Weekly journal-miner., 1921-02-16

nlSuWdN or the ltIIlIOIy dllu ICLl ull- icompleted. should be taken over and completed by the state, was the
 overwhelming sentiment of the chamber of commerce as expressed
 last night.
 The unanimous adoption of reso-
 lution urging the governor and legis- lature to take steps to complete the road followed discussion of a re- port by a special committee. The committee consisted of H. J. Meany. TT. G. Norris and o. \. Hesla and
 was named and set to work as a re- suit of the recent abandonment of patrol work by the poverty-stricken state highway department.
 The committee foregathered with the board Of supervisors and talked lover the proposition.
 The urgent need" the report con
 tinues, "of keeping up the mainten- Iance during the next two or three months was fully discussed, and q motion was made, put and carried by the board to the effect that a Iman and team will be put to work on the road at once, Yavapai county
 to pay therefor for a period of 90
 days and to bill the state for the amount so- expended"
 The action of the board of super visors met with the hearty approval of the chamber. which was then con fronted with the further recom- mendations of the committees re- port that the state be urged to com plete . the highway as originally planned, a move which will also be made by the board of supervisors.
 "The board then put and carried q motion for the board to communi- cate with the Maricopa county board with the view to getting Maricopa county to cooperate with Yavapai county and pass resolutions to the legislature in session and the gover- nor urging that funds be appropri- ated and the Senator state highway be completed through to Phoenix as originally mapped out.
 "This committee recommends that the chamber of commerce. of Yaya- pal county take immediate action to circulate petition in Yavapai coun- ty, urging the legislature and the governor to appropriate the funds and complete the construc- ton of this highway through to Phoenix, as originally planned and mapped out, at the earliest practical date. Also that funds be provided at once for the continuous maintenance of the mileage now completed
 Presented with these recommends tions, the chamber went into live ly discussion before adopting them. The discussion was started by a mo- ton of T. c. Norris that the re- port be adopted, M B. Hazeltine in uuiring whether the members were sufficiently informed regarding the status and route of the Senator high way to Phoenix. and the probable cost of it's construction. Tom Bate suggested that there were already two other roads planned to Phoenix from this county, and inquired the completion of the Sena- tor highway would interfere with them.
 The discussion brought out that, having in previous years adopted similar resolutions regarding this road. the chamber was informed as to its status, and also that the Sena- tor highway would in no way con- f1ict with the other proposed routes the Black Canyon and thru Congress Junction, Kirkland and Skull Valley.
 T. c. Norris made an eloquent and telling plea for the Senator route "It is the old road" he said; "the most direct route from Yavapai county to Phoenix. It is the only road for Prescott. It doesn't mean detouring. This road has been on the program since territorial days and is already largely constructed 1 in certain stretches"
 Speaking of the beautiful scenic ad- vantages Of the Senator highway, which many who have been over it /. claim to be far superior to those of !, the famous southern California scenic !. routes, Norris brought forth the fact that on the shoulder of Silver noun tain a stretch Of this road several i miles in length is already completed. i
 According to Ed A. Johnson, for mer county engineer, and now an en- gineer for the Santa Fe railroad l here, this stretach of road, although | cannot be gotten to from either end at present, other parts of the road not having been completed | to it. The Senator highway goes