Arizona republican., 1921-08-06
BUCKEYE ROAD ID
 BE FINISHED WITH
 FIRST BOND MONEY

Members of the county highway commission yesterday met with the board of supervisors at the request of the latter for a conference relative to the paving of the Buckeye road from the Agua Fria river to Buck eye, a distance of IS miles. The com mission stated the road would be paved from the first bond money and the work would start in the near fu- ture, providing there were no delays in the program. In accordance with this statement, George D. Christy, deputy county attorney, at the re- quest of the commission dictated a letter to Twohy Brothers instructing them to pave the Buckeye road from the money in the first bond issue as designated and not to start any new pieces of road in its stead without consent of the highway commission. the members of which signed the letter.
 A F. Jones. chairman of the com mission, told the supervisors that nearly every day the commission was asked to pave some road with money from the first bond issue. The su- pervisors concurred with the commits sion that no roads should be paved with the money from the, first bond issue except roads which had been designated by the commission to be paved. In designating the roads. MT. Jones said, the commission planned to serve the best interests of the largest number of people and yet be as economical as possible. Its idea he said. was to lay main artery Of paved roads through the valley from Chandler to Buckeye, through Phoe- nix, with the money in the first bond | issue.
 The only thing now holding up the paving of the Buckeye road, MT Jones said, is the approval of thf plans by the United States board oi public roads. The question of the grades on the roads also came up al the meeting, the highway commission maintaining despite argument to the contrary that the grades of the roads now paved are sufficient. Mir. Jon ,: | said 91 miles of roads have beer I paved in the county. which is rec. ord for any one county in the United | States. The 91 miles of road, ht said, has been completed in si' months. There is possibility, th' l commission told the supervisors, tha the remaining s1,000,000 of the frs l bond issue which is due September l may be held up. Should this million not arrive on time, MT. Jones said l the work of paving VIII come 10 | stop.
 F. N. Holmquist, assistant state en. | gineer, told the commissioners ant l the supervisors the state did not hav' any preference as to which of tn parallel roads running south nea Liberty were paved. Mir. Holmquis | also told the commission and super visors that the bids for the thre' miles of the Tempe road to be pave' by the state would be opened by tn state highway department next Mon day morning. There was some dis cussion of switching various state all funds and county funds between roads. but no decision was reached The completion of the road | Buckeye, the supervisors told tn
 highway commission, will aid ma terially in taking up the propose
 plan to pave the road from there t Yuma with the cooperation of Yum
 county. California, it was explained
 Is planning a paved road from tn
 coast to Yuma and Arizona wishe to connect with this road if possible
 For that purpose the last legislatur
 voted s170,000 to aid in the pavin
 which it is hoped to match wit
 county funds and federal aid.