Arizona republican., 1894-06-23
ITS BEEN DONE. "BIOCk Al" Dedicated
 Last Night. Opposing Petitioners Before the Council. One Man who Has the Making of a Sugar Trust Senator. The Masten Franchise Ordinance Again Delayed by Reference
 to the Committee.

"Block 41' goes. The city council decided last night, once for all, that it is better to compress the sin of Phoenix into one small spot than to permit it to roam at will all oyer the whole town; !; better to confine the cutaneous erup- tion to one portion of the body than to allow it to break out in unsightly splotches on every member.
 Attorney J. M. Damron appeared in behalf of three sets of petitioners agalnst the enforcement of the resolu- tion lately passed by the council dedi- eating block Al to purposes of prosti- tuition.
 The first petition was signed by high ly respected residents and property owners in the vicinity of the reserva- tion. The petition included four ob- jectioEs. The first was that the action Of the council was tacit recognition of an unlawful pursuit; the second, that the reservation would have blighting effect upon che other property in the neighborhood; the third, that the juxta- position of the proposed hot bed of vice to the depot would give the town an unprepossessing appearance to visitors :; no one would likely fall in love with Phoenix at first sight; the fourth, that many of the adjoining property owners were poor and their ruin would be con- pleted by the depreciation in the value of their property consequent upon the enforcement of the resolution.
 It would have been better for the crusade against block 41 if the second petition had remained unsubmitted. Its signers were property owners in the present tenderloin district who are 10th to give up their tenants. Many of the signers were mem bers of the French community who have bought property which they have leased to prostitutes. To be deprived of their tenants is to undergo a hardship which the council has no right to infict upon it's children
 The signers of the third petition fear that If the position of the council is maintained that block Al will become disreputable. They are opposed on principle to prostitution and recom- mend the council to stamp it out rather than to herd the wretched creatures in the wretched quarters which have been prepared for them.
 Against these petitions was one from other property owners and residents Of the Badlands urging the removal of the women.
 There WAS also communication from c. J. Beauvais, one of the signers of the second petition, withdrawing his name. There is material in MT. Beau vais out of which sugar trust senators are made. His eye is open to the profits accruing from current legisla- tion. His views concerning the pro- priety of making block Al a depot for prostitutes have undergone radical change, due it is uncharitably asserted to late little real estate deal by which he came into possession of two cheap lots in that block.
 Attorney Damron addressed the council for the petitioners but the re- verberations of his voice were broken by motion to disregard the petitions and enforce the resolution.
 The ordinance granting the Masten franchise was called up. It had been slightly amended and it was supposed that final action would be taken on it. A petition for it's passage by property owner along the proposed route was read and the room was filled with other property owners for and against it.
 Argument was cut short by Mayor Monihon's determination that the or dinance should be referred to it's con- m1ttaa