Arizona republican., 1899-10-09
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.

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TEMPE.
Theo Dickinson and wife were call
ers in Phoenix yesterday.
Chris Sigala and Ned Reynolds drove
over to the ball game at Phoenix yes
terday.
John Nets of Mesa was q Sund;i y
visitor among his Tempe friends.
T. E. Flanagan of Phoenix spent
Sunday in Mesa.
Philo Ozanne, one of Tempe's most
popular young men, spent last evening
in Mesa.
The Mexican consul Senior Navarro.
spent yesterday visiting friends i"
Tempe
H. B. Griffin and Jim Gilliland are
expected back from the hot springs
On his return Mr.. Griffin will resume
carrying the rural mail.
Mrs Stelzreide is back from Califor-
mia, where she has been for the past
four months. While there Mrs. Stelz-
reide spent five weeks in DR.. Stewards
private hospital in Los Angeles in
which place she had a very delicate
operation performed. Mrs. Stelzreide
since leaving the hospital has enjoyed
the best of health.
l yesterday from St Johns and joined
the rest of the family. Miss Greer viii
re-enter the normal today.
climbing the butte" at the opening
of each school year is one of the young
peoples favorite pastimes. Several
couples assembled its heights yesterday
morning and after spending several
hours around the summit, viewing the
surrounding countrJ. the young ladies
became very dizzy, but at last they
reached the foot of the trail and soon
revived.
The following is a letter from Civil
Engineer ]. B. Lippincctt of Los
Angeles, in regard to the cost of put
ting in a water system for Tempe:
Los Angeles. Cal. Oct. 6, 1888.
Hon. John Knight. Tempe. A. T.
Dear Sir: In compliance with
request to make an estimate on the
cost of the proposed water supply sys
tenn for Tempe, A. T, l have prepared
as careful an estimate as possible,
from the specifications as published in
the Tempe News of September Is, sd.
using the present market prices of
pipe, etc, and have obtained a total
of S29, $500 I. therefore think the bid
of SIS. is less than the city can
build the work for. if the present prices
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tanned.
Very truly yours.
+ j. 3. LIPPINCOTT"
The Tempe water works bonds form
the rock over which perhaps the great
est fight in the history of the town is
being waged. The contest has attract /
ed the attention of the whole valley as
well as other points in the territory.
The Republican yesterday morning
published an article for the bond sup
porters. In the manifesto of those. who
are opposing the bonds it was noticed
that the people of Tempe were happy
and contented. This was true once.
but not so now. There was a time not
long ago when the sun arose each
morning and set each night on one OF
the treasure territory's fairest cities
where all was harmony, where peo-
pies hearts beat in unison, where all
in concerted action in the towns foun-
dation. placed cornerstone here and
there and added the touch Of beauty
everywhere. But one morning there
arose man who had had dream 1t
is not known what that dream was
but the heart of the man was changed
He impaired his dream to a few
other men and 10. their hearts changed
also A question was up to vote some
city water bonds and thereby give the
little city of Tempe the greatest up
ward movement it had ever received
An election had been called. not be
cause it was supposed that any one
vas opposed to them, but because it
was required by law. Never in all the
storms of water agitation was any one
heard to be opposed to the town bond
ing itself for city water. The men of
changed hearts declared the bonds
must be defeated and they took sol
enn VOW to talk the town to a stand
stiIl 10 accomplish their aim. Now it
IS declared the people of Tempe are not ]
happy and contenUed, but are greatly
wrought up that such a thing should ,
come to pass.
The manifesto published in The Re .
publican set forth that the water sup {
ply would be insufficient. It is not in +
ferred from this that the manifesto 7
meant what it said, as after follows the Y
statement that everybody knows G
that plenty of water could be secured v
at the proposed well. The argument s
finally brought out in this part of the g
article is to the effect that the water =
would be none other than common v
river water. This is a good argument 2
and the only one advanced against the
proposition. There is moth
ing in the specifications stating that +
the well will be sunk to the lower c
stratas Of gravel to secure pure water. 5
Whether intended or an oversight on L
the part of Mr.. Sturtevant at the time o
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