Arizona republican., 1914-06-14
In Conferences Between the Maricopa Representatives and GiIa Committees It is Promised That Road Shall Be Improved
ROOSEVELT TO
 HAVE RESTAURANT
Convicts Will Be Used to Put Scenic Highway i'll Shape Demanded by the Southern Pacific for the Exposition Tourists
Especial to The Republican,


 GLOBE. June 13.-In two confer Phoenix Board of Fade and the Globe Chamber of Commerce and the supervisors of Maricopa and Glla counties, it was decided that con victs now pledged by the state to Gila county for work on the mSh- ways may be turned loose on the Roosevelt road to put it in shape for the 1915 exposition tourists of the Southern Pacific.
 Pat Rose. the only Gila county supervisor present, promised that the convict gangs now prepared :o i'm prove the roads of this county will be turned over to Maricopa on Octo- Der 1 to be placed on the lower reaches of the famous scenic high way The work will be done under the supervision of the county en- gineers and the state engineering de- partment
 Dwight E. Heard, Lin Orme and II. Clay Parker, representing the Phoenix Board of Trade and the Maricopa supervisors were the main speakers at a meeting with com mittees of the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon and evening. Ar. Heard outlined the needs of the two counties. He pointed out the advantages of an immediate agree ment. and urged cooperation be- tween all organizations.
 ''Gil.i county and Globe will bene fit from this arrangement as much as we will,' he said. and it be hooves us all to get together and work for the improvement of :he road. By fixing the road. we will insure the routing of at least 10000 persons through this city by the Southern Pacific. These tourists making their way to the California expositions, will be in position to observe the country's advantages and we may expect a large part Of them to take a serious view of the opportunities of this part of the west"
 Lin O.'me. one of the Maricopa county supervisors spoke on the ways and means of improving the road. He said that the cheapest method was to use convicts to do the actual work, and to make such appropriations as were needed to keep them working.
 Clay Parker, chairman of the Phoenix special committee on the | Roosevelt road told of the way Phoenix organizations were cooper ! l just as good as promised to prepare It's advertising for the exposition ! tours. He said the Globe-to. PhoenH. | grip might be made as strong a side feature for the Southern Pacific ;,s the Grand Canyon tour is by the Santa Fe.
 Evening Session | Hotel accommodations at Globe were promised by Manager l.. :. Hansen, of the old Dominion hotel here. With J. C. Adams, president of the Adams hotel company at Phoenix. he will make up a com nittee to consider the placing of an 1 eating house at Roosevelt-one of the requirements of the touris 1 bureau of the $. P
 | It was agreed that the Roosevelt place must be made d fairly pretcn tiOus one, and all indications are tha. it will. It is rdmored that Adams will make bid for this end of tht business.
 Except for few places in other parts of the county, there is nothin4 l to be done hy the convicts eScep, repairs on the Roose' cit road or it's tributaries said County Engineer Twitchell at the night meeting Thi.
 means that up to October 1, tho | honor men will be ale to spend 7 great deal tf their ;inie fixing tl, Globe Roosevelt lap of the scani, | highway.
 Globes cooperation is of in,
 hearty sort" said Mir Heard Mari
 copa county will appreciate it,
 am sure.''