Bisbee daily review., 1920-01-20
Special to the Review.

Yuma counties to the Arizona Good Roads Association, in session here to- day, started out to line up support in favor of a resolution asking the gov ernor to include in his call for 9 spe- cial session a proposed appropriation to build a link in the highway be- tween Yuma and Phoenix. delegates from other counties at once came for ward with pet road propositions which they desire included in the call and if any resoiution is passed it will probably take in a number of di- rect appropriations for good roads to- talling between $6,50O,00O and ST. GOO, ,000.
 The move by the Maricopa and Yuma county delegates is the result of get-to-gether meeting at Yuma last Thursday by boosters from the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and Yuma County Commercial Club, at which meeting a resolution was pass ed asking the governor to include in his call the proposed appropriation for the highway in Maricopa county.
 The position of delegates from oth- CT counties is that if any pie is to be cut in the shape of highway ap- propriations, they want a slice. One of the most insistent counties asking a direct appropriation is Mohave which has become convinced that the S1S0, 900 available for the construction of the 1S0 miles from Kingman to the Utah line is wholly insufficient. Del egatos from this county had already called on Governor Campbell, asking state help to complete this important road. which will open up the north western part of Arizona across the Colorado river, known as the strip. This is the portion of Arizona that | Utah tried to secure some months ago because of it's better accessibill- ty 10 Central Utah than to the rest of Arizona The amount needed for this road is $700000.
 Pima county delegates were also very anxious to have the governor m clude in his call an appropriation oi i S2OO,OO0 towards the Ajo road, bellev ing that if the county will put UT 1 S2O0 .OOO and the state S200,000, the federal government will be glad te put up $2O0,O00 towards this highway between Yuma and Ajo.
 Among other direct road appropria tions which Arizona counties are seeking to have includede if the cal for the special session is thrown open i for this purpose are the following:
 A road from Antelope Hill bridge to the Hassayampa river, at a cost of S1,G00,0 This would make 2 through line from Phoenix to Calll ornia, provided the Maricopa highway l commission, with the state highway department, jointly paved the roao betwe n Buckeye and the Hassayam pa river, and Yuma county construct ed, with federal assistance, the roao from the City of Yuma to the Ante lope Hill bridge.
 A road from Holbrook to the New Mexico line near Gallup, in Apache county. This is on the Old Trails highway but is off the route of the principal towns of Apache county, S' that the rest of the northern part O. the state feels there is little chance of it's construction by issuing bonds or expenditurs of 75 per cent funds from this county alone. The a<noun needed is S300,000.
 The preliminary survey of the VII liams-Clarkdale road has demonstrat cd that this 50 odd miles of construc tion makes the $25 900 appropriation of the legislature appear to have beer intended merely as beginning. There is some talk at present of routlns this road from Williams to Clark ldale by way of Ash Fork. Ihi' scheme would lengthen the roa' somewhat but would make the hlgh way down the mountain do for boti tho east-and-west and north-and eouth traffic. It would also proVid' an outlet for the Clarkdale-Jerome Verde mining district to the coast which would be at a lower elevation and thus flee from snow in the win ter time. The cost of this will be Y ,he neighborhood of S500,0O0.
 The opposition of the bureau Q public roads to allowing federal al' on the Globe-Geronimo road ha' 1 complicated the situation in Gila ans Graham counties. The objection t' tbis came from the post office de nartment which could not see possi ble> postal development through th' Indian reservation. Graham count! has recently bonded herself Wlth ln' idea of meeting federal aid on thi' road. If the bureau of public road' does not assist, some S3OO,ooO VII be necessary to complete this yer. | important through line
 Tho Borderiand highway IS well II nanced with the exception of tlte roa' from Bernardino to Rodeo, where al additional S3OO.OOO is needed. Thi' may be provided for in subselueh
 bond issue in Cochise county whici has been unoer discussion for som' time. However, it would probably o' included in any general state appro priation made at present.
 The recent visit to Phoenix Of tn' highway commission of Havapal' county indicates that the road iron Phoenix to Prescott will be shor
 some 30 miles in Maricopa county