Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-06
COCHISE ROAD WORK IN 1915 FURNISHES
 SPLENDID RECORD
County Board of Supervisors and Engineer Have Proved Their Capability and Eff ciency by Getting Results.

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 TOMBSTONE. Jan. 3. (SpeciaD- A review of the work completed on the roads in Cochise County during the past year shows that more actual. sub stantial and complete work has been done by the present Board of Super visors and the County Engineer than at any time in the history of the coun- lty. The work finished is not of the character that has been done in the past but is work that will stand for years and become permanent high ways. Every dollar that has been spent during the past year has been put to good use and none of it spent without results. The citizens and tax payers of the county should appre- ciate the efforts of the Board and the County Engineer in securing the re. suits that they have in the past year and should lend to them their earnest encouragement in the work that has been planned for the present year. The Board has endeavoIed as far as possi- ble to try and, extend the work over the county as much as possible so that all sections have secured more or less benefit and it is their present plan to continue to do so.
 During the past year seventeen miles of a graded road has been built from Don Luis to Hereford which is now a first class highway.
 Twenty-two miles of graded road have been built up the center of the Sulphur Spring valley from PirtIeville to Elfvida.
 One and three quarters miles of rock work and road were completed in the Apache Pass district.
 One and quarter miles of graded road were completed in the Robinson District below Benson.
 Four miles of graded road were fin ished on the road between Don Luis and Naco.
 Nineteen miles of graded road were completed from Wilcox to the Ora ham county line.
 Six miles were graded from Wilcox west toward the San Pedro river
 The Lowell-Warren pavement was also completed.
 Bridoes Built.
 A 12O-foot bridge was erected a. cross Whitewater at the Taylor place in the Sulphur Spring Valley
 Another one erected at the Central School across the same creek
 A forty-five foot span built across a large aTroya near Sodtown
 A thirty foot reinforced concrete bridge built near Huachuca Siding.
 A thirty foot reinforced concrete bridge between Douglas and Pirtleville
 An eighty foot span was added to the St. David bridge across the San Pedro. also one at the Hereford bridge.
 Repair Work.
 There have been seven gangs at work the larger portion of the time in making necessary repairs on all the roads in the county. There has been work done on the roads in the vicinity of Paradise both ways toward San Si- mon and to Rodeo. from the latter place to Douglas and from Douglas to San Bernardino. where a three mile change was made To Leslie Canyon from Douglas: from Light to Cochise: from Cochise, Pearce. Courtland. Glea- son to Tombstone; from Tombstone to Fairbank and to the Pima County line. a two mile change now being made be- tween Fairbank and Huachuca Siding. From Hereford to Ft. Huachuca and from St. David to Benson. These gangs do not include the bootlegging gang which has been working for several months and contained from three to twelve men at time. Tn this connec- ton it might be we'll to state that Co chise County is the only county in the state that is making the bootleggers pay for their board by labor It is ex- pected that if the number keeps up that many a mile of good road will be built this year by that sort of labor
 Plans For This Year
 The Board. with Engineer Ryan. has discussed the plans for the present year of work that would be done at once no matter what action might be taken on the proposed bond issue. There will be about S40.000 available for work during the first few months of the present year. Of this amount. bridge to cost about SS500 will be built across the San Simon creek in the vicinity of that town. A contract will be let for the grading and surfac- ing of about three miles on the Curtis Flats at an estimated cost of S57O0. A new road will be built from Lowell to connect with the Hereford road at Don Luis at an estimated cost of S6000. Besides this work there will be seven patrol gangs at work throughout the county and work will be done in every section. This will not include the