Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-04-01
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Heated speech and fiery debate
were the order OF business At Tho
Chamber of Commerce last night
when delegations from that body
Prescott Auto Club. Arizona Good
Roads Association and Flagstaff
Seligman and Ash Fork citizenship
unanimously petitioned the Gavapai
Board of Supervisors to pledge mon
ey for the sign-posting OF the San
to Fe. Grand Canyon and Needles
National Highway, from Nelson to
the eastern boundary of Yavapai,
under the direction of the Automo-
bile Club OF Southern California. T.
G. Norris was chairman and NAL
colin Fraser. secretary.
Chief Engineer Parker and Spec
ial Representative Carl McStay Of
the Los Angeles club presented the
case for their organization clearly
and convincingly. They estimate
that 10000 cars will travel over
the western states in 1915, to the
San Francisco and San Diego ex-
positions. The best safeguard for
tourists lies in 4 well-signed route.
Their organization proposes TO sign
the route from Los Angeles to Chs
cago before the end of this year,
Yavapai's portion is sixty miles and
the cost will not be over $500, with
a yearly maintenance cost there
after of $50 a year.
San Bernardino County, Califor-
MIA, and Mohave County, Arizona
Boards of Supervisors have already
passed resolutions pledging their
pro rata and last night was the turn
of Yavapai.
Supervisor Harry Heap, being the
only member of the local Board in
attendance. the fire of the remarks
of Father Vabre, OF Flagstaff, Judge
Krook of Mohave and John Fag-
erberg of Ash Fork, was conferred
on him. His retorts were made in
good part and he made a clever
case for himself and colleagues.
Judge Carl G. Krook of the Mo-
have County Superior Court pre-
scented his county's claim for con-
nection by a travelable road through
Yavapai to take up with the Coco
nino link of the Santa Fe, Grand
Canyon and Needles National High
way. He said he was sorely disap-
pointed to hear from Supervisor
Heap that work to this end cannot
be done with funds now on hand
and asked that the taxpayers OF Yav
apai remember that this is a work
to aid a national highway project
and should be looked upon unself-
ishly.
This is a national road inter
secting your county. Support it,
whether it enriches the Golfers of
Prescott or not. We have done our
part and are doing it we'll The
road from Topock to Kingman,
about GO miles, can now be uegotia-
ted in three hours and fifteen min
utes. This improvement: cost S20,-
OOO."
Supervisor Heap rather resented
the attack OF Judge Crook and some
lively repartee resulted. He said
that road construction now in hand
in this county must be prosecuted
to a conclusion before anything in
the northern end of the county can
be taken up, in order that the mon
ey be well spent. He did not be-
lieve in patchwork road improve
ment. In reference to the bad place
in the canyon east of Nelson, he |
said he would advocate a reasonable |
expenditure to put this part of the
highway in passable condition as
soon as possible. 1--WE are just as
ready to build good road as to pay
for signposts, but we have not the
amount on hand just now to i'm
prove this road properly. We will
be glad to kick the rocks out"
Fred Golfer, of Springerville,
Apache county, told of the improve
ment of the Holbrook-Springerville .
road, on which $4,000 has recently
been expended. They are learning
how to spend money and make ev-
cry dollar tell.
John Fagerberg, of Ash Fork,
thought that the taxes paid by the
Santa Fe railroad should actuate
the Supervisors in their attitude
toward the early improvement of
the Yavapai link of the Highway.
He declared that the road from Mel
son to Ash Fork is said by the ma
iority of transcontinental tourists to
be the worst stretch of road be-
tween Kansas City and Los An
geles.