Tombstone epitaph., 1919-03-16
BOND MONEY GOING
 INTO GOOD ROADS
Douglas InternationaD

Las, Monday the Cochise County Highway Commission awarded the contrac; for the building Of the S;l- yer Creek bridge on the Borierland highway east of Douglas. The struc- ;ure will have two spans of 5S feet each. and the bid of $6.65O was con sidered exceptionally low. An Fl Paso concern was the successful bid der. making it the first instance of such work being awarded by the com missioners to outside contractors.
 IL will not be long before contract for surfacing will he let on the road east Of here. and by the end of the year l. is expected that the efforts of the commissioners will have comp.et- ed from Douglas to Bernardino one of the finest stretches of -oadways in the state. At the regular meeting of the supervisors Monday. the petitions circulated in Douglas by the Cham Der of Commerce and Mines, asking that state road funds be used in build ing the road from Bernardino to the New Mexico l,Ee. was favorably con sidered, an action that insures the cons ns.ruction of first class highway from this city to Rodeo.
 Within the next ten days paving work will be started on the western end of the Douglas -Bisbee highway. and ]; is hoped by the commissioner that the contractor on the eastern end of the road will show a litt.e more energy and give some evidence tha, he is alive. Practically all of the line from here 70 B;sbee is surfaced and mes; Of the culyerts are in place. S ;ha; abSu, al! that remain 10 be done is to pour the concrete. The pave portion of this highway will be l, fee: in width, the wide right of Wa, iac.udirg tie space taken up by tht road now in use
 From Bisbee to Tombstone the splen did state highway is unexcelled anC it stands as model of good roa: building. The new concrete bridg, near the county seat is an admirable and stable piece of work. IL is iron Tombstone west to Benson, however that one must go 10 see real sc,;vit. in road construction. glimpse o sh.s work quickly gives a rea,izatio. commission have been and still ar doing. and a; once dispe.s any doubt as to the wisdom of the voters in al proving the miliion-d ollar bond issu,
 The dirt is flying in that sectio,  in manner thai assures the peopl of this county an unexcelled tran, county highway within the next months. for it is the confidential bs lief of those in charge of the wor thai every link in the road will hay Lf l,,
 II the few who have been fndin fault with the commissions wor service performed without pay would go oyer thai fast-shaping roa and observe the economical and eff cient methods employed, their luk, warmness speedily would change [ spirit of praise. There are thre contractors at work from where th county highway d:verges from tn Border,and, and they are strung or all along the line to Benson. busil constructing a road similar in grad and excellence to the highway frol Bisbee to Tombstone. Nothing bl American labor is employed, many Va ley ranchers being on the payroll an a number of returned soldiers. Pra fically' every phase of road work seen. Deep cuts have been blaste out and hillsides shaped down, an substantial concrete dips" place through the beds of "dry" stream this to assure pernanence and inc. pensive upkeep.
 In the San Pedro valley. in the V cinity of St. David, the installatio of concrete cu.verts and dips" made easy on account of the abu dance of gravel and water The irI gation canal parallel the highway ft quite . distance and is a guaranl against flood damage. This highws eventually will be extended from Be son to the Pima county line will l beyond question the best road of i