The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-03-13
AND STREETS NOW INTEREST
 MORENCI

Most Discussed Question now Before
 This Mining Town is That Concern
 ing the Innovation of Streets and
 Roads in and Leading from the
 Town-Burro Alley Certain to be
 chanqed into Street, Other Pro-
 posaIs Receive Citizens Approval.
 One of the most pertinent and dis cussed questions now before the peo- ple of Morenci is that concerning the building of roads and streets in vari- ous portions of the town and leading to roads connecting with all portions of the county.
 Already assured of construction, ac- cording to the statement that the Supervisors are in this respect agreed, is the proposed street leading from the main plaza of the town to the hospital of the Arizona Copper company distance of more than two thousand feet, and traversing one of the most populous sections of Morenci. Other streets proposed, and which promise to be carried to completion, are those to lead from the hospital of the Ari- zona Copper company to the Long fellow incline, and from the hospital along the way known as Burro Trail.
 
 posed streets is practically two miles, and the sections traverSed by the three are inclusive of probably one- half of the population of the town. These projected streets are receiving the support of the people of the camp, and promise to before long become realized.
 The question of approving the street to lead from the plaza to the A. c. hospital will be placed before the su- pervisors next Monday, and will in all probability be approved. This con- struction will be under contract, and. will be extensive, including widening of the present way to minimum of sixteen feet, with the provision of sidewalk of four feet. This route traverses one of the most populous sections of the town, and with the other two proposed streets will enable probably one-half of the population of Morenci to gain access to traffic by carriage. From the three main streets lateralS of course could easily be run to the residences and works adjoining, and with this fact in mind already some of the merchants of the town are thinking of the ad- vantages to be. gained by delivering goods by wagon rather than by pack animals. Should this innovation prove practicable, one of the most charac- teristic phases of life in Morenci would be ended.
 Morenci bears among other repu- tations that of being the only town in this section that is completely without a street, not a wheeled vehicle of any description being able to ne- gotiate the numerous and steep hills communities familiar vehicle, are in Morenci impracticable, and therefore never brought to the stores of the town. The chugging automobile is already anxiously awaiting the con- struction of streets in Morenci, two of the towns citizens having recently, for the first time in the history of the camp, bought cars which will be com missioned for the streets of Morenci immediately upon the completion of the proposed highways. Judge Lally and MT. John McDougall, the latter of the Detroit Copper company's power house, are the two owners of the first two automobiles ever brought to Morenci and have exper- fenced rides to various portions of the county.
 The people of Morenci are eagerly awaiting the completion of the pro jected streets in Morenci, as well as of the system of county highways included in the plans of the county supervisors and engineers. From the best information obtainable, the con- pletion of the Morenci half of the Clifton-Morenci road will be about the beginning of 1915. Construction will probably begin in June. At present, the supervisors are awaiting the abandonment on the part of the Morenci Southern railway of a con siderable distance of right-of-way which the railway people have offered to give to the county free of charge. This will be of great economy to the county, as the right-of-way is worth several thousand dollars. The traffic between Morenci and Clifton is rapidly increasing, and promises to continue until the people of the two towns are completely linked.
 That the good roads feature of the town is prominent in the thoughts of the people is indicated by the posi- tion taken on this question by Super visor A. L. Gravely, he following the policy that he is willing and anxious to advance, economically, the interests of the county in this respect. The entire citizenship is now enjoying ad- vantages of rapid transit between Mo- renci and Clifton, remembering that only a few years have passed since the advent into Clifton not to men, ton Morenci, of an autom obile, and that in many instances the roads of the county proved difficult for the traffic of horsedrawn vehicles, the present traffic between the communi ties of the county is remarkable. With a corresponding degree of development of roads for the coming months, the people of the tw big mining towns will be closely connected, the numer- ous automobile service lines with us serving very acceptably as medium of rapid dispatch.