Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-25
GAINES TELLS WHY SYSTEM |S NEEDED
 FOR ROADS
Secretary of Taxpayers Asso- ciation Believes that Patch work Would be Unsatisfac- tory; Must Pay Bills.
TRUNK LINES AFFORD
 PERMANENT RELIEF
Interest of All will Be Con- served by Securing Thor oughfares Which will Pro- vide for Future.

(By J. N Gaines, Secretary of Cochise
 County Taxpayers Association.)
 A brief discussion of the road im- provements in Cochise county be comes necessary at this time in order to enlighten the fair minded thinking public who have had no opportunity to become familiar with the proposed systems of roads to be constructed in case a bond issue should be elected for that purpose.
 Public roads are for the purposes of providing transportation routes for the people in all communities, an- abling them to communicate with peo- pie in other communities, commercial ly and socially, and for the promotion of civilization and the development of settlements and the building of homes. Never for the purpose of serving self ish interests alone, whether it be com munity or individual.
 The promotion of the bond issue for good roads in Cochise county should be placed on such a plane, purged of any self motive. or indivi- dual interest.
 In the first place the 525 miles of road planned by the Road Bond As sociation to be constructed at an esti- mated cost of S1,21O, ,255.OO, to use the county engineers exact figures, is to be nothing more than a tentative foundation for 525 miles of road to be constructed at some future time if wei ever have a system of permanent roads. The business principle inyolv- ed may be illustrated by imagining a man who expects to build a house, and having enough money 10 complete a modest, comfortable home, decides to put ALL his money into a foundation for an elaborate mansion. the super structure to be built at some future time if he happens to ever get enough money to complete it. To be more definite, if the system contemplated and urged by the Road Bond Associa- tion is carried out, Cochise county will have 525 miles of country road augmented by bridges and partial con struction of roads in the law parts of the country connected by the same country roads on the higher ground. with better system of drainage than we have at present. In the language of our county engineer expressed at meetings of both the Bond Association and the Taxpayers, his estimate mere ly contemplated bridges. drainage. and repairs of the roads, taking into con- sideration all the roads on high ground with nothing more than drainage to made from an understanding of state ments made by the county engineer and his confirmation. or correction is admissible.
 The Cochise County Taxpayers As sociation proposed a system of Trunk Lines. one main line from the New Mexico line running west through Douglas, Bisbee, Tombstone, St. Dav- id, Benson, to the Pima county line; another beginning at Wilcox and run ming south through the sulphur Sprlns valley to the point of divergence, where one branch of it turns west to- ward Bisbee. the other branch south east toward Douglas, each town being the same milage from the point of divergence. This road skirts the western part of the settlements. leav- ing moro of the farming nonulatiOn on the east side of the road than on the west side of it. The connections with the north end of the central trunk line are links beginning at San Simon, by the way of Bowie. to Wilcox; and from Cochise to Wilcox, enabling people from the north to come to either Bisbee. or Douglas by travelling
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