Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-18

somewhere in fitting the roads to mod
ern use in response to modern de-
mands."
Benefits To Arizona
In referring to some of the benefits
which the passage of the Townsend
bill would bring to Arizona, Mr.. VIII
liams said:
ut will give this, and every other
state, something to build to in the
way of definite systems and will prove
to be a great incentive for future road
activity upon the part of the coun-
ties"
Mr.. Williams, who is a member of
the Lima, Ohio. Rotary Club was the
guest of honor at a noon luncheon of
the Phoenix Rotary club in the K. of
p hall at which Dwight B. Heard pre-
sided.
To the members OF the club Mr..
Williams explained that in the Town
send bill 1t was proposed to two ma
tional highways should be constructed
as trunk lines in each direction through
the states. Under this plan the M
tional highway will embrace from 2
to per cent of the existing roads in
each state, 10 to Is per cent in the
state systems and 10 to 10 per cent in
the county systems.
1t is contemplated to build 10000
miles of national highway, 100000
miles of state and 10000 miles of coun-
ty, all paved, and a total of 100000
miles of non-surface roads.
According to federal percentages
| there will be only 4SG miles of the
government built roads in Arizona
whereas it would require 750 miles
70 ha o,,d
west and once north and south.
Amendments to Remedy
Mr.. Williams said there We're now
being prepared amendments to the
! Townsend bill which would tend to
remedy this.
Governor Campbell was present at
the afternoon session but did not par
! ticipate in the discussion over the
provisions of the proposed legislation
which featured the closing hours of
the meeting.
Maddox DIssenSs
The principal dissension to the
opinions of Mr.. Williams on the Town
send bill were read from a letter ad-
dressed to the meeting by Tom Mad
dock, state engineer, who was out of
the city yesterday, and consequently
could not voice his sentiments to
those present. In his letter. the state
engineer expressed the fear that the
, Townsend bill endangered the govern
ment appropriations for highways
called for in the Bankhead bill and
favored increasing the appropriations
of the Bankhead bill rather than the
passage of the Townsend bill.
In response to these objections Mr.
Williams said that as originally framed
the bill might have endangered
such government appropriations, but
that amendments had already been
made to the Townsend bill completely
covering this point
C. A. Long. representing the district
forester at Albuquerque. n. M, sug-
gested plans for road building by the
forest service and Indian departments
which he was asked to submit III
writing to National Chairman Will
liams.
Up To State Council
The members of the Arizona Coco
Roads association expressed them
selves as favoring a federal highway
commission and a national highway
system but reserved judgment on the
proposed Townsend bill, leaving THU
to the future deliberations and opin'
IONS OF the newly created STATE COUNCIL
This council will invite constructiv,
suggestions for this proposed legisla.
ton and will base its recommenda
tions to the federal highway council
upon the representative opinion rroIl
every county in Arizona.
The personnel of the council in
cludes:
: Officers
President, Dwight B. Heard, Phoe
nix; vice presidents: Gustav Becker
Springerville; Norman Carmichael
Clifton; r. Ronstadt, Tucson. Score
tary- Treasurer, Harry WEIGH, Phoenix
Directors
Gustav Becker, Apache county: NJ
! I. Powers, Coconino county; j.
Bowen, Cochise county; L. l.. Henry
: ella county; Frank A. Webster, Ora
9 ham county; Norman Carmichae
Greenlee county: Dwight B. Heard
4 Maricopa county; ]. II. Rosenberl
e Mohave county; L. E. Carron, Nava j
: county; F. Ronstadt. Pima county; "
i Y. Price. Pinal county; Jas. A. Harri
\ son, Santa Cruz county; F. S. We'll,
Yavapai county; A. j. Eddy. Yum
T county.