The Parker post., 1916-06-03
TaxpayerS Almost Unanimous
in Favor of River Route For
Highway From Parker TO Line
Over One Hundred Taxpayers and Electors of
this Precinct Sign Petition Addressed to
Supervisors Urging Adoption of
River Route to Bouse.


Over one hundred taxpayers and
ed petition urging the board of ST
as the main county highway betwe
1t is the opinion of the great
the river route is the most feasible
serve no material or beneficial pur
reservation line along the railroad by
government to appropriate funds fo,
expenditure of the highway funds.
The petition will be forwarded
few days and will show that body
demands that the route of the main
the Colorado river to a point south
to Osborne's Well over the old river
Since the route to be followed by
the proposed county highway has
been agitated and discussed by the
taxpayers of this precinct, the result
shows that the sentiment of the peo-
pie here is almost unanimous in favor
Of the construction of good, SER
y.ceable road tapping the rich min
eral section lying northeast and east
of Parker.
While there is minority favoring
the construction of a highway from
Parker along the Santa Fe railroad
to Bouse, this same minority also
favors the building Of a road paral.
leling the Colorado river which
would tap the mining country.
II the two roads cannot be con
structed by the county, many of the
railroad route advocates favor the
river route of the proposed highway
TO Bouse, thence to the Maricopa
county line.
While it is true the board of super
visors could, by amending its reso-
luton adopted Sept. 8, 1915, which
apportions the bond issue of $780,.
600 among certain specified roads,
use some Of these funds for the con-
struction of other roads, it is the
opinion of the board that there will
not be sufficient funds left from the
bond issue to build any other road
In northern Yuma county, except the
main highway from Parker to the
Maricopa county line
In telegrams to The Post received
the past week, it Is stated that there
will not be sufficient funds left from
the bond issue to construct any
ether road except the road selected
as the main county highway from
Farker to the Maricopa county line.
The members of the beard say that
il they attempted to build roads
ether than the main highway from,
the bond issue funds they would meet
with great opposition from other
points in northern Yuma county,"
In other words, the board says:
If the railroad route is selected there
is hope of receiving help TO build
he river road from an appropriation
from the road fund. The road fund
In Yuma county is infinitismal. and
Just now it is almost exhausted, with
nc hope of replenishment until the
First Monday in September, when
the first instaliment of the 1916 tax
es become due.
In the 1916 road fund, if all the
taxes are collected, there will be
about 100000 less the salaries of
the county engineer and his assist
ant. totaling $4,000, in addition to an
expense for road machinery, etc., of
about $1,000. This leaves about
5l5, 900 in the road f und, and as
1orthern Yuma county heretofore has
only about S per cent of
his fund for repair of roads. our
share FOR 1916 will be around $3.50.
We will leave it to the intelligent
leader to speculate upon the size of
he appropriation that would be made
rom the road fund for the construc-
Ion of i road from Parker along the
liver. which is the most badly |
needed road in this part of the coun-
y at the present time.
However, this paper fully believes
hat When the people here fully real |
Ze that there is no hope of receiving
my Substantial aid from the road |
und for a road along the river they |
will ali demand that tho nnoin birb