Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-11-04
NORTHERN CITIES
OPPOSE SOUTHERN
ROUTE FOR HIGHWAY
Globe, Clifton and MOrenCi Are
Aligned Against Bisbee, Doug
las and Tucson in Logging Of
TranSContinental Route.

TranSCOntinental Route.
Once again Globe Clifton and Nor
enci are pulling against Bisbee, Tue
son, Florence, Tombstone and Doug
las. And once again it is question Of
transcontinental highway logging AMI
mapping. This time, however, Phoe
nix is heartily with the southerly
cities.
Late Tuesday evening Harry WEIGH,
| secretary of the Phoenix Chamber of
Commerce, telephoned to Secretary
Gray of the Commercial Club that a
logging party from San Diego, repre-
senting the westerly division of the
| Southern National Highway Associa-
tion, had left San Diego on trans
continental logging trip to recommend
a route. He said that Phoenix had
recommended the Borderland but that
he was advised Del Potter was with
! the party and was insisting on the
| Globe-Cufton route He asked that
a representative be sent from Bisbee
or strong advices telegraphed and
stated that ne had also communicated
with John f. Myers in Tucson and
Oscar Coll in Douglas
| Owing to the county road bond is
sue meeting of yesterday and the late
advices it was impracticahle to send
a representative from here but Gray
ltelegraphed for the Commercial Club
yesterday morning. In his day letter
ne said:
| "Wm II. Gross, Phoenix
"The superiority of the Borderland
| Route has been demonstrated by its
luse i'm the fastest trauscouuuental
"trip ever made and by record time i'm
two road races. 1t has the most COM
plete milage of state highway and will
be all state highway 1t is travers-
able 365 day i'm the year and has no
DOGGY spots like San Carlos country;
there are no fords and all streams
! are bridged. 1t passes through Flor
ence. a county seat, Tucson, Oldest
city and county seat Tombstone
most historic mining camp and coun
ty seat. Bisbee, second largest copper
lcamp in the world and Douglas where
953 per cent of the Arizona copper is
smelted The population of Pinal
Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise coun
ties is 92,714 against 1895 for ella
Graham and Greenlee with more than
twice as great taxable wealth. PIMA
is spending S150O0O on roads, Pima
has voted 100000 and Cochise viii
soon vote three quarters OF a million
Free logs and maps are available al
all cities and towns en- route. Nc
] question as TO its superiority and
greater usefulness.
Warren District Commercial Club
:. II has been known for some time
that this party was 10 leave sar
Diego eastward bound /. c. Shat
tuck received "a letter requesting ad
vices as to best route between Phoe
, nix and IN Paso and strongly advised
# the Borderland. Tucson and Douglas
4 gave similar advice and it looked u
u be an but settled when Phoenix
through it's Chamber of Commerce
p threw it's influence i'm the some direc
y, ton. Then came the advice that De
Potter was once more "on the job.
o., The Importance of this logging par
= ty may be overestimated but thu
cities along the Borderland cannot al
" ford to leave any stone unturned L
. secure AN possible advertising map
p ping, logging and other forms of publ
= city. The Borderland win appear on
y the next 100000 mile map" of th
y National Highways Association an,
- win have a separate map showing /
from san Diego to Jacksonville, vii
- New Orleans, and is further described
y. in the Automobile Blue Book and 9th
=. er publications, but still further ad
~ yertising is especially desirable at thi
=, Itime when the winter touring is sool
- TO start, a class that ought TO go al
most entirely to and over the Border
land Route