Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-07
WRONG IMPRESSION MADE REGARDING
 HIGHWAY FUNDS
Commissioners Deny That All Money Now Available to Be Used On Bisbee-Doug- las Paved Road.

An editorial appeaI-ng in the Doug las lnternatlCn~l, wAiUh showed the lldisc4 e -tness of the wri.er is respOns- joe tor a lot Of unwarranted 1aiK that is gong over the county ana which should be suppi essed al once, as it Is entirely without foundation, other tan the editorial in the Inter national, which, in substance sala: Now that S5OO,O00.00 is availabler NorA will be starred on the Doug.as- Bisbee paved road, and the rest of the cUuntys iatsr" Innocent words, but they stared a lot of unfair talk The fact of the matter is the voters ueleg-ted the super i-ors to issue one ..illlon dollars of bonos for the pdr- pose of doing-here is what the eiec- ,iOn call said:
 One million (S1,00G000) Dollar9, for the purpose of acquiring funds to construct properly graded and drained ro~ds, with permanent waterways, from the New Mexico state line at or He-r Roae0, New Mexico, to Douglas, Arizona; to construct a properly sIa-ed drained, and paved road, with permanent waterways, from Douglas, Arizona, to Bisbee, Arizona; to con struct a properly graded and drained road, with permanent waterways, from lumbst-n ne, Arizona, through benson, AriZOna; to tLe Pima county 4iLe 4eal Mescal Arizona; to construct prop erly graded and drained road, with permanent waterways, from Wilcox Arizona, through Cochise, Pearce, and Dou. t.aAd, Arizona, to Gleeson, Ari- zona. all of such roads and work con templated being in Cocnise county, Arizona"
 That budgeted the work, absolutely; all work must be done on the roads mentioned and no others. The High way commission had their engineer budget by estimate, the vairCus roads, and that tied the distribution Of the fund, and 1t is positive that they must spend this money on these pro rata ;n. on these roads. In rough figures and for illus slration, six. hundred thous- and dollals was set aside by estimate for paving the Bisbee-Douglas road, and four hundred thousand dollars for the other work in various propor- tions. Then, owing to the fact that the board sold only half the issue, it but follows that only three hundred tn Il and S available for the Douglas Bisbee highway, until the balance of tAe road bonds are sold Just why the International thought this five hundred thousand dollars was to be used on any one piece of highway is unexplainable, but the fact is that the Highway commission is not officially aware, as yet, as to exactly how much of the bond issue was disposed of by the board of supervisors, and they nave not met to take up the matter, and will not meet until the latter part of April
 Chairman Bowen, of the commis- ion, yeste day stated that no one bad any right to assume or to state how JLe S500 100000 would b3 expended, as the commission had not as yet held a meeting to pass upon it. Harry Clarke member from Douglas, was very in dignant to think that rumor should connect the commission with play ing favorites. and he let it be most emphatically known that a square deal in the distribution of the fund was given: and he further deplored the fact that the entire issue was not sold which would have eliminated any such misleading rumors. Capta n .. r. H d son. of Bisbee, who is not in the state at present, it is safe to assume, would not stand for any ''fa- foritism" in the matter He did state a few days ago, that as soon as the grading was done on the Bisbee-Dous- las stretch that the outfits should be put right on 10 other work, On the highway. A. H. Gardner, of Tomb
 -e tre fourth "ommi- si0ne~, st"ted