Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

Here are the opinions of those who discussed the highway commissiohs road plans yesterday:
 FRANK BAUM, SR.: I am in favor of the best road that can be built l don't mean the best road that can De built for the money, but the hlghest type of road that experience mas shown is needed for this country, or q country like this. I mean a road With a cement-concrete base, one that Whl stand. That is the kind of road voted for when I voted for the bond issue of s4.OOO 900. and it is the kind of road that I think all the farmers expected would be put in.
 T. c. McREYNOLDS: I have been in favor of cement concrete road con- struction for humber of years Such parts of the Lincoln Highway as nave been constructed with cement on crete base have withstood TeHfher and wear in excellent shape. Concrete should be used in our highways if we may expect them to be permanent.
 LIN B. ORME: I hope the county highway commission is merely biu11- ing I am absolutely opposed to tenn porary construction. l have studied the road question for ten or twelve years Experience has shown the loose rock construction to be a failure road of this type laid near Fl PaSo four years ago is sadly in need of re pair. A cement highway built in the same county three years ago shows no sign of wear. The cost of cement mas not risen in proportion to that or the rock fill-that is, it has not hisen out of proportion. A movement should be initiated by citizens and taxpayers to invoke a referendum on this matter.
 H. A. BUSTRUM: I am satisfied that. while the first cost of concrete construction would be perhaps heavier. l., ..l,<@ To hrIr the concrete road Concrete cement roads built many years ago are still III good condition. California will have nothing else. Why should we have anything but the best? I have been disgusted with the situation for quito while. The county highway com mission must either do the will of the people. or resign.
 N A. GARDNER: The roads should be built of cement-concrete. Ii they are not built of this material they will be constantly in need of repair As possible to build in this manner should bc built of this material
 THOMAS HALL: A concrete road would be cheaper in the long run.
 DANIEL kLEINMAN, Mesa: A concrete cement pavement is the only pavement for Maricopa county. We should build roads of this material at any price If we cannot build the full PTS miles, we should build as many miles as possible out of this material and then call upon the county for ad- disional funds
 E. E. JACK: I protest emphaticallv against the action of the highway commission in cutting out concrete road construction in this county.
 H. J. MANN: Roads of loose rock base construction will prove unwise and decidedly unsatisfactory- While the original expenditure for concrete base roads will be much larger than for loose rock base, the ultimate cost will be less, the county will be afforded a permanent good roads system, ana the roads will be more satisfactory
 SHERIFF JOHN MONTGOMERY: I am in favor of cement road, not a loose base road-solid concrete, clear through
 CLAUDE S. sERRYMAN: We should have the best road obtainable. Did we figure on PTS miles of the poorest road or PTS miles of the best road when We voted money for the bonds? I can't understand why We are told, after the money has been voted, that it isn't enough to buy the best kind of road obtainable- It is just as if we asked for a court house and had been told that s500.000 would build a splendid structure, of the type we need Supposing that we voted the SDOt.bDU ana Ifen were AoiN NiAa s75O, 900 was needed to build the type of court house we need? This county road proposition is the same sort of thing. I can't understand it.
 FRED TAFT: There is no compari- son between the concrete road and the loose rock type. The commission should build as much of the program as possible out of concrete, and where they cannot or where this type would not be excellent, they should use an- other material.
 JIM CREIGHTON: I am in favor of a bitulithic top, if need be, on a base. If we only build 10o miles. let us build what we do build permanent.
 J. B. BATES: do not think the taxpayers of Maricopa county want cheap roads. I have travelled over many types of roads, and I have observed that the cheap types do not last any time. Therefore. I am in fla vor of concrete construction.
 H. CLAY PARKER: I'm for con- crete. first last and all the time. Many millions of dollars worth of experience point out that concrete roads are the best.
 STANLEY HOWARD: If we did not have more than a mile of road. we should have a good one; a good road, or none at all. The county should not pay a dollar for makeshift road un less that road is very unimportant. | construe the decision of the highway to be a direct slap in the face to the taxpayers of the county. No one, to my knowledge, has ever at to bulldoZe the commission, but many have tried to help Anything but a permanent road would be decid- ] edly unpopular with the taxpayers. ,
 WILLIAM DONER: I am in favor | of a concrete road. For my part, l would rather put up with the. present roads until such time as we are able 10 build permanent highways. The 1 roads now apparently contemplated by 1 the highway commission are make shifts. Good concrete for roads can not be improved. bitulithic surface | calls for an added expense. If possible, | the roads proposed for Maricopa | county should have concrete base | and a cement surface
 LEWIS DILLER: Il am in favor of | concrete road construction. We should | ay the lest possible permanent high i way.
 WARREN McARTHUR: Consider | ng the flood conditions to which the |