Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-04
COUNTY ROAD PLAN
IS COMPLIMENTED
BY STATE ENGINEER
Lamar Cobb Talks Pertinenty Of
Highways og Southwest; EVin-
CeS Much Interest in CoChiSe
Bond Issue.

State Engineer Lamar Cobb was in
Bisbee Thursday night and yesterday
morning proceeding from here to the
convict camp on the Bisbee-Tomb
stone highway and thence on west
ward While here he talked state
highway matters over with Assistant
state Engineer j. c. Ryan and talked
general road matters with several OF
the local good road workers. He
showed much interest in the county
bond issue project.
. Mr.. Cobb made a long journed
/ Thursday coming through all the way
from Clifton. via Lordsburg and Ro
dec. He pronounced the road as gen
orally in good condition with the eN
ception of a short stretch betweeE
. Clifton and Lordsburg and the Animas
valley road i'm New Mevico between
Lordsburg and Rodeo. This strentch
he considers one of the worst pieces
to be found i'm the Borderland Route.
In Greenlee county both state ana
county highway work is progressine
well. Mr.. Cobb states. The county
work is being done under tn ebonC
issue that was voted. It is heavy
rock and of a type similar to tho
Tombstone Canyon road. 1t is there
fore expensive and only betweer II
and IS miles will be built from the
$15O,OOO bond issue.
In ella county thus far nothing has
been done in construction work under
the bond issue that was voted.
Yuma county is utilizing quite q
stretch Of the old Espee grade, aban
doned some years ago and is putting
in wooden bridges along the same
Is thus obtained a road base which
would be very costly to construct hat
an the materials 90 be hauled.
In Maricopa county the Gazette /.
welding the cudgel for a bond ISSUE
and Mr. Cobb expects that in due tim,
the matter viii be submitted to thu
voters
Pima and Cachise counties aer go
ing at the bond issue project whicl
each of them is considering, in a high
ly systematic method. Both of thes
counties are outlining county system
and ascertaining the probable cost be
fore submitting the question to tn
vote of the taxpayers.
The state engineer considers tn
plan outlined i'm this county the mos
comprehensive of any that has bee
or is being considered. If Maricop
county presents the question TO it
voters it viii have perhaps a create
milage of road included in its plan
than has Cochise When fOrmerl
considered such a proposition an e.
penditure of more than a million do
lars was contemplated Ii Cochis
and Pima county bond for roads. a
is expected. with the bond issues tha
have been voted by Pinal and Yum;
the east and west highway across tn
state would be practically complete
except in Maricopa county. Tha
county has some very excellent road
and it has also some roads which tha
description in no way FITS
Mr.. Cobb suggested that if the pro-
osed state highway be completed b
the various counties, under bond d
sue, the state funds each year woul
be applicable TO the improving or pa
ing of such highways in the yariou
counties where not needed for col
struction work.
AS to the work now in progress b
tween here and Tombstone, Mr.. Cob
was not in a position to speak unit
he had visited the convict camp an
looked cger the road building, beyor
saying that he expected to see IL
highway completed through and OF
OF the canyon before the conyic
break camp 10 return to Florence
undertake road work elsewhere.