Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-30
Road Bond Advocate


 Yours Truly
 Road Bond Advocate
 Taking up categorcally the points punctuated in the above welcome communication that concerning the fur nishng of employment to the idle should we believe be dismissed with the utmost brevity It has righttu place in the consideration of a s5OOOOOO bond signed for a specific purpose. The condition of unem ployment is at worst merely temporary and the brief relief which would be afforded insignificant in comparison with other features project which of overwhelming importance.
 that there provision present for con tinuaon 1915 road in this county does moi mean that work will cease unless the bonds authorized. This statement demands the most emphatic denial because of the harm that might result those who are uniformed the facts. Possessing as they do the right to demand better roads, people are entitled say under what conditions improvements shall be made They can vote for a county bond issue as well as state bond issue for any which in their judgement will insure the best results. They are in the position Of a drowning grasping at straw. The state bond is their sole salvation As suggestion is highly valuable made with ny honesty of purpose But the people refuse have it forced down their throats.
 It cannot divorce itself from one weakest feat ures-that it carries rrevocaby legacy of debt" "The future citizen referred by contributor cannot cape the burden because the proposed fixes thiry.fve years as life of the bonds. Engineering experts have determined twenty years is the maxi mum of roads constructed under the most approved methods Both because the extent of the work in this state and because the soil, of drainage problems, etc. paved roads be pro vded Engineers have estimated that life of such Improvements as can be would fifteen years the most follows that future citizen" of fifteen years from now will be compelled to meet the obga imposed by the bonds and these obligations for twenty years although the will passed into oblivion And while meeting this legacy of debt
 they will be called upon to pay the roads which must be built take the place those Would you call t square deal MT Taxpayer if the generation pre- eeedns you had yoked YOU with such a burden? VII lOU be playing fair by imposing the future genera l. ton a load which you have escaped?
 Looking at from business standpoint" canno l. see building of the and subway in Bis bee and the state bond admits of comparison ex cept the great disadvantage of the bond issue Th sewers and the subway undertaken because thei construction well within the of the citizens n well within the dictates of good business judgement d The individual buy his home the instalmen e plan suffers wellrecognzed misfortune comparison e with the who pay cash The nstallmentbough u home is a dearlypurchased home.
 Just word closing as to county road building y This may, or may method securing tn c necessary improvements We believe it superior tn of state bonding plan, That countybuit road have proves only that either thos r in charge the construction were incompetent ths le roadbunding had been standardized If competer at engineers be secured by the they be 8 n- cured by he county If road-buidng now standar
 ized the county adopt these standards less tha ty the state valuable services Of Engineer Col he could utilized planning and supervising the re sruction of system of highways built by the count as advantage than if the system built the The paved road between Bisbee and Doug than years ago, entire failu
 The road being completed the same route by apparently assured If Assistant State IL gineer J. C. Ryan can attain such results he has his cured Cochse county while the state pay roll
 under the supervision of Mir Cobb, he, any oth ar equally competent engineer could duplicate the perfor rd ance worked with the interest for the coun ,ry as an employer. Whatever Improvements the sever ls upon accordance with the dictates a good business could be carried out with each and eve ate advantage which claimed the construct ley method
 The truth is that Gerqan miptarisg, So called isl
 .if and no,p,r of tha 5,t,,