Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-02
ROAD BUILDING
lessons THE
DISTANCE
MONEY SPENT TO GOOD
ADVANTAGE ALONG BUR-
RO CREEK AND SANTA
MARIA

the Santa Maria are rejoicing over
the completion of a 25-mile section
OF their first real wagon road which
come. Is Hillside with the Mohavc
county line at BrIro Creek. While
tbs is one OF The eldest settle
ments in the state and there are a
number of big cattle ranches in the
district, nothing has heretofore been
done in the way OF establishing ,
Dad
Recently the settlers, through
Carroll Davis, secured an appropria-
ton uf S5o2 to be applied on the
road with the understanding that
they were to provide another $500
and that this $1,000 would be sufic-
;cnt to put the trail, then existing,
into shape as wagon road.
1t was decided to do the work on
the section from the Neil & Davis
ranch on Burro Creek to Bob Mil
Ier's place first This is a distance
OF twenty-five rifles. Neil 8; Davis
subscribed $3.50 to be apple on the
acttcrmcr OF this section o. IN:
road. together with $3.50 frort the
county. 81 &C the road wa. prac-
tically impossible in several places,
there existed much doubt as to
/ whether t could ever be PIT: IL even
fair condition with the expenditure
OF the small amount of money avail
able. The work was placed in charge
of \. P. Goodwin of Prescott, who
employed the neighbors to help.
Each man inthis manner took per-
sonal interest in making the 500
e IS far as possible, al n Re
SIT the fist twenty-five miles were
covered n good shap: With an ex-
pcrditLrc OF only SAB.
The work hus =. cJ.?p.sh-l IN
Guided leaning out brush aloa5 lie
~ !. lt,eling rock obstr ictioTs ::r.d
high enters, breaking our new roads
nhcre o,d roads lay in sandy wash
es and the widening up and grad
ing of the road on several bad hills.
- :, .esult the comnlctoG section
i.s very good wagon road, where
~ the past it required sin horses
to draw a two-horse load. The re-
NAMING $87 will be expended in the
bctternent of various sections that
were put in passable SHAPE, but lett
still rough. 1t is said that another
, SO would make COOL lutomo-
bic road OF it.
The remaining twenty-five miles
from Bob Millcr's ranch To Hillside
will be put in shape at once. Henry
Shulz, Pob Miller, More parucl!
and others will supply the $3.50 to
De used with an equiva: mt amoun
from the county for this work.
Settlers in the Big Sandy district
in Mohavc county arc noting the
building OF this road with much III
ltrcst. When Mohavc county voted
100000 for good roads recently
the Big Sandy settlers found that
the board OF supervisors intended 10
repair the road from Big Sandy to
hingman and to spend the rest OF
&c bond money in no thern Nchavc
county. As a consequence, the Bis
Sandy country organized thoroughly
! just before the last election and
succeeded in putting i'll supervisors
who had pledged themselves to build
north and south road" which
would connect the Big Sandy dis
trict with the Iavapai county road
at Burro creek. The completion Of
the Mohave county portion OF the
road will give 4 direct north and
south route from Phoenix TO King
man and will lessen the length of
the trip from Big Sandy to the state
capital by about 500 miles. 1t will
also shorten the distance from
Kingman to Prescott and to Phoe-
nix Tor automobiles by about three
hundred miles and offer an auto trip
OF remarkable scenery.
Though new and soft in some
places and with few heavy grades.
the new road was successfully ne
gotiated by the county Hupmobilc
recently bought from Davis & Car
row by the board OF supervisors.
With Earl Goodwin at the wheel the
trip OF investigation was made to
Burro creek Friday, the return TAX
ing place Sunday.
TASCHER LEAVES PRESCOTT.