Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-20
s5a. .2s2. % less than for 1910.

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 This statement represents the change from the old careless methods of doing public business when nobody | paid any particular attention to the manner of doings things that were paid for out of the public treasury. nor the difference between the cost of the same things when paid for by individuals for personal use, or paid for by public money for the use of the county government Let the credit for this change in transacting public bus mess be placed where it belongs; the taxpayers association continues to urge that public money should buy a dollars worth of goods for each dollar 1 expended, that public money be spent 1 for NECESSARY things, public build ings, public improvements, public sup plies, and ALL things necessary to i promote the general welfare of ALL the people in every community in the county, as rapidly as the condition of thesparsely settled country will war ! rant, keeping in mind the fact that i people choosing to live on the frontier | can not have all the modern cOnven- fences that people enjoy living in me 1 tropolitan centers.
 Public Roads and Highways. | The subject of the improvement of 1 the county road and the construction of permanent highways for the gene f ral accommodation of the people { seems to have submerged every other ! subect of public improvements throughout the whole nation. The en- thusiasm of Good Roads Boosters" seems to have outdistanced the ac- emulation of technical knowledge ne cessary to keep the hurried attempt | to construct permanent roads as rap idly as public clamor demanded, out of the depths of the experimental stage. The right methods and mater ials have been found and unfound so rapidly that it is safe to say that more money has been wasted experimenting than in any other line of attempted public improvement that has been at tempted by civilization. A great deal
  public impstience, and the attempt to meet the impatient demands of fren- zied delegations, and the sometimes unwise desire to get rid of the agita- tiOn of local communities by hurried ly trying to give them what they were eration.
 The new system mentioned above in this paper has been in operation in this county since January 1. 1915. The results of the past year will be given in our annual statistical report that is now under compilation. Whether full investigation will prove the system to be all that it's advocates hoped for it remains for determination, but it is fairly apparent that it is a decided i'm provement on the old method, under nobody in particular, and everybody in general. The total amount, excluding the salary of county engineer and as- sistant engineers. spent for roads and bridges. and reconstruction of bridges disabled by floods. is S124,S217S. dur ing the year 1915, as against S10S,- 654.1S in 1914.
 Public Schools.
 Not being able to find language to more correctly express the situation and sentiment regarding our public schools, l quote from our first annual | report for the year 1911.
 "The public schools as an institution are so universally the pride of every citizen and so heartily supported by the taxpayers that careless Xpnditurs of public funds for thir maintnance passes the scrutiny of the careful bust ness man without word of criticism Taxes paid for the support of public schools is the most welcome expendi. ture of an American citizen for the maintenance of our institutions.
 This fact opens the door wider to careless expenditures fin this depart. ! ment thna in any other, with more charity and less criticism"
 But as a business proposition there is no good reason why we should not have a right to expect the school boards will use the same brand of