Arizona republican., 1919-12-23
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where it's edicts are not resisted.
 -BOvee.
The Glendale Road


 The condition of the Glendale road. which is the most important transportation the Salt River Valley has created considerable discussion heated otherwise-during the past sixty days.
 There is shrewd suspicion in the minds of citizens that politics kind getting mixed this situation, and citizens by this time learned that politics in construction usual Iy poor roads, ineffciently high
 Several representative citizens committees have Iabored hard and earnestly to iron the manifest lack of operation which exists between the State Highway Commission and the County Highway Com mission The time for passing the buck between these organizations has passed. This may be entertaining practice but does not build the good roads that the people want.
 The State Highway department undoubtedly a hard task its hands, and long it endeavors do it's job practical efficient manner it should the support of all good citizens
 The Maricopa County Highway Commission also as a fulI-sized before should given a strictly square deal and helped hndered naturally W be judged by the people of it's accomplishments
 bodies should have the help of the other Their differences of the past should be forgotten. and with front and not backward reasonable cooperative plan should giving the people the good roads essential the development of this country.
 Now, to the Grand road Had it been for a misunderstanding this very important highway, wretched condition been included in the project of the Maricopa County High Commission It then supposed state funds federal funds jointly be available build this The following those under which this road be built.
 l. By cooperative plan between the federal government, highway department County Highway Commission by which the road rom Phoenix to Marinete is made federal aid prof ect and approximately s2oOoOO federal aid money spent on the road from Phoenix Glendale
 It is true that this will reduce the federal aid money which County Highway Comis- sion expected could be within the PTS of county project. but the road Phoenix Glendale so vital a factor in county good roads system that believe the people generally would approve of this plan, manifest short age federal aid funds in Maricopa county
 g. The building of the Phoenix Glendale by the state with the cooperation of the board supervisors county through the use of Maricopa county's 75 per road fund, and the general good roads fund
 g. construction Phoenix to Glendale road out of the proceeds of additional bond issue
 This Glendale to Phoenix road unquestionaby important link a state highway system and should properly be built by state federal funds. and entirely by money raised from the taxpayers of Maricopa county, and the that some constructive plan is devised by which those roads within the which essentially main highways built by state funds the bet for the people of the entire state
 this whole controversy The Republican clearly that there have been points where the Highway Commission in its position, and points where the State Highway department also The principal thing to do smooth these difficulties. put the in the discard either side who try and play politics with the situation and good roads
 understand clearly that there would like create political and personal versies this good roads program only trouble makers and merely trying to obscure the real issue, which is the construction. without delay of the right kind n honest basis.
 When the County Highway Commission gets swing shows the people that giving permanent highgways built under careful spec- fcations and with thorough political inspection the contracts for the roads oa tented. short-ved people undoubtedly ready authorize the expenditure additional unds by the commission just they see the commission operating along the business like non- political lines which the people demand