Arizona republican., 1920-11-24

foot roadways inches thick, 123 miles of Is foot oradways { inches thick, which would leave 55 miles of the road ways unimproved.
 We believe the above tabulations will show beyond question that your high way commission had submitted a con- servative estimate based on conditions then existing when the program was submitted to the taxpayers for their approval.
 Subsequent events and information gathered by the highway commission for what would be termed the most durable highways has convinced us that we cannot recommend road con struction of cement concrete less than inches in thickness, and we realize this construction shows a deficit of some 115 miles without taking into con- sideration federal aid, and would cost s3,253, 445.90.
 We believe it would be part Of wisdom 10 construct the 6S miles of 16 foot roadways inches thick and the 100 miles of foot roadways inches thick. The foot roads would include crossroads and stub ends shown on the map, reaching out into agricultural dis tricts and contiguous to main roads or roads accommodating sections im- proved with foot roads. The narrow CT roadways that may develop into the more heavily traveled roads could be made wider in the future, either by placing the 9 foot road on the side of the highway and adding to later of cement concrete or by constructing the g foot wide, inch thick concrete in the center of the road and supplying rock shoulders on each side as travel might require. This plan is being adopted in many parts of the country and we believe is one that would well serve our community.
 We submit the above report to your honorable body and ask your opinion as to the advisability of calling for bonds in sufficient amount to complete the road program as we have outlined, or that we proceed with the funds available to build the mileage as we have suggested and leave the unim- proved portion for further consid- eration of all those interested; or whether we shall build less g foot roads and a greater mileage of 16 foot roadways.
 We feel that our function is to serve the taxpayers along the lines they most desire. and after submitting our opin- | ions as above outlined, we now await the recommendation of your honorable body, as we'll as of the taxpayers of our county.
 Respectfully submitted.
 MARICOPA COUNTY H I G H W A Y COMMISSION.
 Attest: B. E Hackett, Chairman.
 A. E-Sones, Secretary.
 P. T. Hurley, Member.
 | J. c. Peterson, Member.
 A. A. Carrick, Member.
 | ~ T1orl~fv,o Chief EsnOinaer
 Offers to Halt Suit
 Mir. Hackett then asked Mir. Saxton who has been in the city for several days i'm the interest of his asphalt clients, if he would not address the meeting, but he declined. George Purdy Bullard, of counsel for Twohy Bros, then referred to a recent con- ference held between the local repre- sentativs of Twohy Bros. and MT. Sax ton who had suggested an arrangement
 by which, if a proportion of asphalt roads were laid by Twohy Bros. in place of cement concrete roads, all diff faculties could be cleared up and the funds now tied up by legal process would be made promptly available
 Some discussion ensued between MT BulIard and Mir. Saxton in which the latter's position as representative oi
 the asphalt interests was made per
 fectly clear
 MT. Twohy in a brief statement ex- pressed the intention of his company
 to proceed with it's contract, assured
 that it would receive a square dea
 from the people of Maricopa county
 MT. Saxton was then urged by MT,
 Hackett to speak for himself and ht
 did so quite fully, painting glowini picture of the way out of all difficul ties by modifying the program for
 system of cement concrete roads bl mixing in a portion of asphaltic roads , although, he said, his principals would not insist upon fifty-fifty, as had beel l originally suggested. He said he di' 3 not know whether the Chicago attor I neys who have taken the action il r tying up the funds were paid by tn Q asphalt interests or not but he wa equally positive that all legal obstacle e would be removed if the road build ] ing program was modified to includ h asphaltic roads.
 - Between Two interests n MT. Dwight B. Heard spoke as fol . lows:
 ' This meeting has brought out tn 3, necessity for more light on the high e way situation. It is quite evider T. that we are between two gigantic in e terests which are at loggerheads owe ] this, probably the largest contra' IT for cement concrete roads ever let l. the United States. This contract ws l. let to Twohy Brothers. a firm of higf
 est standing, and with record fC ,f thorough and efficient work, an ey e dence of which we have seen today. In q will say for MT. Saxton that I Id is a man of splendid nerve. He can l. to me the other day in company vii l. MT. Welch of the Chamber of Con 1t merce and explained his propositiC Id whereby a group of Chicago banl
 would handle the county bonds to. u ;S amount of $3,O00.0 900, now tied up ,- litigation, providing the asphalt il
 terests were given half or at lea s, some of the work.
 D. The people of this county are in I
 mood to entertain such a propositio s, The thing for MT. Saxton to do is D. go back to his friends and tell the
 that the people out here live up D. their obligations and conduct the a. business on the square, and to wal h. them that the quicker the suit whit
 is now tying this matter up is droppe ed the better it will be for the aspha Ia people. Now is the time to let m be known that Maricopa county is n es going to be made the victim of al ,- hold-up policy on the part of any m;
 are going to play the game on t ds square.
 'et "A Jesse cheek7" s- "One of the interesting thin a brought out by MT. Saxton is tn ,et there is no longer any question b ,a that the asphalt people are back
 1 the suit which has tied up the bond