Tombstone epitaph., 1915-08-08
WHIT STATE ENGINEERS
 IiD AT FLkGSTAfF

PHOENIX. Au.ast .-Ko2d work Ev ,oulty pIsoners 50 5. .aniard bridge design Ter az county wofh aud nnI- Orm sy stem oi cost data ~ith change ui monthly statements were endorsed oI isvorsbiy discussed at tke conference ol county engineers al Flagsfaff. which rcsrlitcd m ihc organization. of the State Association of Highway Engineers. State Engineer Lamar Cobb was elect ed president ol Ihg new as,oci it;on and W Il Cauther,. county engineer of Maucopa county. secretary. Member ship in the association will be open to any engineer in the state.
 Seven oi the twelve county engineers were present at the cOnis Terce, which di-cusscd practical methods of highway c,. -rruction and problems connected N tI the work of the county engineers. Members of tEe board of supervisors also attended the session of the c0Gier- enoe and pledged their support and CO., optfation in the movement for more eff fo ent work or the highways.
 One feature of the conference was the interest sh wn in the proposition 10 work the county prisoners on the roads. Co hise county has so far been the only one % try this experiment, and now has a squad of six prisoners al work under guard on the county roads The cost of kr, ping prisoners iu jail. 1t was pointed out rang. from 5J U S5 cents per day. wni.e in. expense to the county for work. them on the roads would make compar lively small ,nroad on the roa fund 4, com pared with day labor. The small number of prisoners worked under th.S system it was brought out diaSes II possible to handle them in squads from SIX to ten. under fore man. who also acts as guard The II ..acT in any county would not be iarg,. enough to amount to competition w.-h paid labor, and at the same time ihe employment of ;hc prisoners offer >G practically the only opportunity 10 ua .ur u-s, deposited cuGufy road funds tU any advant4.e.
 Perhaps one oi the most important matt.rs that came before tine associa. tipu was d proposition of a uniform sys- ten of cost data for all county road wo k, and the exchange of monthly statements of expense by the various counties Comparison of the costs of tine sam= sort of work ill various coun- tIes will enable the engineers to ascr- tain just where they must stop leaks. and how they may obtain the best re ults. One of the principles of the or ganzation is that whenever a member k in doubt as to the solution of any problem then II shall be taken up with the organization, and that he shall have the benefit of all the data and informa- ton at its command
 l. was the sentiment of the associa- ton that all expenditures for road work should be approved by the county en- gineers before being paid by the board of supervisors. in order that the respon- sibility for money paid out should be placed on the offisial who is under bond for it's proper use.
 One result of the meeting of the as- sociation will be that more information and lght on highway construction wi!I be available at the state good roads. meetings next month, and that p,ob-- lens to be discussed there will be pre- scented with defini ate data iaoking to- ward their solution. A committee has been appointed to draft a constitution for the new association.