The Arizona champion., 1891-01-10
That Town Site Meeting.

assembled few got their hats off-was the report of the committees, the Re ceiving Committee, the Finance Com mittee and the Distributing Committee, which, by the way, seemed boiled down to single individual, having lost it's Bell. Bell left the committee, or committees somewhat galley-west aud crooked but nevertheless the sin gle individual was equal to the task. He approached the secretary-if not in a dignifed manner, it was rather continuously-and unfolded a paper with a somewhat pretentious letter heading which, when unfolded, dis played a report some seven or eight inches long, showing that the above named committees had received six hundred dollars, and had expended six hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents. This is about the substance of the report. If however the meeting thought the report ended here, it vas doomed to disappointment, for the aforesaid individual remarked that he "guessed that he ought to give some explanation of this report j" which he at once proceeded to do. Said expla nation being a triAe longer than an cid fashioned New England tape worm, and concluded by describing three or four bridges, somewhere on Beaver street, Phoenix street and some other street or streets in some remote corner of the town, presumably in the near vicinity of Arkansas Flat. This pom derous explanation consisted princi- paEy of ditch, a triae less in mag hitude thart the "Henipin Canal, " but probably of as much importance to the town site of Flagstaff. The upper end of SAis ditch could be ploughed and scraped, but not word was said about whether mother earth liked to have her back scratched or not. The lower end of this was rocky and required Gllsting, a circumstance that made the natives in the near vicinity feel some what uncomfortable but they had finally got through and turned the water in, but for some reason the con trary "water refused to go through. The lower end Of the ditch being a little the highest, probably the bottom of the ditch had swelled a little after getting the enormous load of its back which had lain there for some time before the county of C0conino was born; but the whole trouble did not seem to end here, for as soon as. favorable opportunity presented itself, one repre- sentative citizen arose with his hard boiled hat in his hand and said, "Mr. Shairman, how would it pc if dot ditch vas ran through de railroad, but failed to explain whether he would make & dumping ground of the Woolhouse, the, Wood Co.'S Hall, or Mr. DpSton's back dooryard. After few disultory remarks there was a motion put to the house instructing the chairman to notify the Probate Judge that we were ready and awaiting for three hundred dollars of the peoples money that had accumu, lated in his hands. Since the six hun dred dollars of the peoples hard learned money had been exhausted, 1t was claimed by one or two that it would be. advisable to hurry up this money, as Arkansas Flat was in danger from in undation pretty early in the spring, but not single word was said about the raging waters spreading over Goose. Flat.
 Now, there are several queries that have not, been clearly explained to my 'thinking-tank." First, why is it neces- sary for the people of Flagstaff to pay so much for their lots as to create a surplus. Second, why nearly all that surplus should be expended in shilly- shally manner on remote corner of the town, making roads and building bridges, ditches, etc., where they will never be seen by at least elIht-tenths of this community, much less used by them
 About; the only place that a bridge would useful to the general public before place was created for one-is where Rive de Flag crosses Church street. This important bridge seems to have been overlooked, but 1 suppose it will be in order to keep, still until the people get money enough to make few more entries and thereby create another surplus. More anon.
 CUBERANT WoNCoPE.