Arizona republican., 1920-06-13
State and County Cooperates
 To Complete Pima Highway

Icklng the toughest. meanest, and eodsh nest portion of the Borderland IouLe leading southwest from Tucson " tHe mexican border, the state high way department forces started work last year at the summit 21 miles south VI Ndl- Inch by inch, yard by yard mile by mile, they forced their way tiorthWard, converting a twisted noun Ldln @ road into broad sweeping thor oushIare with a maximum grade of six per cent, and then-the funds gave out
 W nen the Pima county highway commission saw the high character of me work, and realized the importance oL the route, it was decided then and mere 10 devote $1S2.0O0 from the coun- " pond issue to complete the job from the santa Cruz county line into Vail To do this, the entire engineering and working forces of the state highway department, which were at work at that point, were taken over by the county, incidentally affordins as splen- uid an example of highway co-opera- ton between state and county as could De found anywhere in Arizona
 This construction is now in progress under the general direction of L. E. Barker, county highway engineer for 1ima county. A. w. Jenkins whose engineering experience in Arizona cov- CTS period of 30 years is managing the job He is being aided by G. B. Little, assistant engineer, and J. B. Chadwick, foreman of a force of men which is regarded as one of the livest punches of road builders in Arizona TO keep track of the cost, Pima county has placed an auditor in the camp, C. H. Weaver being named for this re- sponsible position.
 Under the agreement between Pima county and the state highway depart ment, the latter has undertaken to do the work at cost plus $10, the S10 be- n Tai quirements and to secure the use of $75,000 worth of state equipment
 This equipment is a portion of the $1,500,000 worth of caterpillars, trucks and other highway machinery and supplies turned over to Arizona by the federal bureau of public roads in the allotment of surplus war materials The equipment included also several tons of T. N. T. and blasting caps. The explosives were delayed, however Had they been received when first promised by the government, the sav- ing would have been $10.000. Eight and a half miles of the toughest con struction are now finished, and the forces are still working toward Vail From Vail to Tucson, the road is in first class condition, except for some short curves whose alteration will not be very expensive.
 The new road will be used exten- sively by mining interests operating out of Vail. Further south it passes through what is conceded to be the richest cattle grazig land in the state, that in the vicinity of Empire ranch Further south it passes through a country which is undergoing remark able transition from grazing to dry farming This section is destined to become one of the most prosperous agricultural districts in the state.
 The Borderland route will be espe- ciaIIy valuable when the work is car ried through to the Santa Cruz line. It is understood that Pima county is willing to do this when Santa Cruz county makes provision for completing the road in that county, and when Co., chise county does it's share by com pleting the line into Fairbanks. The load from Fairbanks to Tombstone was completed last year by the state highway department, and from Tomb stone south to the border is well inn proved.
 There is no question that eventually the Borderland will be the most i'm portant military road in the state. con- meeting as it will the ports of entry oi