Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-29
FOREST SUPERVISOR DECLARES
PINERY CANYON ROAD WILL Be
COMPLETED down into VALLEY

There is no question but that the
Pinery canyon road into Rustlers
park will be completed down into
the valley on the other side, prob,
able to Cave creek" Fred Wlnn,
supervisor for the U. S. forest serv,
ice, told the. directors of the Douglas
chamber of commerce during a spc.
Tuesday. "The survey has already
been ordered and funds for the com.
pletion of the road have already
been assured
''While 1 state that the road will
probably come down from the mour
tains at Cave creek, the actual point
to which it will be extended cannot
be positively determined until after
the survey, which will be made this
spring, and will have to be governed
by such matters as cost, facilities
for fighting fire, the opening up of
recreational sections, etc. But 1
can assure you that the road will be
extended down the other side of the.
mountain and, from my observation,
1 believe the most feasible point for
1T is Cave creek
Supervisor Winns announcement
pleased the directors of the chamber
of commerce, who are urging that
the road be extended to Cave creej.
He thanked the directors for Their
offer Of financial assistance in build
ing the road, but explained that
funds for this work have already
been assured by the forest develop
ment department.
"The forest service deeply appre
ciates the cooperation always given
it BY the Douglas Chamber of Com
merce and Mines and the city OF
Douglas as a whole" Winn stated.
II think this a very good time fo'
me to state that the corporation
given and offered us by Douglas is
the best that / have ever seen in
my 25 years Of experience with this.
forest service"
"This road is being constructed
by the forest development depart
ment, which is entirely different
from the forest highway depart
ment," Winn stated. I'm selectins
the route by which the road vii.
be built down the other side, We
must be governed by forest develop,
ment problems. such as cost, fire
fighting facilities and the opening
up of recreatiohal sections and graz
ing land.
You must understand that in the
forest development department we
are limited somewhat by the handi-
CAP of economy. The road up F,nery
canyon cost approximately $4,000 a
mile. ana we will be limited tc
about that amount on the extension
work On this type or road, we
work only a. comparatively few men,
most Of whom are recruited from the
section where the work is being
done"
Wl.nn explained that the Pinery
canyon road will eventually serve
as a connecting link between the
North and South highway and the
Bankhead highway. County Super
visor John B. Hart, who was present
/ at the meeting, stated that the
county is now ready to construct a
kroaG from the North and South high
way at a point near Elfrida which
I will eventually connect with the
Pinery canyon road 1--WE are only
! waiting for the people Of the Doug,
! las and north Cochise county dis
| tricts to tell us where they want
this road" Supervisor Hart stated
"s.nce we feel that it is up to the
| people to tell US where they want
! the road instead of the supervisor
l telling them where it should b.
built"
Supervisor Winn stated that th'
most serious problem in the exten
sion of the new road will be tina
of grade, since the road will hav
to drop 1000 feet in six miles befor
reaching Gaze creek. He eXplainet