Arizona republican., 1920-12-05
PERFECT PLANS
 ID CARRY ROAD
 BOND ELECTION
Committee Of 100 Prepares For Intensive Work To Assure Success Of Need ed Step In County's Big Highway Program

With more than 50 members in att tendance, the Committee of One Hun dred" met at the chamber. of com merce yesterday afternoon to perfect the organization to carry the road pond election on December 31. Every phase of the bond issue was discussed at length, and after more than two hours of examination of the issue and the road question in general, the com mittee literally rolled up it's sleeves and prepared to take what has been uescrioed as the most important and needed step in the creation of q real roads system in Maricopa county.
 The committee, in order that the at tention of voters in every section of the county may be brought to the sub 1ect of the bond issue, has selected an executive committee of 12 members who not only will have administra- tive charge of the work of campaign ing for the issue, but also will be chairmen of sub committees in every district of the county. These will carry on in their respective divisions the work of education concerning the issue and It's necessity, and will SUD- plement in each district the labor of the executive committee as the organ ization supervising the entire cam paign.
 
 the suggestion of w. w. PickereIl of Chandler, and the membership was selected immediately. Its personnel Includes the following:
 The Executive Committee
 A. E. Price, Chandler; G. Ham mels, Glendale; John Meyser, Peoria; K. B. Meyers, Tempe; pr. F. D. RowelI. Gilbert; Dan Kleinnan. Mesa; !. c. Dobbins, Phoenix; H. c. Bald win, Madison district; J. Stanley Howard. Cartwright; R F. Howard, Southside;. H.. A. Hammels, Liberty, and MT. Miller, Scottsdale.
 Other members may be added to this list if the necessity arises, it was an- nounced yesterday
 The meeting was presided over by J. C. Hammels. chairman of the Com mittee of One Hundred" and Warren McArthur Jr., was it's secretary. It opened with expressions of opinion from those present concerning various phases of the bond issue and the road situation in general, the consensus of opinion being that Maricopa county is facing the biggest and most important proposal for~its permanent betterment to have been made in years.
 Among the speakers was Dwight B. Heard. who after endorsing the senti- mentS of speakers who had preceded him, declared that the situation in Nio COuuty IOTLuS h pIdCLlCdl Du5lucSS question which must be answered in a business manner.
 Can Avoid Delay in Program
 ' We are now confronted" he said. with the problem of going ahead with no interruption in our road building program We have a million dollars at our disposal with which to start the work This is part of the $4,000,000 bond issue which has been carried. have made some investiga- ton, and I find that the buyers of those bonds are responsible people and that steps can be taken to force them to pay the three millions which are due to us from them on this issue
 We have funds now sufficient tc carry on the work for approximately 90 days. Under present plans that should suffice until this other money is available, so that the entire plar can be consummated without the los. of a single hour"
 Mir. Heard here requested informa- ton concerning the reason for holdinI the bond election as early as Dec 31 and this was given by Eugene Hackett chairman of the Maricopa count, highway commission, and John R Bradshaw, member of the board o county supervisors, who said that thi date was selected because the super visors had been petitioned from ever part OI Lne county 10 nOlQ the elecI1O as soon as possiblete; because ther is the probability that the money noV at hand may be used more rapidly b Twohy Brothers than is anticipate now. and because a new board of SUI pervisors will come into office at tn first of the year, and it was deeme only right that the burden of holding county election immediately after had taken office should be taken fFor 1t, especially in view of the fact ths 1t will have much other work to atten to at the first of the year.
 After the appointment of the ex ecutive committee and few remark by various members of the "Committe of One Hundred" the meeting ad journed only the members of the ex ecutive committee remaining. Thes immediately held a session in whic they filled the vacancies on the com mittee. outlined the work of the com mittee in a general way, and decide upon selecting a secretary and creat ing a publicity department. The ne1 meeting of the executive committe will be held at the offices of tE county highway commission at O'clOCI TueSdaw rnOrninC