Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-27
APACHE TRAIL
WILL Be KEPT
OPEN BY BOAT
United Verde Copper Co.
Offers $4,000 To Com
plete Two Mile Gap
CITIZENS MEET
Governor Tells Gathering
1t Would Be Unwise to
Call Legislature

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 27-R-
Plans to complete the Horse Mesa
dam detour OF the Apache Trail to
Lake Roosevelt and the announce
ment that passengers of the scenic
highway would be transported by
boat over that part OF the old trail
now inundated, were the outgroWtn
of a meeting held under the call OF
The Phoenix Chamber OF Commerce
this afternoon, which finally ended
with the entire committee OF more
than 100 men, representing all ma
jor points i'll central Arizona, wait
ing upon GoVerTIsr George W. p.
Hunt in the executive chambers at
The state capital.
The $4,000 necessary 70 complete
the two remaining miles OF new Iraii
will probably be advanced by the
United Verde Copper company OF
jerome, Ariz., providing that such
q procedure is found 70 be legal.
The offer to advance this sum was
volunteered today to H B. Aova-
land Of Tucson, by Robert G. Tally,
general manager Of the United Verde
company and chairman OF the board
of directors OF state institutions.
Transportation OF passengers over
the Apache T,aiI by the Southern
Pacific will be accomplished by the
use Of barges which will be towed
by powerful motor tugs now in use
by the Salt River Valley Water
Users association, owners OF the
Horse Mesa dam project, which haS
necessitated the flooding OF Apache
Trail, according to announcement
made at the meeting by E. j. Fen
church, general passenger and
freight agent for the Southern Pa
clfic.
Power Conway, chairman of the
road committee from the Phoenix
Chamber of commerce. called the
meeting to Order and conducted q
thorough discussion OF the Apache
Trail situation calling upon F. G.
Lefebyre, state engineer; G. M. zan-
der, secretary of the board OF di~
reetors of state Institutions, and rep
lresentative citizens and officials OF
Globe, Phoenix, Tucson and Tempe.
It was brought out by State En-
gineer Lefebvre that OF the three
possible sources of state revenue
which ordinarily would be used Tor
completing the work or the new
trail at the Horse Mesa detour that
none of the three were available at
| the present time.
Lefebvre stated that the supreme
court ruling had tied up the states
25 per cent fund, that Maricopa
county's rs per cent fund. expended
Ky the approval OF the board of SUI
pervisors, was already budgeted for
the next fiscal year ard tnat ne did
not believe that moneys from the
prison road fund, as provided in the
emergency bill introduced at the reg
:llar session OF the legislature, were
intended for any Projects other than
| those for which they are being used
or have been budgeted, namely, two
| highway projects in Pinal county
The meeting then moved from the
chamber of commerce rooms to the
office of Governor Hunt, where the
state executive explained the offer
of Mr.. Talley of the United Vehde
Copper company. The governor also
stated that he believed it would be
"unWise and quite expensive" to call
| q special session OF the legislature
adding that ne had already twice
done SO and that the legislature had
failed to appropriate highway funds
at either OF these sessions