Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-22
Plan Raising Gigantic Sum by
 Direct Taxation; Countys Large Taxpayers Cooperate Declares Charles Roberts
Amendment to State Law Is
 Sent to Legislature to En- able Boards Action; Citi- zen's Receive First Jobs

One million dollars for road and highway work in COchise county dur ing the next year, the entire sum to be raised by direct taxation, is the plan of the board of supervisors. completed yesterday following two days of conference with taxpayers and others in the Warren district Plans have been launched and a bill which would amend the state law to permit raising this sum has been forwarded to the state legislature Meantime, members of the board and the county engineer are making a partial survey of the county's roads preparatory to starting work
 Announcement of the gigantic taxa tiOn proposition for highway work was made yesterday morning by Charles w Roberts, member of the board from Wilcox, and I. C. E. Adams, chairman of the board, of Bisbee- Both mem bers declared they will be in Phoenix next week to champion their measure, and they expect J. M- Sparks, the other member of the board to join them at that time Later they antici- pate Mir. Sparks presence on further inspection of the cOunty's roads The Douglas member is at present absent from the state and could not return for the conference of yesterday and the trip which began yesterday
 Taxpayers Cooperate
 The plan of the supervisors has been carefully worked out and coop eration of the large taxpayers of the county has been secured, according to Mir. Roberts, who announced the pro gram It is anticipated that results will be immediate and that within six weeks the first man can be started to work
 In order to raise the million dollars for road work, MT. Roberts explained. it will be necessary to have passed by the legislature special legislation to permit counties to increase their tax levy over the 10 per cent increase at present permitted by law Last year only S2OO 900 was raised in the county for road purposes, and to raise mil lion this year the tax levy will have to be increased 800 per cent This will be accomplished. MT Roberts be Iieves, through the bill which he has prepared and which is now on its way to Phoenix Taxation in the county for roads under the proposed budget will be approximately five mills on the dollar valuation
 The plans of the board are to afford moneys and work for employment Oi idle men in this county during the pc riod of depression According to MT Roberts the fund which is now plan ned will take care of the county's un employed men. and only the county men will be given work under the pro ject- Men on the county voting regis ter will be given first preference, h' states
 Work planned under the project says the supervisor. will be confines at first to the main line arteries. Tn BOrderiand route from the New Mex can border through Douglas, Bisbet Tombstone and Fairbanks. and tn Central highway from Douglas nort to Wilcox and the Graham count border will receive first attention Later the road along the Southern Pi eific tracks east and west thrOug Bowie, Wilcox and Benson will b started. and finally connecting link will receive attention
 Mir Roberts, MT. Adams, the count engineer, Sidney Smith, and T. Bowen, a merchant of Webb, left ye terday afternoon for the first tour ( the county roads They will go | Webb, looking over the roads in ths district Later they plan a compr hensive survey of the cOunty's road
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