The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-08-11
AP ACHE HIGHWAY |S CONSIDERED
 BY FORESTER
Favorable Replies Received by Board of Supervisors of this County Re- garding Cooperative Plan For Cliff ton-Springerville Road.


 of Supervisors of this County Re-
 garding Cooperative Plan For Cliff
 ton-SpringervilIe Road.
 That the Board of Supervisors of this county is taking lively interest in securing from the Department of construction of the highway between Clifton and Springerville, traversing the Apache National Forest, money for which purpose was made avail able by Section of the Federal Aid Road Act, is evidenced by the cor respondence which recently passed between A. L. Terry, Clerk of the Board and the Forestry Department and also with our representatives and the Department of Agriculture. Immediately following the passage of the bill by Congress appropriating money for building Forest Highways on Forest Reserves in conjunction with adjoining counties, the Board of Supervisors instructed the Clerk to again notify the Department of Agri- culture, the Forestry Department and our Representatives at Washington, that Greenlee county was ready and willing to cooperate with the Forestry
 
 Clifton-Springervil highway. The first action along this line was taken by our Board of Supervisors more than a year ago when the ap- propriation bill was pending before Congress.
 The Board of Supervisors has re- ceived replies from these communi- cations from which we take the fol- lowing extracts:
 Senator Marcus A. Smith writes: T beg to assure you that am in deep sympathy with the proposition, and will lend any possible assistance to the cause. We have succeeded in getting an appropriation which will ultimately amount to several million dollars to the State of Arizona, under what is known as the Good Roads Bill" There are also in the Post Office Bill some appropriations from .shich Arizona will receive eertDdn funds I have also just reported from the Committee on Public Lands Ia Bill giving to each of the States 5OO,OOO acres of non-mineral, unpat- tented lands to aid in the construc- tion of roads I hope to be able to pass this bill through the Senate at this session.
 representative Hay u0u WIltOS enclose herewith a copy of a letter that I just received from the Forest Service which contains an opinion of the Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture on Sec. s of the Federal Aid Road Act. I trust that the in- formation contained therein will be of value to your Board of Supervis- ors in applying for a share of the appropriation that has just been made for national forests roads. am advised that the Forest Service is preparing the regulations under which Section s of this Act will, be administered The office of Public Roads is also at work on the regula- tions that will govern the admins tration of the other parts of this law I shall be glad to send you copies of these regulations as soon as they are obtainable."
 Senator Ashurst replies as follows During my various visits to Greenlee county you and many other represen- tative citizens called my attention to the necessity for the construction of roads leading from the Clifton-Mo- renci district to the north, through the large, unbroken pine forests and other regions of the north. h. i deed the necessity and suitability of l such loads impressed itseif upoo my mlrd " tn such intensity that during this iIrst session of the 64th Congress have devoted a large amount of | time and attention to the Good Roads bill; and tiie Western Sena- tors by frequent co1fere ice and d:'l- gent work were abe to secure an ap- prnp1 ia,ion of $1,1)0,000 each year for the next ten years for the Bur- pose ot constructing roads and trails | in National Forests. 1t is indeed with much pleasure that i am able | to advise you that the Good Roads Bill mas been signed by the President and that there will be available for the fiscal year beginning July l, 1916, 71,500.00 for building roads that are not on National Forests and there will be available for this fiscal year about $100,000 additional for building roads and trails in National Forests. am glad that you are manifesting the intention of taking this matter up with the Department of Agriculture at once.
 A. F. Potter, Acting National For ester at Washington, writes: 'No definite action has yet been taken
 towards selecting projects that will be constructed from the money made available by Sec. 8 of the Federal Aid Road Act. The Forest Service however is engaged in preparing rules
 and regulations for carrying out the
 purposes of this section. It is the
 intention to submit these to the Sec
 retary at as early a date as possible
 in order that action may be taken
 under the provisions of the bill. In
 the meantime the District Foresters
 have been instructed to prepare ten
 tative lists of projects and recom- lmendations for construction under 1.-the terms of the Bill"
 | c. F. Martin, Acting Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, replied to the letter from the Board as follows: "The Forest Service is now engaged