Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21
Four MainLines for Traffic Will Make Travel in Arizona ]
 Attractive to Tourists

Ol lut county seats Mllu one aAoilNI is the policy of Arizona. The mistake made by other states in building roads that do not lead Co definite points an connect with one another, a patch here and another there is being avoided.
 Under the old territorial govern ment, the legislature passed am ac, which provided for the building oJ a state highway system and the taxation necessary to raise the funds for such state road construction Since then there have been amendments which have made the operation of the law more satisfactory, but the plan 10 have the system connect up the vari- ous county seats and the important cities and towns have not been changed Arizona has excellent plans for state system of roads and when completed these will form an excellent system for Arizona, but under the law, the available funds are very limited and progress cannote be otherwise than slow
 Four Main Lines.
 The Arizona Highway system com prisos three east and west roads and a north and south road. The southcr. ly east and West Rosrd is comprised in the Borderland Route. It runs from the New Mexico line east oi Douglas through Douglas. Bisbce Tombstone, Tucson, Florence. Mesa Tempe to Phoenix where it connect with the north and south highway. and from Phoenix proceeds on west to Che California line at Yuma. On this zee ton of state highway there is a much greater completed milage than on any of the other sections.
 The second east to west highway is from the New Mexico line to Clifton Morenci, Globe, the Roosevelt Dam anl To Phoenix where is connects up witt the north and south link, as does th, Borderland
 The third or northerly east and wes highway runs from the New Mexic, line to Springerville and along the lin, of the Santa Fe railroad generally (, the Grand Canyon, Flagstaf and on L, Needles
 The north and south highway run from Nogales to Tucson, Phoenix. Pres colt, Flafstaff and the Grand Canyon The total milage will be more thai 2100 miles.
 First Law DisPleases.
 When the first state highway lar was passed the matter of where oy penditures should be made. in wha sections of the state roads should b built was left to the determination O the board of control and the territor al engineer Under this policy roa construction was begun and carrie on in only one or two counties an. the other counties could not see tha they were obtaining any benefit iron the state road tax which they paid Some of the counties refused to coI tribute any tax funds whatever | such state highway fund and Htiei tion has resulted. This method wa deemed wholly unsatisfactory excer to the favored sections
 All Counties Shares.
 To cure the faults that wero foun with he state highway law it ha been amended SO that 75 per cont e all state road funds paid into tn state treasury by any county must t spent within that county as agree upon by the state engineer and th board of supervisors. The maining 9 per cent, and all automobile Hceus foes. goes into the general fund an may be spent n any part of the stat. Thus when Cachise County ccnlrl utes $60.000 to Inc state road "a fund, it receives back in road bup ing repairs and maintenance with. it' borders about $t5. 1000 besides -r contribution from the general sta. fund. Each county. each year. e cures its pro rata of state road bu.. ing in proportion GO its srsaed yar alton to tbe whole statc and from tH general fund expenditures are mad where most needed
 Appropriation Too Small
 An expenditure Of only 25000 a. nualiy for state road work, cous.ru lion that can be undertaken EaJ year there is an Increased muaae be repaired and maintained and q construction fund Is that much dimi lantu. IT la thlutuI tudL SLOW as progress now, it will become slower time goes on, unles more adeQua provisions shall be made A pl' for a state bond issue to immediate complete the state highway syste was presented Co the voters ar q last state election in the form Of constitutional amondanmnt bu, was defeated
 Counties lGsue Bonds.
 Wearied with the slow progress th is possible a number Of tbe counI of the state have already issu, county bonds for road construct' and others win soon be voting such proposition In this way q county can grade aad drain Che roi that is To become state highway aI utilize the state funds for suriacin thus obtaining Immediately travei able road and in the early future well surfaced state highway throu' ns territory In this work Yum county thus far leads with others [.