Tombstone epitaph., 1915-11-28
INSPECTION TOUR
OF COUNTY ROADS

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GER. Clerk of the board. and ] c Ryan.
County Engineer. mo.ored over a good
~ portion of the county on tour OF
Inspection of the roads, branch county
tails and TO consult their constituents
Ia the interest Of the good roads move
rcnt they were accompanied by J n
Gaines. Of The Taxpayers Association.
and A. H. Gardner. President of the
Fond Issue Association.
4 log OF the road travelled f-llovs:
From Tombstone 10 Benson the road
ycry good as far as Gurris Flat; then
uiiows a chucky condition until The
.-e'ch through St David is reach d
nd from there to the san Pedro briig'
IL is good. but BAD from the bridge o"
Benson From Benson. after getting
upon the mesa n short distance west
town. the road built by Charless Mos
and other BenSoni,eS to the Pima
Cochise line is fine. From Benson to
Dragon is very fair and through Texas
Canyon. from Dave Adams. is little
.o;;sh 5a; ;.s; :!aS.c. Dragon &C
Johnson is bo.h good and bad. bu,
from Johnson TO Cochise it is very
rough on account OF numerous chuck
holes made by ore teams From Cochis
to Wilcox it is rough until you &c, to
the new road through the lake" and
with the exception Of one chuck holc
ven can travel the lake today as faSt
as your machine can roll. The present
road seems to be as good as can be
built unless material is hauled in. Tn
present road will not be wave W ash
by water from the railroad side of tu,
road. ard having gone through one h.n-
water it appears as if the long slopin
bank on the old roadside will stand up,
and i, further appears that the proper
water culverts are IN place
new road from Wilcox towards
Pea-ce is being built through Apache
Pass, which will be OF great benefit to
those who travel that way. as it prac-
cally takes the road out of dan
gerous and rough wash. From Willie ~
to San Simon the road is fair. but very
dusty. and it is the same to the NV
Mexico line. 1t will be necessary 10
build bridge just beyond San Simon
on the way to Lordsburg During
The rainy season, for the San Simon
river at this point stays up tor days at
a time and cannot be forded. From
San Simon to the foothills of the Chiri-
cahuas. en- route to Paradise. is the
worst road in the county, and will re-
quire culver.s by the dozen to put it in
good shape. 1t is in country that is
cross washed by innumerab!e small gull
lies Through the Chiricahus pas;
Paradise. through Portal and on to Ro-
dec the road is very good, excepting
the dus, after you leave the foothills
towards Rodeo.
From Rodeo to Tombstone the road
at the pre- s. Mt time should be clss,ed
as very good. The running time Of the
party is the best criterion. They left
Rodeo at 100 and were in Douglas at
$40. where a stop of half an hour was
made, and another in Bisbee Of over an
hour. yet they arrived in Tombstone
little before s: 30.
From thirty to forty miles an hour
was attained in places between RCd-o
and Douglas. agaips. head wind IN a
binding alkaIi dust storm Silver
Creek at present is no trouble TO motor
lists. The toughest road between Rodeo
and Tombstone is between the Exten
sion and Tombstone. bur they are spDts
which do no; hinder travel excep to
cause a Stacking OF speed in a few
places. The best tell,ale oi the conIi
tons of the roads at present is that the
entire trip was made in the two V-lies
without having a single tire or machine
trouble