Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1922-01-29
STATE ENGiNEER'S
REPORT RECEIVED

Poit rum Staie ENGINEER MduuocA Oh
the Cochise 80 per cent fund. promis
ed by Chief Clerk inghram of the
state road department last week. fol-
lowing a request made by the super
visors.
Instead of an itemized report, how
ever. requested by the board in order
that a proper check can be made with
the Cochise county accounts of the
amounts expended. the state engi-
neer's report covers totals only. dis
tributed to the various projects, and
including county % and 10 per cent
funds as well as federal aid. from
which it is impossible to segregate
amounts to determine just what pro
portion is Cochise 10 per cent fund.
Just what the result of the report,
which is brief one. will have on the
present controversy in which it is
claimed by the Cochise board that
over sI2i,519.Si has been charged to
Cochise county out of the federal aid
fund. for which no proper showing
has been made here. is awi;ed with
interest and will probably come to a
head when the supervisors meet in
Tombstone next week.
Mr.. Hankins is busy checking the
report with his records as far as he is
able To determine from the state engi-
neers report. just what proportions
went into each project. although until
an itemized statement is furnished by
the state engineer this cannot be &C.
complished.
In connection with the CONTROVERSY
over the IS per cent fund. Mr.. Har-
kins yesterday sent the following let
ter 10 the editor of the Douglas Cis-
patch in reply to criticism that APP
poared in the editorial columns OF that
paper. The letter which points on:
some interesting facts in connection
with the controversy follows
January %. 1892
Mr.. James Logic. Editor
Douglas Daily Dispatch.
Douglas. Arizona:
Dear Jim:
| have just read your editorial in
the issue of your paper of this date,
headed. Another Bonehead"
There - no one getting ridiculous
except Mr.. Inghram. the chief clerk
for the Arizona Highway Department.
when ne wakes warm in the collar,
when asked in courteous manner to
furnish the taxpayers OF this county
through the office of the board OF su-
pervisors an accounting of the federal
aid and the 80 per cent funds suppos-
ed to have been spent in this county.
for which he is custodian and is re-
quired by law 10 furnish a statement
Of costs per mile and from what fund
Of all projects in each county.
Mr. Maddox has not furnished this
information up to date, notwithstand-
ing the numerous requests made by
this board for such a statement
With reference to Messrs Hart.
Ross, Gaines and Brown making a re-
port on these expenditures. for
starter, we will take their figures as
basis land this is the report that
you believe should be taken and the
one that the state engineer accepts as
correct, TO work from. We will for
the time being forget that you are a
Republican and that the writer is a
Democrat, and figure this proposition
by simple addition and satisfaction,
not using the adding machine We
are to forget partisan minds warped
by political prejudice" and figure for
the interest of the Cochise county tax.
payers. for which we both are in that
class.
On the Bisbee-D Douglas paved high
way, according to the audit OF Nj.
Brown and according to our books.
statement herewith, the rs per cent
fund balances to even a cent, which
shows an expenditure Of s257 $3.50.
The total cost Of that two sections
was $270,212.3s. There is charged
against this project from federal aid
s1s7.ssI77-s257, sssso-75 per cent
fund PLUS s1s7,ss177, FEDERAL aid
EQUALS 1894, 73I.s7. The difference be-