Show road work to connect conne ct with arrowhead trail the first work on the building of the mohave county end of the arrowhead trail Is now under wai thirty men being employed in grading the approach to the bridge site below the mouth of the grand canyon this work will entail the expenditure 0 of a large amount ot of money but it will be possible to soon haul material for the bridge over it and allow of the grading out of the approach to the north bridgehead assistant state engineer 0 connel haa has matters well in hand and expects to have the fourteen miles of heavy work ork completed in time to get bridge work under way this fall the fourteen miles of roadway is largely heavy rock ork and will entail the removal of a large yardage of rock to get through the big bluffs that line the river thai the roadway to this point can readily be built from chloride at small expense the grade being through good road building material and subject to op aeration of the big tractor and graders it is expected that the expense tor for this work will not be more than BOO per mile I 1 the building of this road win will be of immensurable benefit to mohave county it will not only give this county an outlet to the north but it will bring a large largo amount of travel from utah and the northern onto the national old trails road it will also be the means of opening up a wonderfully fertile territory to the home seeker as well as bringing great herds of cattle and sheep sheer to the east of the road Is one of the big forests of the state at the present time there are throe three sawmills in n op oration there and these will undoubtedly be greatly increased in capacity as soon as an outlet in available the road also will have many scenic attractions on it especially the great canyons bordering on the grand can yon and the plateau territory that gives the traveler a change of scene in every turn of the road this road will vill be benefited by the passage of a bond issue so that work can be con linued until the legislature can pro vide further means fo tor its completion bingman arix ariz miner allner |