Arizona republican., 1921-06-27
The County Road Program

We printing this morning communication from MT Dysart in criticism of the county road pro in which attention is given to the close paral- leling Of the roads, the confining of the paving certain localities, that is. to the punching of the paving. There is also a suggestion that it would have been better to start with skeleton sys- tenn trunk line roads later to be filled in.
 These criticisms have been offered almost from the outset and think they arise from misappre- hension of certain facts conditions The foremost idea in the laying of program give farming community the trading centers. The program to be purely county program not state program. except parts of it might become incidental to state program. It was there fore laid out that the greatest number of people might be served by the paved roads.
 When finally the commission issued its map many people thought that some of the too closely paralleled It should be said though that the commission was looking forward to the time when road in Maricopa county should be paved That might be a matter of some years but all expect it to be brought about eventually.
 There was another thing which doubt the commission took into consideration in laying the first program embracing 272 miles. The people asked to bonds in the amount of s4000 000 Now that considerable though of this country beginning think in of billions It by means that these bonds would be voted. No county in the whole country had been asked make such appropriation for highways It therefore probably seemed the commission ad- vsable appeal the thickly settled districts and that could have been done in other effectively as to propose to their districts, though have said it the mind of the commission that all the districts should be paved ultimately.
 The commissioners believed. and may well have believed that the amount of asked for would be sufficient carry the original program. that is the first We understann that the commission had then under consideration the paving used in Southern California, and at the then prices of materials the money would have been sufficient to execute the program
 But soon after that the California paved roads found be breaking up That type was being abandoned. At the time prices of all road building materials and wages of labor soaring unprecedentedly. A better. extensive type demanded by the taxpayers and good contract believe the best that then possible-was entered into for concrete paving It then that would have only enough money for 14o miles of the first program
 Then in December the extended program was laid before people. had same features which MT. Dysart and others have found objectonable the people had been familiar especially with the closely parallelng feature for year. Yet notwithstanding strong opposition and chiefly sinister opposition. another bond Issue of $4,5ooooO carried for the completion of the original program which with its extension embraced s0s miles
 As to the criticism of punching the paving. do not think that objection is sound. The program could be carried rapidly from set -up' serving radius of four five miles than it could have been from half dozen a smaller number l of isolated plants The work has been carried first and actively from the Fowler .setup," suppose because the in that part valley than in other densey settled part of the valley. Anyhow the paving could laid 1 simultaneously all over the program A stretch here and another there woold have brought little immed- ate benefit to any locality.
 Concerning the suggestion that there should be a | lighter. less expensive type paving the less travelled roads that believe is being taken care of by the commission But the lighter type is per manent type therefore is expensive the initial outlay. But it is being laid to with minimum of upkeep.
 Any program of such great extent as could be devised would, of encounter criticism. But l we do not think commissioners could have de- vsed which would have been nearly unani- mouAy approved
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