Arizona republican., 1921-10-26
SEMI MONTHLY ROAD
 BULLETIN ISSUED BY ARIZONA AUTO CLUB

Following is the regular semi
 monthly road bulletin of the Auto
 mobile Club of Arizona, compiled by
 it's representatives throughout the
 state and containing the latest infor-
 nation concerning the condition of
 the highways of Arizona.
 General There have been no rains
 in any portion of the state recently
 of sufficient consequence to affect
 the roads materially and the rough
 portions are somewhat improved All ferries crossing the Colorado river
 are now in operation.
 Northern part of the state Springerville to St. Johns and St
 Johns to Holbrook, excellent; from Holbrook to Gallup. N. NJ. the road is good; Holbrook to Fort Apache, good: Holbrook to Winslow. fair. as is also
 the road from Winslow to Flagstaff
 The road south from Flagstaff to
 Camp Verde is good. and Flagstaff to
 Jerome only fair, being very rough in
 places The road from Maine to the
 Grand Canyon is in good condition,
 except for few cross washes. Flag staff to Williams is good. Between Williams and Seligman there is much rough and rutty road. From Selig-
 man to kingman, good, except for a
 few chuck holes. Kiugman 10 Needles (yia Oatman) is good; via Yucca, good to Yucca and poor to To- pock. The ferry at Needles Is now open and by taking 1t a distance of 20
 miles can be saved, but there is q ferry charge of S35o. From Ash Fork to Prescott the road Is good, and Prescott to Jerome and Camp Verde very good.
 Central part of the state-From | Prescott to Wickenburg the road is ! good; Wickenburg to Salome rough | near Aguila and in other places on ! this road due to construction work now in progress. From Wickenburg
 to Phoenix it is only fair. being rough | in spots, particularly between Wick enburg and Hot Springs Junction. ! By going directly south from Glen | dale as paved road can be had into Phoenix. Prescott to Phoenix via l Black Canyon is only fair on an av- | craze, being very poor in some places. ! particularly between Canyon and | New River. unpaved Salt River val | ley roads in fair condition. Construc- | ton work between Coldwater and | Liberty necessitates a rough detour i on the road west out of Phoenix. ! The road from Buckeye to SaIome Is | fair; from Salome to Parker is good, 1 excepting between Parker and Bouse. which is rough. Parker to Needles | is in good shape; Parker to Cadiz is | also good. executing five miles near | Archer Dry lake between Cadiz and 1 Park is now impossible and 1t is nee | essary to take the sand road around. | On the road east from Phoenix it is necessary to make a detour near the state hospital, as three miles of paw | ing is being laid. New paving open
 to two and one-haIf miles south of ! Chandler, and the crossing at Sacaton | is now easily passable. The new
 work recently done on the road east l of Mesa will be rough until it rains
 and can be dragged. Mesa to Globe
 via the Apache trail is good except 1 ing about 22 miles, where rocks are ! exposed and it rough. but are well
 worn and will not injure tires, so the road is easily passable at slow speed | Mesa to Superior is good: Superior | to Miami is closed for construction 1 Superior to Ray is rough. Miami -c 2 Globe paved highway. Globe to Win |, keImau is very good; Globe to Saf- ! ford fair. Rice to Springerville in I better condition than usual. Stafford ! to Clifton is good via Duncan and fair direct Duncan to Lordsbure fair.
 1 Southern part of state and New ! NeNicO-The rains have hclpcd all | the roads around Yuma considera bIy and the roads to both Phoenix and T Gua Bend are fairly good at present Il as are also the roads west to CaHFor- mia from Yuma. From Gila Bend ;c j Afo the road is good. but from Sen tiuel tC Ajo it is badly cut up. From I Aio to Tucson good From Chandler I to Florence fair with numerous cross ! washes. From Mesa to Tucson good excepting aboCt II mi es on each sid. .' of Florence, which is desert road
 with numerous cross washes From l Florence to Wiukeimau and Ray the road is good, Is is also the road from . Ray to Christmas. Florence to Casa f Graude good. and Casa Grande to I Tacsou excellent The bridge over 1 RIIito creek north of Tucson is now ] open to travel Tucson to WiuEelmaa via Oracle and Mammoth 5s good. aLd Tucson to Nogales good. NogaIcs [,