Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-22
SILVER BELT IS RIGHT
To the Editor of the Silver Belt:

In an aftlCI6 relorrlnB 70 Cn6
 grading of Mesquite street, the
 statement In the Silver Belt of May
 21 reads that the pstition for grad
 ing Mtsquits street carried by tho
 mayor deciding tie vote. He did
 so, but it was deciding tie vote on
 a motion made by Alderman Rose
 to grade Mesquite street from
 Broad to Hill street and along Hill.
 Trusting that your paper will cor
 rect the error in ths statemeny of
 councils action, am,
 Respectfully,
 ,. W. HoaUE.
 While the action of council was not clearly stated in the report of the pro csedings on the Mesquite street grad ing matter, the records of the city clerk show that on motion of Alder man Rose it was decided to grade Mes quite street and Hill street in accord ance with the petitions before the coun- cil. This motion was carried. There were three petitions up for considera- tion. One to grade Mesquite street be- tween Broad and Hill; one to grade Mesquite street between Cedar and Sutherland, and stil another to grads Hill street between Cedar and Mes quite. In accordance with this action there is little doubt that work will be commenced at an early date and that the streets named will be put in first class condition. If, as Mir. Hogue states, council had adopted motion to grade Mesquite from Broad to Hill, it would be necessary to terracs Mesquite at the junction of H.ll, provide steps for pedestrians and force vehicles com. ing up Mesquite street around the hill by way of Hill street to Bailey or by Hill street to Cedar. Council would scarcely give such demonstration of stupidity.
 K Mesquite street is one of the city's most important thoroughtsres. Its i'm provement should be courtsd and en. outraged by every citizen. It should be graded properly and without regard to the individual objections of this property owner CT that property owner In making streets, individual whims cannot be satisfied. If property 1t dam. aged, owners have recourse through the medium of the courts, But in review ing Mesquite street conditions we can not see where only good and profit will come to the property owners abuttihs that portion of the thoroughfare over which improvements ara contemplated Property owners may be compelled tc expend a little money to adjrst the., holdings to the new condition, but foI every dollar expended two will be re turned in enhanced values. These art facts that cannot bs successfully con tradicted. If there was gradual, reg ular, even grade running from Broad street to Sutherland street, Mesquite street would early become one of thu best thoroughfares in the city. It lead' from the heart of the business district into one of Globes most attractive resi dential sections. Its improvement would encourage the building of fn' homes all over that section of the city from Mesquite street to the Noftsgei hil schoolhouse. At least 200 feet of tht thoroughfars extending from Broad eas' is natural business property and if th' city is properly graded this frontage will be early covered with prstentiou' business houses, as will West Mesquit' in a very short time. The Silver Bel in the past has refrained from takins any part in this controversy, but now that council has decided to improve th' street, as we understand to Sutherland we wish to heartily commend the action sincere in the belief that we are actini in the best interest of the city as whole and the property owners dtrectl, interested, despite the fact that ther' has been and still Is some kicking.