Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-05

| and teams doing some repair work on the Bisbee to Tombstone highway. These men and teams were camped at Tombstone and it is a well known fact that many citizens of Tomb stone know that these men never left camp until a. m. to travel dis tance of from three to six miles and would arrive at the place work was being done at to 10 a. m., and they would quit work from to 3:3O D. m. in order to be back in camp at Tombstone by 5 p. m. The board of supervisors thinks that these men should go and come on their own time.
 County Men Worked Full Time.
 The county engineer during this same period has had a force of nfen working several miles out of Tomb stone and these men were camped in Tombstone and they have always left camp in time to arrive at the place where work was being done at a. m., and continued to work until 5 p. m., these same instructions being given to some twelve to four teen other forces working iD various PeANo VI bAC OOOAby. IL Dc Sccu that instead of the state gang per forming eight hours of actual work they were really doing about five or six hours work
 "The only state road that we have in Cochise county is the road from Bisbee to Tombstone and from Tomb stone to Fairbanks. The stopping of this work does not affect any other road building in the county except this piece of road from Tombstone to Fairbanks as all other road work is done by the county under the super vision of the county engineer, and paid for out of the county road fund. Neither does the stopping of this work affect a procuring of federal money, as it was not the intention of the board of supervisors to ask for federal aid on this particular piece of road, and any time that MT. Mad dock succeeds in getting federal aid for any roads in Cochise county, the board of supervisors are ready and willing to cooperate with him in ex- pending this money Mir. Maddock has not succeeded so far in getting any federal aid that this board is
 
 visited this county in company with the government engineers and looked over the roads proposed to be built with state and federal money, and in making these trips the board of were not asked or con- suited, neither was the county engi- neer consulted regarding these roads.
 Charge Other Counties Complain.
 "The members of the board of su- pervisors in practically all other coun- ties in the state are making con- plaints to the state engineer about the excessive costs of roads being built in their respective counties un- der the direction of the state engi- neer
 "The law requiring that all stata work be done by day work was re- pealed last fall by vote of the peo- pie, making 1t possible for the state engineer and board of supervisors to contract any state road work or other state work. The hoard os supervis- ors is contracting all new pieces of road in the county and know by ex- perience that they can contract new roads cheaper than they can build by days work. They have asked the state engineer to let any roads to be built in this county with state money by contract. This he has re- fused to do, although he agreed with the board of supervisors in the matter in March of this year. that he was willing to contract road work and thought the county and state could save money by doing so.
 Respectfully,
 ''LL F. KUCHENBECKER.
 "Clerk Board of Supervisors. By w. A, SHERRILL."