Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-31
Tuesday Morning, July 31, 1917.
ARIzoNA's ROAD PROBLEM.

ARIZONAS ROAD PROBLEM.
 The clinching argument. be uesd in behalf o good roads and applied to the particular case of Co chise county the proposed bond issue is trip the highway between Bisbee and Douglas Each subdivision of the has similar arguments to offer Some of them effective; less. On the whole, the conclusion reached must be the
 Build better buy better and administer the building and buying with efficiency.
 America has spent money approximately on road building than other country in the world. America has less show in the matter of good roads. than any other country There has absolutely uniformity of design highway construction and attempt made to coordinate the work of the various the various counties Paving and road build ing political football outgrowtl of the spells system designed bolster private fortunes and public
 In Arizona has been much unnecessary expense connected with the roads which constructed The highways this state remind traveller farming regions where one cutivator and fine farm is the result but whose next door neighbor soveny and whose ground allowed loaf its time.
 Between Bisbee and Tucson there several exag ples this good road will be the pleasant
 
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 So it is all over the state There has been little operation between the the connecting links between them as a consequence are many cases pass able only.
 There is light ahead in the highway commission law passed by legislature and the gradu ally awakening of the public to the fact that public
 
 be administered by non-partisan officials and who have political ax to grind.
 In Cochise county on October g. the taxpayers will upon the question of million dollar bond issue. Marcopa county will vote larger levy The high way commission has been appointed in this county and includes obtanable resident of the sub division They who have political ambitions but who desire good roads and whose object in ceptng appointment the commission is to that dollar spent will represent dollar in actual consruc tion and return to the people.
 Cochise county is also fortunate in having the competent highway engineer the state J. c. Ryan The roads he supervised have been permanent the construction permitted Pima county has just passed through siege of road building. It was handled apparently. a haphazard and full re turn received by the taxpayers
 Road officials in Arizona not, necessarily. ent tied to criticism. They merely links in system which did not permit of the highest efficiency It has been wondered such roads that from Bis bee the divide and several other stretches of high way have to pass. They become all the re- markable weQ the under which the builders worked taken under consideration.
 Arizona like every other state, is face face with big problem, in its roads. Through the highway com missions, which there promises be appointed of character and high capacity the solution should be The first necessity is to the greatest of first class work for the smallest of the taxpayers money the second question be solved is standardization of roads which will tlre ing efficiency and the gradual decrease the roads than any other single factor