The Arizona copper camp., 1918-01-26
SURVEY Of
CANYON ROAD
B E|NG MADE


Miami highway for the purpose of
arriving at an estimate of the cost
is now being made, and work of coll
structing link connecting the Roose-
velt highway with the Superior-Flor-
ence road will begin within a month.
These two, announcements were made
this week by State Engineer Lamar
Cobb following a conference with the
members of the Pinal county board
of supervisors, and Postmaster Jones
of Superior. The new connecting link
will leave the Roosevelt highway at
a point about thirteen miles east of
Mesa, and will connect with the Su-
perior road near the point where that
highway joins the road from Flor
ence.
Ever since 1 have been in office,
have realized that our state high
way system does not include road
that will properly serve the important
mining district of Pinal and Southern
Gila countless" said State Engineer
Cobb yesterday. CONSTRUCTION of
such road always had to be post
poned on account of the lack of funds,
but now that more money is avail
able, it seems as though this is the
time to construct such a highway IT
it can be done at a reasonable out.
lay. Globe, Miami, Superior, Ray
Winkelman and Hayden, should be
connected in some manner by high
way of some sort, or by branches from
a central highway that would serve
that mining district We are now
working on survey of the road from
Superior to the Gibson mine, and as
soon as the survey is completed, we
shall know whether or not that will
be the most feasible route to follow.
I think that we may be able to make
a more definite announcement in
about month"
Members of the board Of supervis-
ors of Pinal county also conferred
with the commission of state instit1-
tions yesterday relative to highway
construction in this country. In cbn-
zona Gazette of Phoenix has the fol-
lowing to say:
"Following it's expressed intention of
taking over the supervision of the
work of the state engineer, the COM
mission of state institutions announ-
ces the proposed building of "key
stone" system of state highways
through the counties of Maricopa, Pi
nal and corner of Gila. The an
nouncement OF the plan was made
this morning following a meeting of
the commission with delegation of
residents of Superior and Pinal coun-
ty.
''The residents of the entire dis
trict affected have, according to the
delegation, expressed themselves as
vitally interested and have offered
their cooperation in the consumma-
tion of the PLAN The commission an
nounces that the work will be begun
as soon as the engineering depart
ment formulates the details and as
soon as the cooperation of counties IS
assured. In this connection, it is said
that the roads will be for the most
part of the state highway, but in
some instances the commission will
have the assurance that the counties
will bear the cost of upkeep in many
places.
"The plan, in general, is to connect
Phoenix with the territory now
reached by the Apache trail, but to
shorten and to improve the route.
This means bringing the Globe, Su-
perior, Miami, Clifton-Morenci district
closer to the capital. The much
needed gateway to the south through
Florence is also included in the pro-
posed work.
Gas outlined by the commission
this morning, the proposed system OF
new highways will begin at point on
the present Apache trail about five
miles west of Goldfield. Skirting Su-
perstition mountain, it will run down
and across Queen creek. From that
point, one branch will cut across the
desert and over to Florence. The
other will jump over to Superior,
through the canyon into Miami. Them
there will be network of roads con-
Meeting Ray, Benson, Globe, Clifton
and Morenci.
"The proposed highway will cut
out many of the heavy grades of the
present road to Roosevelt, because
the new trail follows rather than
crosses the drainage. 1t will involve
the construction of about 70 miles OF
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