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Show GOVERNOR HUNT FAVORS ROAD THROUGH STRIP Arizona Official Reports Several Sev-eral Efforts Have Been Made to Secure Highway Money for Mohave County W. S. Thompson, member of the board of supervisors of Mohave Mo-have county, recently wrote to Governor Hunt, advising him of the isolated condition of the residents of western Mohave county, in what is known at the "Strip", and asking him what action could be taken to obviate this condition. The following fol-lowing reply was received this week: " I have read with much sympathy sym-pathy your letter of February 1st in which you present the problem of the residents of the western half of the Arizona Strip with respect to highways. I recognized the fact that the Arizona Strip conld never be developed fully or properly until un-til it had adequate highways many years ago. Even before we had statehood, I advocated the construction of highways at state expense to connect the Arizona Strip with the rest of the state. I have advocated roads into the Strip in several of my messages mes-sages to the state legislatures, including the road north from Kingman and a bridge at Pierce's Pier-ce's Ferry or some other suitable suit-able location. The state legis-1 latures have consistently refused re-fused to adopt my recommendations recommenda-tions for the appropriations for roads into the Strip. Recently, as you know, much progress has been made in getting a road through the eastern part of the Strip country. Many years were required to get this road into the state highway and federal aid system. That the eastern half of the Strip received re-ceived first attention was due, no doubt, to the fact that persons per-sons interested in that road had a stronger political representation representa-tion and were able to exercise greater influence In behalf of their highways. I have never had any reason to change my firm conviction that a standard stand-ard highway connecting the western half of the Strip with Kingman is needed and justified. justi-fied. I realize that Mohave county with its limited taxable valuations valua-tions cannot carry such a project pro-ject and that it must be carried by the state, with federal aid if obtainable. The present period peri-od of depression and the decline de-cline in tax revenue of the state with the resultant need for economy havfi tended" to delay progress on this I am convinced that eventually it will be a part of our stale highway system and will ,e built in the not distant future I will continue as in the past to use every effort to advance this road. I do believe that a road into and through the western half of the Strip represents repre-sents a logical and desirable extension of our State Highway system and that it should be considered seriously for such inclusion at the earliest pra. ticable opportunity. |
