Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-16
TO USE BOOTLEGGERS AT HARD LABOR ON
 HIGHWAY BUILDING
County Engineer Ryan Says He Will Supply Them With Picks /and ShoyelS at Suggestion of Supervisors.

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 Prior 10 starting tomorrow on a well-edrned leave of absence for a fort night County Engineer J. C. Ryan has laid out advance work on the three big jobs in the county which are now occupying his attention. They are the bridges at Hereford and st. David respectively, and continuation of con structiou 1n the Bisbee-TOmbstone branch of the State highway.
 Mir Ran wiu submit his reports to- day at the roud-bond meeting on es- timated cost ot construction for such building as will inaugurate an im- proved highway system for the county
 Actual labor with pick, shovel, hoe. rake, e,c.. will be implied by the su- perior court when it sentences con victed "bootleggers' to serve terms in the county jail. Hitherto the term hard labor" has meant that the man sentenced would be held i'm jail for the time limit and then released It has now been determined Co put boot leggers to work improving the roads in the county. according to Mir. Ryan. The first piece Of work upon which the men will be employed will be in connection with the building of a con tinuatiOn of the state highway be- tween Bisbee and Tombstone, upon which convict labor is to be employed. Among those present upon the scene as county prisoners will be Granny" Orrison, Polly" Perritt and John | Nugent Of Douglas who are at pres ent ncarcerated in the county bastue.
 As soon as ] get the prison camp l organized. which will be about Aug ust l, l intend to send over an auto truck after the prisoners in the coun- | ty jail for bootlcgging," said Ryan. "I know that county prisoners never have been worked on the roads be- ! fore but the court imposed a sentence at hard lapor on them, the supervis- ors favor their being employed on road work and so do the county attorney | and sherih Therefore l should wor- ry."
 Ryan stated that the stockade is being prepared around the camp and machinery gathered for the highway work. The steam roller and tractor passed through Bisbee Tuesday and were the means of causing a great deal of excitement.
 Relative to the reinforced concrete bridge which will be built across the White Water river near the c. X A. shelter at Douglas, Ryan stated that the steel for the bridge, approximate ly tweuty-four tons of it, had been or dered and is expected to be delivered in about forty days. He does not an ticipatc starting the bridge until the latter part of August, chiefly because of material employed. A flood would work serious havoc with green cement By the time mentioned he believes the rainy season will be practically over. The bridge win be built entirely with convict labor.
 The recently completed stretch Of road by the Dry Lake between Co chise and Willcox is one of the best and quickest jobs on record in Co chise county Merrill & Mckay, tho contractors, moved 910OO yards Of material for the fill in twenty-sever days They used more than 300 work
 animals, sending into GNham ana Gna counties for a part of their work stock in order to finish in the re markedly short time.
 Relative To the meeting of the eX ecutive committee of the Cochise CouI ty Road Bond Association, which vii take place in Bisbee tomorrow, MT Ryan said that he believed about 300 of the 500 miles of trunk line road way asked for would be Topped of.