The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-05-26
SUPERVISORS ADOPT STATE ENGINEERS
 SUGGESTIONS
Construction Work Will Begin Within Sixty Days on CIifton-SoIomonVilIe State ighway-Convict Labor to Be Used
CHAMBER COMMERCE BANQUET
Endorses cIifton-MogoIlon Highway at Enthusiastic Meeting at Reardon Cafe on Tuesday Evening

Cafe on Tuesday Evening
 That the citizens of Greenlee coun- ty are enthusiastically in favor of the early construction of good roads, east and west and north and south, con- meeting the agricultural and mining districts or this county, with adjacent counties, both in Arizona and New Mexico, was evidenced in full force at a banquet arranged by the Greenlee County Chamber of Commerce and held at the Reardon Cafe on Tues day evening.
 The meeting was one of the most important ever held by this organi- and representation of taxpaying in- terests.
 Among the distinguished visitors present from distance were s. J. Kidder, General Manager of the Mo gollon Mines Co.,, of Mogollon, N. M. /. Hon. Lamar Cobb, Arizona State En gineer, George A. Foote, Chairman oI the Board of Supervisors of Graham county, Adolph Young, County En giDeer of Graham county; MT. Lay ton, Clerk of the Board of Graham Chairman Witt, of the Greenlee Coun ty Board; Jos. Cohn, editor of the Duncan News; J. R. Fowler, Presi dent of the Duncan Commercial Club, and others from Duncan, Morenci, and Metcalf. In all sixty-five mem- bers of the Greenlee County Conmer- cial Club and guests were seated at the dinner.
 The affair was arranged to listen to a statement from MT. s. J. Kidde1 regarding the cooperative plan of constructing highway from Clifton to Mogollon and also a report from State Engineer Lamar Cobb regarding Federal aid and Forestry appropria. tionS for highway building in Ari- zona, in addition to a report from him on the probability of the early construction of the Clifton-S Solomon vile State Highway. In addition to the speeches made by Messrs Kid del and Cobb, the Chamber of Con- merce listened attentively to a res ponse by Norman Carmichael, Gener al Manager of the Arizona Copper Co., Ltd.; Adolph Young, County Engineer of Graham; George Foote, of Graham; w. T. Witt, of Greenlee; J. R. Fowler, of Duncan; and Dell M {. Potter, of Clifton.
 At the conclusion of the repast w. B. Kelly, President of the Chamber of Commerce introduced Hon. A. R. Lynch as Postmaster for the occas- ioI and in introducing the several speakers, "the little giant" was at his best. After poking fun at the com mittee composed of Messrs. Kelly Webster and Redd, who visited the mine managers at Mogollon several weeks ago, MT. Lynch introduced MT. Kidder.
 MT. Kidder made a business pre- sentation of the difficulties which con tinually surround the transportation over poor roads of mining supplies and merchandise between Mogollon and Silver City, distance of approxi mately eighty miles and stated that for some time his company had under consideration shorter and better out let from Mogollon to Clifton, thereby effecting a saving in haulage charges and also giving the Mogollon district an outlet to an agricultural section MT. Kidder stated that the roads iI this section were a revelation to him and that he was personally convinced that the road between Clifton and Mo goIIon was feasible and that if the mining companies and others interest ed in the Mogollon district would be justified in making the expenditure necessary to construct the road from the Arizona line to Mogollon provided
 he Board of Supervisors would make the necessary connection at tha point: MT. Kidder estimated tha the haul distance could be reduced ap proximately twenty miles over the present Silver City route. His ad dress was listened to closely by al present and the concensus of opinion was that it would only be a short time before the Mogollon Mining District would be connected directly witt Greenlee county.
 Mir Kidder was followed by MT. Cobb who told the assemblage of the progress made at this session of Con gress for national aid for state high way construction and the appropria ton of ten million dollars additional for highway construction within For est Reserves MT. Cobb is member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Highway Engineers ir the United States and has just return ed from Washington and is firmly con vinced that Arizona will receive Federal aid in a substantial sum al the hands of the present congress Reverting to local affairs MT. Cobt brought the good news, and was ap plauded, when he stated that he was now prepared to begin immediate construction of the State Highway between Clifton and Solomonville and with the cooperation of the Boards of Graham and GreenIee coun fy would have force employed