The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-30
COUNTYW|LLEXTEN6 CL|FTON-METCALF|
 ROAD
Engineer Tunis is Now Surveying Es tension of New CIifton-MetcaIf Road-Packer Wash Bridge Com
 pIeted-Duncan-Ric
 Road Being Graveled

The Board of Supervisors have dd termined upon the early constructed of the extension of the new CliftorI
 Metcalf road, and accordingly Count
 Engineer Tunis, with a corps of a5
 sistants, has been engaged sinc|
 early this week in surveying the routI
 for the extension, which will be abou|
 one mile in length, to follow into thI
 town of Metcalf. At the time q
 the awarding of the contrac|
 for the building of the lately conI
 pleted road, the distance provided il
 the contract did not allow for the es,
 tension of the highway into the tow
 of Metcalf, and the plans of the Su'
 pervisors have been for the letting o|
 tion.
 It is probable that the Board at i'd
 March meeting will determine upoi the letting of contract for this con' struction, making the extension'l completion at some time within thS first half of the present year.
 The people of Metcalf have beer| Iimportuning that this extension bs| built, as the large sum expended upor' the recently completed highway i9 of no avail without the roads extenI sion into Metcalf.
 Engineer Tunis reports that the| route which will probably be finally' selected will be more accessible than' was the route of the distance now com| pleted, as only in two portions of the' contemplated route are serious ob- stacles encountered. In these places| retaining walls of concrete will prob ably be necessary. In other por- tions, the expense of construction wiIlI be appreciably lighter than was in countered in the building along theI route of the principal distance of the, road.
 Expectations are that the exten- sion of the road to Morenci will be, constructed during the coming sum mer, provision having been contem1 plated for this purpose for some time| by the Supervisors. The entire dis tance of the new road leading to the| height between Clifton and Morenci. about one-half of the total distance| between the towns, is pronounced to| be of the finest in construction, as isl evidenced by the fact that all trafhc| between the two towns is now overl the new road, which is pronounced by| many to be, with the possible excep1 tion of the road between Roosevelt dam and Phoenix, the finest example| of highway engineering in Arizona While the distance of the new con- struction between Clifton and Morenci| was more imperatively needed. thanl the distance from the western end in- to Morenci, yet the western half of the road, which is that always employ ed, is in many instances inferior, andI the replacing of this portion of theI road with road of the class of thatl just completed under Contractor Co- tey, would supply the population of| Clifton and Morenci will traffic facili- ties that would be appreciated by all
 Packer Wash Bridge Completed
 The steel bridge across Packer Wash, on the main Clifton-Dunean road, is now completed. much 70 the of the traffic. This bridge had become a necessity, as the ravine spanned by the bridge in times of rain became practically impossible. many vehicles often being foundered in the deep mud at the bottom of the ravine.
 GraveIing Duncan-Richmond Road.
 Contractor T. J. Nations is now di- recting a number of men in the of the Duncan-Richmond road, which upon the completion of this finishing work, is expected 10 prove of great convenience to the important traffic which will follow. as the ranchmen of the whole Richmond valley will employ this route into Duncan, their trading point Also this road will obviate the necessity of fording the Gils at point several miles above Duncan. which was done before the construction of the ReW road. Now all traffic of persons re siding on the east side of the Gila will cross the Gila bridge just east of Duncan.