Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
S2O,0OO MORE TO. MILK PRODUCERS. BY COOD ROADS.
What Just One Industry Will Accomplish By Ade- quate Highways in Mari copa County Is Shown in Figures

A meeting of the Water Users Coun- cil has been called for Monday morn ing at 10 o'clock to take up the matter of the purchase of the cement plant by the Water Users, as requested by the county highway commission, thus making possible a large saving of costs and further extension of the road to be built.
 In answer to the letter requesting the meeting of the council, published in yesterdays Republican, M. C. Phelps, chairman of the council, wired the highway commission yesterday that he would have the meeting called
 Representatives of the commission immediately got in touch with Secre- tary Van Der Veer of the Water Users. and he promptly sent out call for the meeting of the council for Mon day.
 Keep Money Here.
 The membership of the council is made up of the following representa- tive landowners in the Salt River Val ley: Rudolph Kuchler, Homer c. Lud- den, Chas. H. Barkley, Joseph R. Kim her, Hosea Greenshaw, George Kilky L. E. Graham, Geo. R. Ray, Henry Hil- bers, E. E. Jack, A. s. Reed c. E. Cartwright. Charles A. Calusha, Will liam P. Hughes, Frank R. Stewart. J. K. Wheat, w J. Murphy, Vim. Creigh ton, Charles Miller. w. S. Perry, A. G. Austin, R. P. Sellers, John Ander- son, John R. Wallace, M. c. Phelps, Leonard Nets. W. T. Tweedy, M. M. Crandall, Harley Clark.
 There is no reason. said Chairman Hackett of the Maricopa county high way commission yesterday, why, if this cement plant can be purchased, these Maricopa county roads cannot be entirely biult of Maricopa county material and our money kept right here, as well as the roads.
 Everything Is Here.
 There is everything needed for the manufacture of cement right here in easy reach, all grades and sizes of gravel, sand of all sorts and grades up to the finest-in fact there is no reason why. with the use of this plant to man. ufacture the cement, we cannot make our roads of the very best material at | the lowest possible price, with the ! largest possible mileage and keep the money right here in the county. "The commission has been receiving 8 number of letters from people en- l gagged in hauling various agricultural i products over the so-called roads that now exist in the county that give many added reasons why the Water l Users should buy this plant and thus make it possible for the roads to be made of home material at a consider able saving.
 | Tn a letter from the Maricopa
 Creamery Will Pay More. i Creamery, for instance, they estimate that their trucks hauled in 1918 some thing over 100000 pounds of milk and cream. They state in part:
 AS you are aware, both milk and cream are very perishable; especially in this hot country, and one of the most severe taxes on the dairy indus tries in this county is that of spoiled milk and cream which i sdelaped or the road through the impossible con- dition and slowness of the roads.
 If we are able to have the road i'm provements we hope for such an ad- vancement will result in a tremend- ous saving of "a wmaterial which now spells in transit, and in addition tC this, our cost of transportation will h reduced. as we estimate it, to a figur, that will permit us to pay between Il cents and 20 cents a hundred more t' the producers than they are now re ceiving."
 AS you will readily see" continued Mir Hackett, "the saving to this com pany alone will result in giving tn, dairymen who sell to them an in creased income alone would pay tn interest on the cost of the major DOT ton of the roads to be built. and thi is only one small item concerning on Industry and it's relation to one com pany.'