Arizona republican., 1908-05-01
THE INCORPORATION OF
 A BRIDGE COMP PANY '
Dwight B. Heard States the Progress
 Toward a Salt River Bridee-A Joint Meeting With Tempe Probable.

the north and the soutn sides of the
 river located at the foot of Center street, are developing very satisfac
 torily. The persons particularly inter-
 ested in the bridge at this point are
 the property owners south of the river and the people of the city of Phoenix,
 both of whom would undoubtedly be
 materially benefited by such a bridge Several meetings of the property owners south of Phoenix have been held to consider the best means of raising a fund to be prepared to as-
 sist the county in constructing
 bridge at this point. Tuesday a very largely attended meeting was held at the office of Dwight B. Heard at which plans for the organization of a com l pany to be known as the Phoenix and South Side Bridge company. were for
 mulated.
 The principal object of this com
 pany is to raise funds to assist the county in building this bridge and the movement has the unanimous support of~the owners of about 24000 acres south of Phoenix whose numbers are steadily being augmented by others who believe in the desirability of a | bridge at this point.
 The articles of incorporation have been prepared by Judge Thomas Arm strong and Judge Edward Wells of Prescott. the latter being one of those l particularly interested in the move ! ment. owing to his large holdings of land on the south side. The com mittee in charge of the work has al-
 ready had complete survey and cross section made of the river south of
 Phoenix. showing that the construction
 of a bridge is exceedingly feasible. and is now having a careful estimate worked out by the engineers.
 Owing to the enterprise shown by
 the people on the south side of the river in favor of making this cash sub scription the cost to the county of the
 project will be brought down to a very low figure. Dwight B. Heard, who has been particularly interested in this
 matter. was seen yesterday by a Re publican reporter at his office and he stated that "the more the project of a bridge across the Salt river was con- sidered the more desirable to the in- terested parties seemed the crossing at South Center street. This would connect directly with the Center street boulevard and would offer visitors to the valley a good crossing of the river which would avoid the long and shade less stretch of desert ride hy the pres ent route to Tempe, as with the eX- ception of the half mile in the actual crossing of the rough lands near the river. the entire journey to Mesa pass ing through Tempe. would be along a road already finely improved and well graded. shaded the larger portion of the way by well developed shade trees and bordered on each side of the road by an exceedingly prosperous agricul- tural section.
 T thing that as our friends from Tempe" said Mir Heard. consider this matter more carefully they will be in clined to support the Center street crossing rather than that at Tempe. and later on it is proposed to have a meeting with the Tempe people so that if possible their support for the Center street bridge may be secured
 MT. Heard further stated that an- other meeting of those interested in the incorporation of the Phoenix and South Side Bridge company would be held in his office at 10 o'clock Tues day morning, May 5th, at which the articles of incorporation of the pro- posed bridge association and other matters of interest will be presented
 Two types of bridge have been con- sidered; one a steel structure built on cement caissons. similar to the one crossing the Gila river. and another built of concrete steel spans. Both bridges proposed would be sixteen feet in width. sufficient to allow easily the passage of an electric car and loaded wagon at the same time