Arizona republican., 1920-08-22

today IS fine ia sSteut CT county ana state roads as to b found anywhere ill AtizoHa.
 Three things are responsible for the splendid success of the gooG roads program IF Gila county:
 l. Careful maintenance
 ,. Proper supervision.
 $. Splendid cooperation.
 The Gila county supervisors think enough of their roads and enough of the taxpayers money which built them to keep them in good shape.
 They realize further that in order to build good roads and keep them good 1t is necessary to have county en- gineer on the ioh who understands his business.
 More important still they have deemed it to their advantage 10 CO., operate with the state highway de- partment and With the road authori ties of neighborlng counties, with the result that the Globe Miami district is the focus from WhicA radiate five inn portant arteries of travel.
 As the first step in the development of it's program Gila county laid ce- ment concrete pavina. between Globe and Miami. and pavement of similar construction belW6e- WInkeiman and Hayden. That was some five years ago, and although botb stretches have been subject 10 extremely heavy traf- { fic, they are in excellent condition to- day and many more years must elapse before it will be necessary to resurface them.
 One of the most splendid mountain highways in the state is the Fl Capitan highway leading from Globe to Win l<elman in the southern end of the county and connecting at that point with an equally splendid mountain highway built by the county of PinaI and making direct good road connec- ] Fi ir1ac i, Fl Capital road is as fine an example of mountain road building as could be found anywhere. The location follows the summits of the spurs of the pine clad Pinal mountains for many miles, then drops to the side walls of the GiIa canyon where considerable expense was entailed in the construction of a 1 series of through cuts, one Of which is shown in the group of pictures here with.
 Gilt county is vitally interested in state highway work the new line from Miami to Superior, and the high way east from Globe to the county line | for which the completion of this con l struction work it will mean the plac- ing of the Globe Miami district on a l through state highway from Phoenix i to the New Mexico line. Both roads are being built out of Gila county's
 portion of the states 75 per cent road tax 1unu.
 The Miami Superior road represents some of the haviest construction in the state Some idea of this can be l gIeaned from the accompanying photo i of the half moon tunnel which en- i gineers are hewing out beneath ths 1 jutting rock formation in order to car ry the road around the precipitous
 sides of the canyon With two big Estate camps located n-tnis work, there
 is every assurance that the route vii l be open by the first of the year. l The state highway from Globe to the 1 eastern county line Is practically com l pleted and the state forces are being transferred to Graham county to i'm
 prove twelve-mfle stretch lying be ftween the San Carlos bridge and ths l bridge across the Gila. The latter l structure was partially destroyed h,
 flood and is now being repaired by ths
 Midland Bridge company, which | kputting in four steel spans Of 1 126-foo fiength. From this point on it is th'
 intention to improve the road int Geronimo thence to Solomonyille ant
 Stafford and connecting with the high i Clifton and Franklin on the state line - This main east and west lin,
 through Gila county has been mad
 possible by the splendid business judg
 ment and broad -mindedness Of the Gil;
 county supervisors, for when it wa
 seen that Graham and PinaI county because of smaller road fund woul ; be unable to do their share in th