Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-11-05
STRIVING TO SOLVE
VARIOUS PROBLEMS
OF ROAD BOND ISSUE
Members Of County Association
Believe Much Progress Was
Made as Result of Conference
in Douglas Wednesday.

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Members of the county road bond |
issue association yesterday generally /
expressed themselves as well satisfied {
with the action taken at the Douglas
meeting Wednesday They consider
that the plan that will be presented |
is the only one feasible under the cir
cumstances and is most likely TO meet
the desires Of the taxpayers who win
have the determination OF the matter
as the polls.
The report of the executive commit
tee that was adopted by the associa-
ton was the suggestion of J. j. Bowen,
the Bisbee District representative.
Seen yesterday by a Review repre-
sentative he gave further explanations
Of the plan and of it's working, saying
The executive committee had
presented to it a milage of roads that
approached 900. This had to be cut
down to a trunk line system and was
cut to 525 miles In doing this we
felt we had shaved to the closest
points if the system were to be ade-
quate and any were near complete.
We had not been given figures as to
a probable bond issue Then came
the engineers report on costs which
were higher than had been anticipat-
cd The association was ready 10 ask
for 100000 in bonds and the esti-
mate was about twice that amount.
, We could not see our way to reduce
the milage without endangering the
success Of the bond issue, probably in
surfing its failure The report of the
/ executive committee is the result.
1T is impossible to build 525 miles
of road as specified for 100000 but
I it is possible to give a road system
Of 525 miles that is Away traversable
I and many miles of which viii stand
/ out as examples OF modern road build
ing and what this county can do when
/ funds are available II will prove the
value and success of bonding foI
roads
In all parts of the county there are
roads that are traversable and are
fairly good at all times, other stretch
es are good some of the time and some
that are good none of the time. TN
der our plan the road districts win
inform the advisory commission what
improvement and improvements they
! deem first essential. Their rata of
the bond issue will be spent there
The roads that are built viii lbe built
right. They will show what can be
done and will make "a vast improve
ment in traffic in the county
For instance, in Douglas District
the Silver Creek road is probably the
most needed at once. Its delegate to
! the association will so inform the
advisory commission and action viii
be taken on that recommendation
The Borderland to the Mex Mexico
line will thus be vastly improved
Every district viii thus have its most
needed road work under the bond is
sue It will produce more miles Of
good roads than could otherwise b
obtained. We make a splendid star
on building "A practically complete
system. It does not mean patch
work system. 1t means the making o.
the whole system passable and ia,
sections of the best type OF roads fol
ordinary traffic
"Our plan tells where the money fl
Ito be spent and each road district viii
know that it will get its share o
what it asked to be made TO go jus
as far as possible in building road O
the type determined upon Thus
is a definite proposition placed square
ly before the voters
c. r. Moss, Of Benson, said wv
want some roads built. We have toll
I what we want. We cannot get all W.
want at this time. We will take wha
We can get now If we only had on
u mile OF road built we would want tina
, one mile built right and at the poin
where it would do the most go0J
Benson is for the bond issue unde
= the plan suggested
1t was Gray who suggested the aC
/ visory board and he explained it
workings. The advisory commits
sion,' he said, will ascertain froI
the various road district represents
| lives i'm the association where In tina
district work is most needed and r.,
commended TO the board of supeUi
ors the expenditures of each district
pro rata at the point indicated.
THE commission viii advise wit
the board Of supervisors on the lettin
of all contracts and will pass upo
the completed roads before they an
taken over Il viii De in touch wit
the people Of all the districts, elimiI
ate much annoyance that would OIL
erwise be occasioned TO members {
the board, tighten their work in ca
ing for two thirds of the details am
TO this commission can be referred b
the board all petitioners for roa
building under the issue
Besides this il will furnish IN
publicity make public the costs an
expenses and gerelly give TO the Ia
payers the information they are e
titled to, show them how each doll'
Is buying ane hundred cents of r