The border vidette., 1922-08-26
BETTER ROADS
Maintenance Engineer Makes lnspec
 ton Tour of Highway

I. P. Fraizer, maintenance en- fgincer for the state highway de- partment in southern Arizona, returned last night from. a tour of inspection of roads in Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, says Wednesdays Herald.
 Relative to road work and con ditiOn of roads, Mir. FraiZer gave out the following interview to- day:
 "The road from here to Tue son is in excellent condition not withstanding recent heavy floods It is quite probable that three or four bridges will be built be- tween Nogales and Mile 40 this fall, shortly after the rainy sea son is over.
 There are two construction crews working between Florence and Tucson, building a standard highway between those places. About twenty miles from Flor ence south, has been completed, and one construction crew out of Tucson is now camped at Mile 6, and approximately one mile of road has been completed from the north end of the RillitO Bridge.
 "The road between Tucson and Vail has been under Strenu- OuS maintenance for the last six weeks or two months and is in excellent condition. The elimi- nation of several sharp curves will be made on this road during the coming winter.
 The state highway between Vail and Benson, with the ex- ception of two short strips of about 25 feet each, has with stood recent heavy floods. Re pairs at these, two places have been made and the road is all that could be wished for.
 "The 26 nile stretch between Benson and Tombstone is under the supervision of County Engi- neer Sid Smyth of COchise coun- ty:. ,N.
 Asphalt paving is being laid by the state on five mile stretch between Tombstone and BiSbee
 Between Bisbee and Douglas the highway is paved, ,24 6 miles, of which the middle section of 8.4 miles is under state supervi- sion. The portion just out of Bisbee, under the supervision of the county engineer of Cochise county, has experienced heavy floods, necessitating repairs, so I am informed, aggregating something like $500.
 The road between Douglas and the New Mexico line, a~dis- tance of 48 ? miles, has benefit ed very greatly from recent rains.
 The road between Tombstone and Patagonia, under state con- Struction and maintenance, is in good condition. Construction work between Fairbanks and the Cochise- Santa Cruz county line has been completed with the exception of the hill just west of the San Pedro bridge at Fairbanks. Completion of the work on the hill is but a few weeks away.
 Between Patagonia and Mo- gales, some maintenance and re- construction work is under way under the supervision of County Engineer John Larimore. The work near BlOXton is very ere and effective.
 Tt seems to be the desire of all progressive citizens to have the road completed between Pa tagonia and Nogales at the ear Hest possible moment when fin ances are available. The state | engineer is perfectly willing to apply for federal aid, upon being the county's portion of the cost which would be ap- i proximately 39 per cent.
 The state engineer has ad- vised me that work will be start ed on the Patagonia bridge as soon as he is officially advised that the county has deposited it's part of the funds to pay for the cost of the bridge.
 "The work of paving the two md Onehalf mile stretch, just north of Nogales on the Noga- esTucson highway, will be