Arizona republican., 1921-01-30

On this account $25,000 Is included in the omnibus bill.
 The omnibus bill also contains ar item of S100, 900 to carry on construc- tion of the Arrowhead trail. It is known by this department that this sum, together with previous appropria- tions, cannot possibly construct the 1SO odd miles of this road whlcL crosses the Colorado river and rises tc an altitude of 1000 feet. It will, how ever, begin on the construction of the necessary road to get into the bridge site of the Colorado river and provide for the construction of this brfc5-. these funds, together with previous appropriations, can be matched with federal aid Under any circumstances the construction of the Arrowhead trail will require a considerable length of time. If the Arizona Strip. is to be retained by Arizona some high
 way into it is imperative and in evitable It should be commenced
 The $75,000 included in the omnibus bill from Clifton to the New Mexico | line in the direction of Silver City will not complete this construction. IL, however, will start the same and is necessary if our adjoining state Of New Mexico is to include the construction l of her highways west from Silver City
 toward the Arizona line.
 1 This description does not include
 all of the work necessary to complete l the primary system of Arizona and
 omits several important necessary i'm provements.
 1 Apparently there is no provision for
 a road from Phoenix to Prescott. Ya- lvapai county has provided in her bond issue for $S0S,0 from Prescott to the | Maricopa county line by way of Mayer, also $102,000 for the road from Prescott
 to Wickenburg.
 The Maricopa county highway pro
 gram provides for the construction ot paving to Marinette, and federal aid project No. 10, with Maricopa county funds, has practically completed the
 bridge across the Agua Fria near this point.
 Federal aid project No. S1 Is pro viding for the construction of bridge across the Hassayampa river near lWickenburg.
 There are no funds in sight for the Iconstruction of the Phoenix-P Prescott Iroad from the Arizona canal to the Icounty line near Canyon, except the 75 per cent fund of Maricopa county
 which will be available July l. There are also no funds available for l, the improvement of the Apache trail
 except this same s per cent fund
 with the possible additional receipt of an appropriation from the Salt River . Valley Water Users association. We hope to be able to make some arrange
 ment with the Maricopa county high way commission to finance at least a part of this necessary road construc- ton with federal aid and a portion of the Maricopa county bond issue The road from Florence toward Tucson, about 20 miles of which must be improved, will have to wait until the 75 per cent fund of Pinal county is
 4vailable. This will be available next fiscal year.
 The same thing is true of the con struction of the road from Globe to , ward Livingston on the Apache trail : Yavapai county bond issue provides ! for road from Prescott to AshforS
 This will also probably be insufficient
 which, however, can be supplemented
 with Yavapai county's 75 per cent fund Q next fiscal year.
 The 75 per cent funds are constant ! ly being drawn on for greater amount: : in order to take care of the main f tenance of the roads rapidly beina n built. On this account they cannot be h counted on to carry much of the cos . of construction in the poorer counties
 This description does not include any n account of some of the remarkable : road constructions being carried on b, e the various counties of the state. bu |. lappies to the state program only.