The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-09-09
GRANT COUNTY ASSURANCE FOR MULE GREEK LINK

N. NJ. county commissioners, held 1n Silver City on Wednesday of this week, at which time an official reso~ lution was passed, guaranteeing the construction of the New Mexico DOT tion of the Mule Creek Interstate Highway link, it is confidently be lieyed that the last obstacle in this important project has been removed, and with . copy of the official resolu tion now in the hands of the State 1 Highway Department, it is a foregone conclusion that dirt will begin to fly on the Greenlee portion of the link within the next thirty days.
 That the State Highway Depart ment of Arizona and Governor Camp bell are ill hearty accord with this road project was evidenced last week I when Col. Dell M. Potter, president of The Southern National Highway, was in receipt of the following com, munication from the office of the Governor:
 Executive Office.
 Phoenix, Arizona August 26, 1921. i My Dear Col. Potter:
 l 1 have read with great interest your ! letters Of 22nd and 26th inst, and
 have discussed their contents with { MT. MaddOck. It is certainly good to
 note the assurances given which are : surely deserving of appreciative con
 sideration.
 After discussing the matter with
 MT. Maddock 1 have directed him to communicate with the county com missioners of Grant County, N. M. and to advise them that whenever due assurance is given by them, through
 proper official resolution, that they
 will construct a road from the New ! Mexico end to connect with the Ari- 1 zona road, the latter to be built by
 the expenditure of state funds and
 those of Greenlee County, work will
 be started by Arizona on this project.
 Appreciating the energetic interest
 you have taken in this matter. am,
 with kind personal regards,
 THOS. E. CAMPBELL, Governor. Following the receipt of the above
 letter from the Governor Of the state
 and a subsequent telegram from the
 State Highway Department. special
 meeting of the Executive Committee 7 of The Clifton Commercial Club was , called, and it was decided to send 8 l representative of the Club to be pres . ent at the meeting of the Couny Com III sOllN0E ClIy OH w Weuu0S n day. MT. c. J. Brooke was chosen a: the representative and left Monda! | for the county seat of Grant county d bearing with him a rough draft of ; I resolution which was taken up witt O The Grant County Chamber of Com
 merce prior to the meeting of tn, Commissioners. MT. Brooke returned . to Clifton Wednesday evening and re . ported that the county Commission u CTS, Chamber of Commerce and tn 0 public in general on the New MeXic ' side of the line, were all in favor o U the Mule Creek connection with Ar 1 ZOna, and especial interest was man fested in cutting their distance or
 half from New Mexico points to tn T. Grand Canyon, via Mule Creek aH e the Springerville Highway.
 A copy of the resolution passed b Ii the Grant County Commissioners, i h. regular session and spread upon tn n minutes, is as follows:
 Id WHEREAS. at a meeting of del, of gates from the counties of Grenle' H. Gila. Graham and Maricopa in Ar Ill zOna and the counties of Grant, Sierr: le Socorro and Hidalgo in New MeXic At held in Silver City, New Mexico 'd March 1920, the desirability of til le construction of a direct intersta e. scenic and commercial Highway col e, meeting the Elephant Butte Dam Il. New Mexico and the Roosevelt Dai 'n in Arizona was emphasized, and tf d. organization of the, Southern Goo ld Roads Association was authorized
 encourage the completion of variol ri links in such proposed highway. ar CT WHEREAS: working toward tF Al,., LII build such links as time. money al lg other conditions would permit, has r Q. suited in the improvement of old. ar le the construction of new highwa, ne in Sierra and Grant counties. Ne as Mexico, as follows:
 ed (a). Black Range Link (state Hig lls way) from Intersection with u nd Hillsboro-Lake Valley State Hig ne way, 12 miles south Of Hillsboro, >" the Mimbres River. completed at CT cost of approximately S65,000.O0. he (bl. Mimbres River Crossing vs. Sherman, N. NJ. to Santa Rita;
 Federal Aid Project part of whi,
 (from the foot of San Lorenzo H or to Santa Rital survey is complet, V and bids to be advertised for in C ot tober 1921 to cost S120.0OO.0O, al ur balance. Federal Aid applied for al 'rt survey to be made immediately ng (c). Santa Rita to Silver City. as miles, Federal Aid Project costi sa, s240000.00, now under constructic ,6O to be completed within six monti l' and
 ng WHEREAS. in further efforts es- ward the completion of joint pla sh- for such translate highway, u m Board of County Commissioners
 Grant County has taken the followi
 actions in improvements of other Ill and construction of other new his ma ways:
 on Gal. From Silver City to the mot os of Fleming Draw in the Mangus Va for ley; application made for Federi
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