Arizona republican., 1909-06-12
\ M0VenentFOP a Bridge A|-
 ready Under Way PETITION IN CIRCULATION
For Another Election to Be Held in the Event That no Assistance Can Be Obtain ed Under the Territorial Highway Law.

Undiscouraged by their failure of the day before, the citizens of Tempe yesterday entered upon another cam- paign for a bridge and one that promises success. An organization was begun which was to be perfect ed at another meeting to be held last night. The organization is pro- ceeding along two lines, one of which will be followed to the bridge
 A petition has already been pre- pared and has been put in circula- tion calling for an election on the proposition of building a bridge at Tempe. Such an election may be called either underNhe general bridge law under which the election of Thursday was held or it may be call ed under the law for the construction of bridges at Tempe and the Agua Fria.
 In the meantime negotiations will be entered into for the construction bridge by the territory instead of by the county. The support of Phoenix was long ago pledged to such an en- terprise and it is thought that plan is the best. But if it should fail. there will be the county plan to fall back upon.
 There is some division of sentiment at Tempe on the subject. Objection is raised there to the territorial bridge on the ground that if it should be made a linl; in a territorial high way it. could not be used for an electric line. It has been argued though that that objection could be met.
 Two meetings Of the executive com mittee of the Center Street Bridge committee were held yesterday, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, on the subject of aiding Tempe and at the latter meeting the following resolution was adopted:
 As the time is getting short for the action of the territorial engineer and board of control to designate d territorial road through Maricopa county and as we deem it for the in terest of all the people of Maricopa county that we proceed at once to secure action by the board of control and territorial engineer in laying out a territorial road through Maricopa county, and whereas we believe that it is the sentiment of the people of q -4p'AAAN anu COullllg llldl territorial road should at once be designated as running from Phoenix by the way of the territorial asylum to Tempe, thence to Mesa.
 Now therefore, be it resolved that it is the unanimous sense of this committee that the territorial engin- eer and board of control be requested forthwith to establish a territorial highway beginning at Phoenix and running easterly by the way of the territorial asylum and Tempe to Mesa and that a territorial bridge be constructed across the Salt river at Tempe"
 Citizens of Tempe, who were in town yesterday were hopeful of se- curing a bridge in some way. They said that there had been a great change of sentiment on the south side, that is about Mesa and in the farming country south of Tempe on the subject of two bridges. They said that they would have preferred in the beginning to support a two bridge proposition but they had been warned that it would be vigorously opposed on that side of the river. They had been warned that if it should be adopted by Tempe both propositions would be fought.