Arizona republican., 1922-04-02

roads. If in addition, it gives infor-
nation of direction and distance to
other roads. the system might be
termed ideal. Such a system is here
suggested.
Accompanying this article is a
sketch map of a portion Of Maricopa
county showing the roads located on
the township boundaries. together
with the proposed names. This sys-
tenn of names is based upon the Sys-
tenn of public land surveys. The Gila
and Salt River Base and Meridian
form the initial lines of the survey
of the public lands of the state of
Arizona Likewise. the same lines
will also form the initial lines for
the names of the roads of Maricopa
county, and incidentally of the state
of Arizona. A monument, termed
the initial monument, is located at
the intersection of these lines. The
name suggested for that part Of the
Meridian lying north of the monu-
ment is Canine Meridian N" For
that part lying south of the monu-
ment, "Camino Meridian S." The
road lying along the base line east
Of the monument will be known as
Base Road E." That part west will
be called Base Road W.
The two names Road" and "Ca-
mino' are suggested from the follow
ing historical facts: English speak
on the Atlantic coast and passed
along east and west lines in its
development, - hence the English
word road is suggested as part
of the name of all east and
west highways. Spanish speaking
people entered our country from Old
Mexico on the south and moved along
north and south lines in their settle
ments. Hence the Spanish word for
road, Canine, is suggested Is a part
of the name Of all north and south
highways. The use as here suggest
ed will tend to avoid confusion. The
name road always will suggest an
east and west highway, while Ca
mino will always suggest a north and
south highway. At present the name
road is applied to both north and
south. and east and west roadways.
AT present the name avenue is ap-
piled to country roadways in each
direction, north and south, and east
and west. One not familiar with the
names OF our country roads might be
pardoned for looking within the cor
highways.
Referring to the sketch map you
will note that the name given to the
road along the north boundary of
Township 1 North is Road N. p. If
the road is east of Canine Meridian
n. If it is west of Canine Meridian
n. it is Road n. w. Possibly, on
the ground there may be five roads
between Base Road +. and Road .
n. E. They are named. Road n. r.,
Road 2 n. E.. etc. to Road 3 y. f..
The numbers in these names indicate
the distance in miles from the Base
road. 1t will be understood, from
this description. that there will be
five caminos between Canine Meri-
dian n. and Canine n. E. As be
fore the number in each name will
indicate the distance in miles from
Canine Meridian n. You will note
that the numbers in these names
grow larger as we go in the dlrec-
tions indicated by the letters n. and
F. This statement holds good in the
other areas about the Initial Monu-
ment as indicated by the letters n.
w. S. w. S. r. You will also note
that as townships are six miles
square. the number in the names OF
the earninos or roads along township
boundaries will always be some null
tiple of six. For example the road
along the north boundary Of 7. \.
is Road \. f. on the east
and Road n. w on the west
of Canine Meridian n. T.. n. r.
3E. will have Road - n. E. on its
north boundary and Canine 5. \. F.
on the east. T. s., r. 5 2. will have
Road s s. f. on its south BOUNDARY
and Canine 80 S E. on its east
boundary. Note that the letters ,.
and f. occur in the name of the last
| township mentioned and they also