Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-29
ARIZONA CITIES
SEEK PLACE ON
NATIONAL ROAD
Delegates From Warren Dis
trict, Douglas and Tucson
Leave for FL Paso to Confer
On Bankhead Highway.

Representative of the chambers Of
commerce Of the Warren district, DOu-
glas. and Tucson, left last evening for
FL Paso. where they viii seek the rout-
ing of the Bankhead national military
highway through the southern part Of
this state. In FL Paso the delegates
from Arizona viii confer with repre-
sentatives OF the El'Paso Chamber Of
Commerce, Rotary club and Automo-
bile club. approximately twenty-four
will be included in the Arizona delega-
ton.
The conference will be for enlisting
the aid OF Fl Paso in securing the
route for this district. Later. FL Paso
will be assisted by the Arizona deleg-
ates in having the highway routed
from TeNarkana. Texas, 10 Fl Paso
The meeting VIII be in the nature OF
a get-together. and the best programs
of procedure and attack will be out
lined. Each district represented at
the El PasO meeting will send repre-
sentatives to the national meeting for
definitely fixing the route to be held
in Little Rock. Arkansas. on April II.
Earlier in the month il is probable that
the Arizona delegates viii be called on
TO attend q meeting at Texarkana.
when FL Paso and Texarkana Will con
fer in regard to the route
The representative OF the three Ari-
IONA cities will make their purpose
clear to Fl Paso. You help US and
we'll help you. will be the lettering
that will be on the cards that the Ari-
zonans will lay down on the table for
the Pass city folk. They cannot gel
the support OF southern Arizona in
bringing the highway through Fl PasO
without promising to assist in bring
ing it west by way Of Douglas. Bisbee
and Tucson. Fl PasO draws more
trade from this portion of Arizona than
from all the rest OF the state put to-
gether. and this will be impressed
upon the Texans in a convincing wav.
It is the general impression that FL
Paso is lukewarm. and considers that.
so long as she has prospect of get
ting the road. she has no desire to
mix in a fight for the routing farther
west This is a condition that the
delegation expects to change.
Routing Of the highway through this
district means much to all cities in
the southern part of Arizona. While
the BOrderland highway has in the
past been considered more or less q
transcontinental highway, il has not
received official recognition by high
way departments and automobile log
manufacturers of the east. AutOmo-
bile logs issued by the organizations IF
Chicago and Detroit il is declared, do
not show the cities of Fl Paso. DOu-
glas and Bisbee as on passable roads
No routes are marked on these logs.
With the building of logging OF the
Bankhead highway q transcOntinental
route with recognition over the entire
nation viii have been assured. and
should representatives Of tins district
succeed in their work the largest CT
ties of COchise county win have been
placed definitely on a transcontinental
route of highest recognition.
Delegates representing the Warren
district chamber of commerce attend
ing the Fl Paso meeting include J. r.
Henderson. J. J. Bowen, W. A.
Schwartz, Z. S ROundtree, l. c. Over
lock. J. c. Ryan and Jesse Yoakum.
Douglas will send the following re-
representatives.: F. H. Fisher J. T Hood.
John A. Boyle. J. p Ferguson. F. Rich
srdsOn. Albert Stacy. B. A. Baker. F.
R. Eddy. w, J. Reay. James p. Boyle.
Charles LePine and Colonel 3. A.
Packard.