Arizona republican., 1915-10-06
MUCH DISCUSSION ON
 ROOSEVELT ROAD
Meeting Entirely in Favor of Spending Small Sum on It's Repair, But Super visorS Are Not Inclined That Way.

That the time to agitate a bond iss,le for the building of good roads in Mari copa county has not yet como. was the concensus of opinion, yesterday after noon. at the meeting between the board of supervisors, the county acvisory board and a number of Interested tax payers.
 The meeting held in the chamber of commerce building, was called to order by Secretary Harry Welch of the cham ber following which Lin B. Orme was called to the presiding chair.
 MT. Orme stated the purpose of the meeting to be the deciding among themselves If the time was opportune to propose a bond issue, and the de- ciding what was to be done in connec- tion with the repairing of the Roose welt road in so far as it was in Mari copa county. To these ends, the Mari copa board of supervisors had been asked to attend the conference, and learn the wishes of those vitally inter- estec in the good road question.
 Tie question of the bond issue being the first to be raised, the discussion of it was taken up. It did not take long for an expression of opinion adverse to the bond issue to be declared by the majority of those present. It was the general and almost unanimous opinion that the time was decidedly unfavor- able. It was explained by the various speakers that markets had been poor during the past year. and with water and dam assessments coming on, the ranchers would be in no position to take the additional burden on their shoulders. It might be possible it was explained that in 60 or 90 days, circum- stances would change to make it pos sihle to carry q favorable vote.
 Every speaker who advocated the postponement of the issue, agreed that they were decidedly favorable to good roads, and in order to obtain them a campaign of agitation must be started to enlighten and educate not only the ranchers, but those tax payers residing in the towns
 r. k. Fuller who was one of the minority to favor the bond issue, ex- plaineG that he was in favor of issuing the bonds, and using them for road construction, while the regular ap- rropriations each year could be used for their maintenance. He declared that it was his opinion that the bonds
 
 tions should be looked to to redeem them. They should be glad. he ex- p!ained to take over this load. as it would be for their benefit. He said that our present roads were not built right, and that until they were con structed in a proper manner, it would be impossible to market the crops of the valley in a profitable manner.
 The Roosevelt Question
 General Agent Cater of the Arizona. Eastern was present in the interests of the Southern Pacific, and explained that he had just received a telegram rom Passenger Traffic Manager Fee lnqulring if the board of supervisors were going to take action in the oues- ton of repairing the Roosevelt road NIT. Cater explained that the comDanv had been advertising the Apache Trail and would continue to do so providing the road was put in such a condition to permit of the passage over of ma chlnes carrying the tourists whom they had diverted in that direction
 lhlS question was freely discussed Pfo and con. It was suggested bv Dwight B. Heard that S5 ,OOO would put tue road in passable condition. or at ieast improve the road to such an ex tent that the railroad company would ieei moved to continue the sending of tc iistS over that route. He stated that 'He company was doing the county and Vdhey an 1mmeasurab ble amount of good m the advertising which they are doing 'i ever tlfe country and that it was no iioie tnan right that the county re- turn the compliment in aiding the
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