The border vidette., 1915-10-02
VOTE FOR COCO ROADS.
The NogaIes Chamber of Comerce
 Issues Appeal to Taxpayers.

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 by the Nogales Chamber of Com
 merce, which petition over fifty
 per cent of the property taxpay- CTS signed, the Board of Super viSorS has caused to be made a
 preliminary survey of the cOun- ty road system, and has set Oct ober 23 as the date for the cleo ton on the road bond question.
 The estimate calls for $50, 100 for the road toward Tucson and S55, 500 for the main road through the eastern part of the county. It would be impossible for double the sum of S15O,OOO to construct grade roads throughout the coun ty. However, if the natural roads are properly drained and the worst places constructed per manently, the roads will remain in good condi5ion. Over sixty per cent of the total sum is to be devoted to drainage.
 For the road from the river to Washington Camp S4, 25O is pro- vided. SIS, $50 is allowed for the road from Patagonia to the San Rafael valley.
 S5, ,75O is provided for the liar shaw-Duquesne branch.
 $2,1OO is allowed for the road from Sonoita north to the coun- ty line.
 $6. 800 is provided for the Ell gin Camille road.
 1 For the construction of a short road from the Nogales- Tucson highway to the Gro Blanco dis trict S2O,OOO is provided.
 In conjunction with the war depa1 tment, Cochise county, the the Forest Service and Santa Cruz county, a scenic highway is planned to run from Douglas, Bisbee and Naco through the military reservation, Camille, i Canelo Pass, San Rafael Valley, Patagonia to Nogales.
 The county is spending annual ly S11, ,OOO on our roads. The net gain to roads each year does not exceed 1,5OO, after the rains have played havoc with them. This S15O,OOO is for the purpose of stopping annual destruction. Once we get our roads properly drained, t h e reconstruction charge will drop to a very small sum and allow for the proper maintenance of the roads and yet leave something out of the S11 ,OOO toward interest on the bonds
 The wear and tear on your wagon; the loss of valuable time, the upkeep on your automobile what you now lose in this way will more than pay your share of the interest and principal on the bonds.
 there will be several thousand annually-ride through our coun ty-When good roads are prOvid ed-and witness the great re surces of our county, the money spent in interest will very short ly be returned in increased de- velelopment of those resources; in the money those visitors spend en route.
 Don't vote against the bonds for fear the money will not be properly spent. This is our own job and is going to be putin right.
 Don't vote againt the bonds on the ground that the county is now over burned. The increaS- ed development of the county | in the next two years will com | pletely offset the interest charge, when coupled with a decreased | maintenance charge.
 Don't vote against the bonds | because the proposed plan does | not include permanent conStruc- tion of the road in front of | your own property. With the | annual maintenance charge | greatly lowered more funds can 1 be devoted to branch roads. Further if good road is avail able short distance away, you | can get somewhere with big l saving of time and wear and | tear. Under the present system, there is no hope for the cou- struction of branch roads in the next five years, the money must l go on the heavily travelled roads the main arteries, for we face | the condition of not a decent l road in the county.