Tombstone epitaph., 1920-08-22
CHA COUNTY
BUILDS HARD
SURFACE ON
IT'S HIGHWAY
Special to the Epi;arh)

vote bonds Tor the CONSTRUCTION oI
permanent hard. suriaced roads, Gi.a
county has been following progres-
sive and consistent program OF high
way development for The last five
years AID as resul; has today as
fire a system Of county and state
roads as 20 be found anywhere in
arizona.
Three things are responsible for the
splendid success OF the good road
program in ella county:
Careful! maintenance.
Proper supervision
splendid cooperation.
TIE Gila county supervisors think
enough Ct their roads and enough o.,
he taxpayers money which bull;
hem - keep them in god shape.
They rsahze further that in orde'
r. banl Sod roads ami keep them
good it is recessary TO have county
/ s-g.9esr y ne io5 Nho understands
h.s business.
More imporian: sill they have
deemed +; 20 their advantage to co,
iofe-ate with he stare highway de.
ipartmen: aal with The road authori-
ties o: ne:ghborinr cour.ies. with the
rtsu,, TIA, the G.ooe-Miami dis,ric;
j, ne focus from Which radiate five
',nror,an; arteries O: travel.
A. he frs, s,ep IN he development
# is program Ga county laid a ce-
men, concrete paving between Globe
AID Mani and a pavement Of SINH.
ar construction between Winkleman
ai Hayden This was five years
40, ana although both stretches have
neea subject 10 extremely heavy traf-
Sc, n are in excellent condition
'5lay eri many more years must
el4pse before i, viii he necessary to
resur,ace them.
+ One q he most splendid mountain
+ 3 .. = ,,.,..s - .ba .,a,a - ,ha IL Gan;
IAN !eal.ae from Globe 70 Winkleman
n Ire southern end O.. the county
and connecting at tina; point with an
equally splendid mountain highway
3a..: by ne county CT Pinal and mak.
lnr direct good road connections with
Tucson and Phoenix.
The e. Captain road is as fine an
EXAMPLE Of mountain road building as
could be found anywhere. The loca
ton follows the summit OF the spurs
Of The pine-clad Pinal mountains for
many miles, then drops to the side
walls Of he ella canyon where con.
siderable expense was entailed in the
construction OF series of thorough
cuts. cce OF which IS shown in the
group o. pictures herewith.
Gila county is vitality interested in
state highway work on the new line
from Miami to superior. and the high.
away east from Globe TO the county
Ike for with the completion OF this
construction work it will mean the
placing Of the Globe-Miami district n
a through state highway from Phoe-
nix 10 the New Mexico line Both
roads are being built out OF ella Coun.
tvs portion of the states IS per cent
road TAX fund.
The Miami-Superior road repre-
sen,s one Of the heaviest construction
in the state Some idea of this ca
be Cleaned from the accompanying
photo OF the half moon tunnel which
engineers are hewing out beneath the
iuttipg rock formation in order TO
carry the road around the preciptous
sides OF the canyon With two big
state camps located on this work,
there is every assurance that the
route will be open by the first Of the
year
The state highway from Globe 10
the eastern county line is practically
completed and the state forces are
being transferred 10 Graham county
10 improve twelve mile stretch ly.
ing Between the San Carlos bridge
and the bridge across the ella. The
latter structure was partially destroy
ed by food and is now being re-
psired by the Midland Bridge com.
pany which is putting in four steel
spans l2s foot in length. From this
point on II is the intention TO i'm