Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-10

Bassett IT. Watkins. The newly elected members of the board are Messr ! Sims and Watkins The directors will l meet at the office O fthe club on Tues 1 day evening ct 7:3O to organize and elect cnlcers for the year.
 Following the election of directors reports of officers and comm 'tts were receiytd, the most intere5i'nE being that of the president, detaieng some of the accomplishments of the club and which was as follows:
 Blsbee, Arizona. May 4th, 1914. To the Members of the Warren Dis
 trict Auto Club,
 Gentlemen: Since the organization of this Club in July last it has become power in automobile and road affairs of the State. has accomplished much and has won a reputation for doing things in which it can well take pride in this report l shall briefly touch upon some of those accomplishments.
 The present officers were elected at the first meeting O fthe Board of Di- rectors. held July 12th, 1914 At that meeting the El Paso to Phoenix Road race and aniiation with the A. A. A. were the first matters undertaken.
 You are aware that the race was made possible, that Bisbee obtained the night control and successfully conducted it. More than the S1,OOO required was raised The matter of control brought congratulations from every driver and the patrollng of the road within our jurisdiction won gem orally favorable comment. There was not an accident In this we were aided by the Board of Supervisors the sher- if and his officers the city officials and city police. The improved condi- tion of the road for that race between here and Tucson was brought about through our efforts. This club ia looked upon as having fathered the race
 Anilation with the A. A. A. was brought about last month. To obtain this 1t was necessary tO form new state association, which was done in Phoenix. April 18th Our dues to Che !. State association and to the National Association have been paid. All mem bers of the Club in good standing arc now subscribers to the American Mo | torist and are members of the A. A. A
 The matter of obtaining emblems loI the cars of such members can be acted on tonight or left to your new Board l of Directors. They will cost 2 cents
 each.
 Through Che efforts of this Club ] Borderland Route Association was !. formed and this city is represented ir
 ii by Dr. N. C. Bledsoe and J. Fl. Gray the former as vice-president and th' - latter as secretary-treasurer
 . The matter of running the stat
 highway through and not around Bis
 bee was early undertaken and thi d club is directly responsible for tho l. commencement of work on the roa'
 from here to Tombstone, and the fac
 that convict labor was employed r. The character of this work and th IT manner in which costs have been kep
 down is a matter that Is highly cred
 itable to State Engineer Cobb and D g. vision Engineer Ryan. There is nov 9. no possibility of the state highway de
 touring below Lowell; 1t is hrml
 established through Bisbee.
 l- In establishing the route via Bi. n. bee it became necessary to take th 4 matter up with three different luggin
 parties W. o. L Westgard wa U was brought over the route with muc n difficulty owing to the efforts of pal <. ties in the north To this we wer
 much aided by Tucson. 2. l.. Fergl sons passage this way was arrange 'e well iu advance with Che New Orlean ,r Item. A. L.. Westgard was brougf
 through without difficulty All of th e three have prepared logs and maps ,d the road running via Fairbanks an se Tombstode and not via Hereford A
 such parties were entertained by th a9 Club as was the Rinehart party whe
 pathhnding Che road from El Paso
 Phoenix for the road race.
 Through Che efforts of this club an 'e the Commercial Club the road tax va ld maintained at the former rate to max ,t possible the paving of the road lrol ,. here to Warren. For that purpos " S40000 has been set aside While sue
 paving has been delayed by legal cor
 plications ] believe it win soon be D gun and that 1t will be completed du @ ing the summer The matter of suc ye paved street was first taken up by q al Directors at their meeting of Nov lSt ,n The Club undertook Che financing
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