Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-13

RODeits. also or COchlSe, addressed the convention. and made a plea in favor Of economy in all lines. Fol lowing several talks. Fred Colter. or Apache county. moved that all refer ence to the omnibus bill be stricken from the original motion and that d clause be included to read that 'ap- propriations for through roads" only be provided for.
 What is considered victory for the people of Southern Arizona was the recommendation that a highway commission be established along the lines prcpOsed by the Southern Ari- zona Good Roads Association and protecting the interests of the larger and richer countries. The recOmmen dation was made in the form of res oluticn which endorsed highway commission The commission form should follow closely the lines of the initiated measure. submitted last fall and decisively defeated by the peo- ple. with certain exceptions These exceptions provided that the commits siCners should serve without pay; that they should be selected at large; io he five in number; that the tax should be one mil, instead of two; that 9 per cent Of the money raised through such tax should go to the state highway commission for expend itu.e aUv place in the state. and that "a Der cent. less engineering eX- De1ses. should be expended in the counties raising the money on through state roads
 This recommendation and another. contained in a further resolution, are considered as directed against the state highway department. The oth- a resolution provided that all state highway construction work costing over s5.00O. except that done by con yict labor. must be done under the contract system In case both or these recommendations were enacted into law. the state engineer would be subordinate. in the first Ilace, to the highway commission and would be practically speaking. an engineer on ly.
 Among the resolutions passed were:
 1. Recommendation that an early amendment to, the state constitution be passed providing for a reasonable increase in the present bonded limit;
 ?. Recommendation that legisla- tion be passed enabling counties to manufacture their own road building material. A measure to carry this recommendation into effect has al ready been introduced in the house of the state legislature.
 3. Recommendation that a con structive. graduated motor vehicle law be passed, providing reasona- ble return. It was recommended that such funds raised be used only for maintenance.
 1. Recommended the establish mept Of a road patrol system through out, the state to decrease malnten- ance costs by properly taking care or TeDa'rs.
 ;. A resolution was passed creat- ing new committee of the Assocla- ton to be called a research com mittee. The duties of this committee to be the investigation Of systems m
 fleet in other states and to report to the Association at its next meet irC
 s. Recommending a state highway commission.
 I. Recommending the passing Of a law providing that all state high way construction work, over s5,OOo' except that done by convict labor, be done under the contract system.
 S Recommending that congress pass the legislation provided for in the Sells bill and that full credit be giy.en Arizona for the 67 per cent or land in the state that is not subject 10 taxation.
 9. Recommendation that congress make a plan for financing roads across Indian reservations.
 10. A resolution containing a re- quest to Thos. Mcdonald, chief of the federal bureau of roads, to furnish the Association with the results or the bureaus investigation in Califor- nia of the various types Of road con structiOn.
 II. A resolution urging the appro- priation of $1.000000 or so much thereof as the legislature deems ne cessarv. for the > construction Of through state roads. This was the resolution that was originally. the endorsement of the omnibus bill. In this connection it might be said that some of the highways contemplated in the omnibus bill are not through highways