The Arizona copper camp., 1919-04-26
CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED FOR NEW ROAD
TO MT. LENNON MOUNTAIN RESORT
Forest Service, Final and
Pima Counties Join in an
Agreement for Construc-
tion of Highway from Or
acle to Daily's. Camp

OSOOIN, ARIlI GO.--N-Ol4Il dSIso JCdlA
ing for the immediate construction OF
the road from Oracle to Daily's camp
completing the road to Mt Lennon
were signed Tuesday afternoon by
Paul G. Redington, district forester
on behalf of the forest service. who
recommended $4,000 federal aid, and
the supervisors CT Pima and Pinal
counties.
The contracts will be forwarded to
Washington and should be approved
within two weeks.
The Pinal county supervisors
signed for $21 200, of which $4,000 was
contributed by w. H. Daily; $500
for the Summerhaven company, and
$500 already contributed PinaF coun-
ty gets $4,000 in federal aid.
The Pinal county supervisors
signed for $40, 900 of which $4,000 is
: to be raised locally from those hav-
ing interests along the line of the
road, and $4,000 is federal aid. Pima
county has already secured $28,OG0
federal aid on the road from Soldiers
Camp to Mt. Lemmop.
This settles long dispute between
Pima and Pinal counties over the con-
structiOn of that portion of the road
in Pinal county. All parties are salts
fed and the road will be built. imme-
diately.
Discussing the contract, Mr.. Red
dington said that it breaks all rec
ords for closing up project of this
magnitude 1t means the expenditure
of $175,OOO this year in district en-
bracing portions of Pinal and Pima,
including the Soldiers Camp project.
The Pinal county supervisors had
already expended $4,000 in the con-
struction of road from Walnut ranch
to Oracle, which is part of the prof.
ect, and was taken into consideration
by Pima county in arriving at the
agreement.
Answering the proposition of Paul
G. Reddington, district forester from
Albuquerque, to match dollar for dol
lar, an appropriation of $4,000 to
build their share of the road from
Oracle to the Pima county line, the
Pinal supervisors stated Tuesday that
the most they could appropriate for
the road was $4,000
Chairman Schilling said that w. H.
Daily had agreed to put up $4,000 and
that R. G Brady had agreed to put
in $4,000. E. w. Childs, who was
present, said the Summerhaven COM
pany would give $500. John Daley,
who was present, said that his COM
pany would agree to put in an addi
tional $1,000 if necessary.
Mr. Reddington said that in order
to close the deal he would recon-
mend an additional appropriation of
$4,000 from the government for Pinal
county.
DR.. Baker and Mr.. Mallory for Pima
county then agreed to raise sufficient
federal aid to make up the difference,
and the contracts were signed.
Mr.. Reddington appeared before the
joint boards at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The full board of supervis-
ors of Final county, consisting of c..
F. Schilling of Ray, chairman; Ernest
F. Kellner of Superior, and DR.. c..
Howard Davis of Casa Grande, as
we'll as w. w. Lane, county engineer,
were present.
DIR. w. A Baker and ]. P. Mallory,
Pima county supervisors; George
Foster, county engineer; P. P. Pitch
lyn, forest supervisor, and Monte
Mansfield and H. S. Corbett, repre-
senting the roads committee of cham
ber of commerce, and Malcolm Fraser,
secretary of that organization, were
present.
Reddington Talks Business
Mr.. Reddington opened the discus
sion by making straight out propo-
sition to the board of supervisors of
Pinal county, who had appealed for
forest aid. He said:
"The forest service is deeply inter-
ested in the development of the south
west. We recognize a federal obliga-
tion to take the lead and assist in the
development of the forest resources.
We have had a survey made of the
road from Oracle via sc ranch to
Daily's and Stratton camp. Our fig
ures have been checked by the office
of public roads and they advise us
that this piece of road can be built
for $123,000. The section in Pinal
county will cost $4,000 and in Pima
county $4,000.
Pinal- county has felt that the gov
ernment has not done it's part in aid
ing that county. That is probably
true, but 1 am here to say now, that,
if Pinal county will pay half of the
cost of this road, the forest service