Arizona republican., 1908-05-15

acre for all of the land now owned
 by it in blocks No. 22-27; being the
 block on which the public building is
 located and the next block immedi-
 ately south. The Tempe Land & Improvement company has accepted
 this proposal, SO as the matter now
 stands, this land can be decided be-
 tween the two schools so that each
 will receive the property it desires
 and the division will be about as fol-
 lows:
 The land contains, approximately
 9.35 acres, of this the public school
 should have about If acres. and the
 high school the balance, being approx
 imately, 795 acres.
 This site for the high school, when
 laid out. will consist of tract of
 land 700 feet. north and south. facing
 on Mill avenue, lying directly south
 of the present public school building, and will be 475 feet deep. east and
 west. The Tempe Land x Improve ment company agrees to open a street on the south side and on the east
 side of the land, and no charge is
 to be made for the acreage in these streets.
 The high school board, as well as the district board believe this is pre- ferable to any other that can be had, for a number of reasons:
 l. By having the high school To- cated near the district school, the two schools can be conducted under the management of a joint principal, which will result in a large saving of salary, each year, to the district.
 2 By having the two schools so located. the buildings of both schools can be heated by one central heating plant. which will be a great saving to both schools.
 3. Pupils in the advanced grade of the district school can, whenever it is so desired. take work in the man ual training department, the domestic science departm. mt, and other depart mcnts of the high school, without any inconvenience to themselves or to the management of either of the schools.
 The high school building will be To- cated within a few hundred feet of the large water mains of Tempe, Mnltn Will llldht lllt tA Dt-lASt bA lll' necessary connection for fire protec- tion, much less than it would be in case the school building were located elsewhere, and at the same time the protection afforded will be much bet ter and the insurance rate on the building and contents reduced propor- 
 ,. At this location, sewer connec- ton. for the high school, can as soon as a sewer system for Tempe has been installed, be made at much less expense than could be done in with any other site pro- posed.
 6. This location is not only cen trally located and convenient for all of the patrons of the high school dis trfct: but. the surroundings are greatly superior to those of any other site proposed.
 :. The shape of the land to be acquired is much preferable to that of any other site proposed. It being as above stated. approximately, 700 feet in length. north and south, and 47j feet in width, east and west, with a hundred foot street, Mill avenue, on the west, 10th street, approximately. 100 feet in width. on the south, and Myrtle avenue. = feet in width, on the east Add to these the fact that the soil is first class, the title per feet. that it carries a full pro rata of water in the Tempe canal, that. there are no undesirable surroundings or buildings of any kind tD mar the beauty of the site, it is believed that price is reasonable and that it is not possible to find d more suitable To- cation.
 S. The purchase price of this tract is reasonable when compared with the value of other lands in the vicin- ity of this site. Within one year, last past, land within about 800 feet north of this site, sold at the rate of nearly s4OOO per acre, and land within 1000 feet northwest of this site sold, within the past year, at the rate of $l2OO Der acre. and even these prices, were, and are, considered very reasonable for the property for which they were paid. and were it not for the fact that the two schools, acting together, and taking all of the land in these two blocks. now owned by the im- company, 1t would be lm- possible to buy the land, which either of them would need for its purpose for so reasonable a price as that at which the land can now be had; that the price of this site is reasonable is shown by the fact, that at least. two of the progressive busi- ness men of Tempe, have said-that they would be glad to take the land included in this site and pay for it at the rate of $500 per acre. and that they would consider it a first class investment at that price.
 The only other site that has been to the board is a piece of and. approximately. 900 feet in width, north and south, 14O0 feet in length, east and west. located in a field. east Df Goldman's addition, and facing on what is known as the Nichols Road which has been offered as a site at the rate of $500 per acre, no streets included, so that streets on south and north sides would have to be cut off )f site.
 This site is located as will be seen ,r,,,, +ba abox-a annrpvirp1tplV one