The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-02-05
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During the past eight years, with
each succeeding Board Of Sapervis-
ors, both q in Graham sr and iGreenlee
cpupty,ythe proposition, of building a.
road up the Frisco river Ito the line
OF the Apache National Forest Re-
serve has received considere ton, abut
that was the end ofait. On Monday
morning last Messrs., Dell Potter and
Sam Abraham apQeared hef0Ee the
Board of Supervisors and Mr.: Potter
6ecupfed the ucIoseste attentions OF the
Board while ahefautlined the tadEAnA
tases, to- bes,deriyed. by 9thes county in
the. Construction of such a road AND
CO Operating with the Forestry - De
1naaTtmaaIntfl e ETTJfe , } E1Nk73 NIT n
MIR. Potter stated tor the 2 Board
that. xas "a result of, much correspon-
dence with, the Forestry, officials, it
had been practically agreed that IF
the County of Greeniee would con-
struct a highway sfrom Clifton to fthe
hepndaFy line4 of the. forestry ssRer
serve, that the. Government >. would
complete such a road through the
Reserve and into the heart of the
big nierchantable timber, thus bring
ingu iate activity. one of the greatest
natural resources within the ,boun-
! daries of the county. Government
figures were produced to- show that
approximately SOC, ,000,000 feet, board
measure,sef a. merchantable lumber
would be; tributary to such road ~
Writing Of this proposed wagon
road ino 1863 John D. Guthrie, Forest
SuperNisor2of the / Apache Forest,
; says: g@
sisyViths an estimated annual consuIpp-
ton, of Il, 200, 900 feet B. M. by the
TOWNS, Of Of Clifton, Cli Morenei and Met
calf. You see that there Is 35-year
supply of standing timber at present.
In 35 years the iRcrea8ed growth aUtl.
believe. mere thap Pakestyp for
any possible increase fn CONSUMPTION.
iThgg tfacf othaf sduffng 40 that - period
| bodies Of timber not included inLathe
present estimate may be opened sup
by connecting roads is not considered.
TT aseems tonne that thecpFeRpsed
road is a very good proposition.
| THE Forest Service is most anx-
ious to see hte work started on
the road 2I can say positively that
a part aof ithenfundssSaH aHotted ito this
Forest will be used foEt this road. sa
ut is a fact that 25 per cent 1gof
all money received by the, govern
ment from the Apache National For
est is paid back to the county to ibe
fused for roads and schools, In shat
county. In this case, If thee Forest
Service sold 100000 feet b, NJ, of
this timber each year, from the part
lof the forest in Greenlee county,
Greenlee County would receive $2,-
t25O. 90 annually from this source In
other words, at this rate, the county
would eventually be paid back by
the Government for all money Which
they put into the road .Rel Oh "a as
| careful estimates made eofa theoost
of the, construction of the road from
Clifton to the. forest reserve line. qis
placed at $50, 1000, a distance Of thir-
teen miles, INCLUDING one bridge
Iacross the Frisco. In exchange for
this expenditure it is pointed out THAT
Through :. = thel cooperation of the
Forestry Department Greenlee county
would receive a useful and scenic
highway, at least seventy miles
long, by the construction aof thirteen
miles, and lit iss estimated that many
thousands of dollars would Bee dput
in circulation in the county by the
creation of big lumber industry.
A large number of citizens were
present in the office of the Board and
listened to Cthe remarks of Mr.. Pot
ter and many favorable comments
were heard when he had concluded.
The Board took the matter under
Iadvisement and will consider the
same again at their meeting the mid
die Vofa the present month. 80 9-s