not less than $4,000 Jg
for such nurDOseS with DrOper DrD.
visions for the retirement OF such
bonds at stated intervals.
The maintenance OF such roads BY
necessary provisions.
The definite location and construe
| ton of such state highways by a non.
| partisan state commission OF them
. created by law in connection witt
| county commissions for each county
which shall have authority in theil
| own counties.
I We heartily endorse the project Of
i national highway and favor the co
/ operation Of state ana nation for ia
I carly construction.
/ The state roads which desire con
structed in Cochise county are as fol
. lows:
I New Mexico Line to Douglas 50 mile!
Douglas to Bisbee "A mile
! Bisbee to Tombstone Is mile!
! Tombstone to Fairbank , mile
! Fairbank to Westerly cOun-
ty line 70 mile
! Forest 20 CORTLAND and Glee-
son p mile
Gleesou TO Wilcox Sc mile