Arizona republican., 1921-06-20

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 Phoenix. June is. ls.i- To the Editor:
 was impressed with your editorial In today's Republican. lavapars Vanishing Highway Fund" Much of it was founded on sound reasoning. however. the manner In which you disposed of the question of consult ing and advisory engineers. dtsmfns- ing with one fell swoop of the mighty pen these unnecessary people from the face of the earth. impeils me to break a half former resolution of never rushing into print
 There are consulting and consulting whose advice has been the means of public funds. and whose opinions are
 worth many times the small stipend they receive.
 am bound to admit that Yavapsl (my old home county) has left noth- ing to be desired in the matter oI securing advisory engineers do not know the name of the engineers retained by the county. but I.r do know that the amount is far in excess of that required to get able consulting engineers
 There Is an old definition of ar engineer which I think is good. viz. An engineer Is one who can do with a dollar that which anyone can d with two.~ There has always beer | an air of mystery surrounding th' engineer. To walk up and see [
 booted and ieggined. staiwart sun
 tanned stripling setting up trsnsi is truly awe inspiring Here indeed
 is complicated piece of mechanism But. as a matter of fact it is a mos simple thing to learn 70 operate; an,
 IS year old boy can learn to run" ! transit in two weeks time
 | Also. 'tls too true of the technica end of the profession Ability to fig ure stresses does not make a bridE' engineer And. as said above. hov
 often do we see the young bridg engineer. with no possible idea O lines and less of the practical sid of the work. but he's a bear on fig urinz moments" in a structura beam
 Experience be a jewel which have purchased at an infinite rate. said the poet. and it is this experi ence that makes the engineer. tn
 doctor. the lawyer or any other pro fessional man Experience. couple
 with both theoretical and practics
 knowledge. is what constitutes th
 consulting engineer
 I disagree with you when you sH ~consultings and advisory engineci
 would have been worse than useie< here: they would have been in th way-obstacics to be stumbled over \ q ~ .4m N.. .I~~1 when millions of the taxpayers none are being expended for public i'm , provcments every safeguard shou' be afforded to sec that the same , properly expended
 The Maricopa county highway con mission was fortunate in the seles ton of their engineer. He 10 one c, 3 pcrienced in the construction of roat , in this locality. I am well acquAints ' with this engineer and I dare say : | win tell you that often he would ha, ! | enjoyed the privilege of corsuitir l with an engineer rather than accel 3 the advice of the $50 per day hixhw1 2 | commission composed of merchant farmers. etc. who know. or rath ] knew. nothing of the technique engineering. but who have been ed' 3 cated at the expense of the taxpay . and the engineer
 do not know who is rcsponsih for, the present county road syste1
 but evidently a consulting engine ' was not. but it is a greater erin i. against a taxpayinE public than q per cent engineering fee of Yavap county. The general opinion seer to be that it was laid out In order get votes to carry the bonds. Thr c parallel concrete roads within tv < miles costing the sums these roa
 cost Is to me more incomprehensif s than the action of the Yavapai coun z highway commission.
 q A condition existing in one locaL may not exist in aposner- A pavii expert in the Salt River valley wou 2 probably prove a failure in AnchlE' or Massachusetts. or even Yavar |. county.
 x Los Angeles -climatic" engines o should know less about t. Unie a' they have gained experience from a
 tual contact. Mountainous rcEio
 with snow and ice are things aps - from plains and valleys. sunshine d n' studios.
 T. How you. Mir Editor. can dccry { I important part taken by the advise id engineer after having seen his VIC 70. on the wonderful Roosevelt project st inexpiicihie to me More recently 10 wonderful showing made by the s 's River Valley Water Users associati st when an advisory engineer was cal
 In. Why. on the showing made. n
 engineer is worth many times salary paid him. for he saved the as' or ciation many. many tpoussnds- , at hundreds of thousands of dollars I, at we were going along under the old 1 ;irI gime content with garb and phr'
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