The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-06-07

co. BOARD ACCEPTS
 GOVT. ROAD PLANS REPRESENTATIVE coNFE as
 WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
 SUBMITS PLAN FOR BUILDING
 cLiFToN-sPRiNcERvlLLE ROAD The public was advised in last weeks issue of the Copper Era that a Fed eral government representative would be in Clifton last Tuesday to confer with the Board of Supervisors re- garding the work of building the Clifton-Springerville road. The story mencement of work on the road stat ed that the representative of the For. estry service would present tenta- tive plan for the cooperative en- dorsement by the Board of Supervis- ors and the Federal authorities.
 Arriving here Monday night c. A. Long of Albuquerque, came with full authority from the Federal govern ment to sumbit the plans of cooper. ation. These plans briefly provides that Greenlee county shall construct the road from Clifton to the north- erp boundary line of the county at a cost of approximately s275. .70s. cov- ering a distance of 32.5S miles,, the construction to be under the supervis- ion of the Secretary of Agriculture and at he'expense of the county, and subject. to the approval of the Fed eral government. The contract speci- fies that the county shall begin work on the construction of it's part of the highway within ninety days after the approval of the contract by the Sec retary of Agriculture.
 Within ninety days after Green lee shall have completed it's part of the highway the government agrees to advertise for bids, and commence work on that section of the road through the Apache Forest to Sprin- gerville, a distance of 45.03 miles, at an approximate cost of $230,000. The road is to be constructed on a maxi mum grade of per cent, and mini mum curvature of 40 feet radius. The cost of maintenance, which must be borne by Greenlee county for the en- tire highway, is estimated at $8,280 | annually-$5,83 for Greenlee's part of the rdad, and g .450 for the. Apache section. sfN
 To meet the expense of construc- ting the road from Greenlee county to Springerville the Secretary of Agri- culture will allot $40,O00 appropriated to Arizona for constructing post roads for the years of 1917, 1918 and 1919, and like amount for each sue ceeding year when appropriations be- come available. A failure of Green lee county to live up to her part of the contract releases the government from any further obligations. The government reserves the right to. de- conditions prevail, the act of God, or the hindrance of the national enemy. to make the work inadvisable." These are the main features in the contract submitted, and while all the obligations are upon the county, the proposition is the best thing that has been presented to Clifton in many years. Tn short it simply amounts to the Federal government expending for the benefit of this county the sum of $230,000, provided Greenlee will spend sum slightly in excess to build a needed highway for the coun- tvs own use and benefit.
 The full board and secretary were in attendance when Mr. Long met with the body Tuesday. and action was taken for preliminary work at once. The sum of $1.000 was trans ferred from the Clifton-Springerville road fund as preliminary survey fund, after agreeing 10 the contract as presented by MT. Long, with agreed minor changes.
 1 An order was passed by the Board appropriating $25,000 for the years of l191S-19 and 1920 to increase the Clifton-Springervflle road fund to $275,000, the estimated cost of con- structing Greenlee's section of the highway, and the same to be placed to the credit of this fund. This con- tract was formally agreed to by the Board of Supervisors on behalf of Greenlee county, and the sum of s203,340 was placed to the credit of a fund to be known as the Clifton Springerville road fund for the pur- pose of constructing Greenlee's DOT tion of the highway.
 Thus closes the present chapter of this important enterprise. The mat ter now awaits the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, which, as soon as obtained, the Board of Super