Bisbee daily review., 1920-01-11
COUNTY STILL
 HAS S169,5A5
 FOR HIGHWAYS


 Work has been retarded very much lately on the work of building the ap proachs to the bridge in the dry lake between Wilcox and Cochise and the contractors on that work expect to complete the grade leading to the aforesaid bridge by February 10. Just when the work of building the bridge will commence or where it Will be To- cated the writer has not been able to ascertain, but as it appears all the money borrowed from the state will he used to build the approaches to this bridge, it is a mystery as to whc the money will coma from However, all indications point to the county getting a very good set of ap- breaches to the bridge even If they never get the bridge, and the ap- breaches will be cheap at about twen- ty thousand dollars.
 The letting of the contracts to com plete the middle section of Bisbee- Douglas road was q step in the right direction by the Board of Supervisors even if little higher than it had
  be and Supervisor Sparks had the right idea when he said that "a fur ther call foI bids would cause us to run the risk of still higher DIG. lie was absolutely right in view of past experiences and also from the one vital point that should impress itself on all interested parties-not single outsider put in bid for this paving, only the three men who are now on the ground. The arresting of Eaton and Smith aud George Oswald on the alien labor matter has not been lived down in tt1 minds of outsiders and competitive bidding is still limited owing to the far reaching effect of those arrests. The subsequent dis missal of those cases has had no bet tering of conditions in the ,.linds of outside bidders.
 The Arizona Good Roads Associa- tion will hold a meeting in Tucson or Monday. January 19, and it is very important that a big delegation from Douglas, Tombstone, Benson and the Warren District attend this meeting.
 The final chapter in the seating of the Wallace-Smith highway commits sion was written when Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Adams made good his word to the people of Cochise county as previously an nounced in the press, by making the motion to approve the bonds of the entire commission, which motion was seconded by member Roberts and al though just having left for the train member Sparks was for it-thus clos eth the chapter of a costly bit of work but in most satisfactory manner to the people at large. The cost of the quo warranto proceedings brought by the board is now being computed and covers loss of federal aid, special attorney fees, court costs and one or two other items.
 County Engineer Sid Smith is working every drag that he can lay his hands on and the roads in many places are in excellent shape for such work
 One gang working on the Tomb stone to Pearce road has been laid off but the gang working from Peace to- wards Courtland will be continued un- till the work is connected.
 State Engineer Tom Maddock is do ing everything he can to save Cochise county some money for federal aid cost of Douglas which has, been de layed because of the quo warranto suit just settled.
 Now that the legal obstacles are cleared it is hoped that it will be known very shortly just how far east of Douglas tho highway worK can pro- ceed.
 The amount of money still remain ing in the Cochise County Highway Fund is $160, ,545.15.
 The new county of Hidalge just to the east of Cochise. in New Mexico. is now in operation and it will soon be time for the county of Cochise, through it's road organizations, to or ganiZe motorcade to visit the new officers-later. no doubt, they will re- turn the compliment and see for them selves some real Cochise roads, which reca,3 10 the writer a recent statement by James Douglas, of Doug las, one of the best business men and most observing men in Arizona. He recently said to an International re- porter, after driving from Douglas to Tucson through Bisbee, Tombstone and Fairbank, that he found their 
 condition to be such as to make cit izen of this county feel proud" Leav- ing Douglas on a ten-mile stretch of paved road before reaching Bisbee, thence over inc Borderland to Hua- chuca Siding, MT. Douglas declared the work to be well done. He takes no stock in the criticism of the high grades of the paved road between Douglas and Forest Station. While admitting in places it might have been made a few inches lower, he de clared that he does not agree with the theory Of building permanent roads so low that water will pass O7- CT them in flood time. He pointed out that the state highway in Gues- tion was no higher than the railroad and th.t highways should De made as pnd,1Tabi . aS thC grades Of inc rail-