Arizona republican., 1909-07-11
ENGINEER RECOMMENDS
 THE RAYMOND PLANS A LEGAL OBJECTION TO THEM
 RAISED. Board Will Decide Tomorrow What the Type of the Center Street
 Bridge Will Be.

The Center street bridge matter came before the board or supervisors again yesterday morning on the report of Territorial Engineer Grand. tC
 whom the four plans were submitted
 by Knipe & Davis; the Raymond Con crete Pile company of New York; R R. Ryan and Mayberry & Parker of Los Angeles had been referred for tab ulation and recommendation.
 There were present at the meeting the companies who had submitted the plans. or their representatives. and several citizens and taxpayers. Engi- neer Girand recommended the plans of the Raymond company for adoption on several grounds. The piles system and the proposed length of the bridge. 32OO feet. he believed, would give more room in the highest flood that had ever passed down the river.
 His objection to the Mayberry &, Parker plans was that they involved the bridging of only two-thiris of the river. while those of Knipe & Davis were open to the similar objection that it was proposed by them to bridge only three -fOurths of the river. MT. Grand did not believe that the causeway that would have to be built at either end of the bridge would be practicable, as they would lessen the room in which the flood would have to pass.
 The Ryan plans were for an arch type of bridge. while all the others for c-ir.rlar l. tic point of view the engineer believed that the arch type was to be recom- mended. but he did not believe it was the kind of a bridge that should be built over the Salt river. He found too. that the amount of cement and reinforcing steel called for by the plans at the present market price would exhaust the appropriation. leav- ing nothing for labor.s for he construc- ton of causeways and for other ex- pense which would attend construction. ? The engineer was further inclined to the Raymond company plans for the reason that they made provision for a trolley line across the bridge. while. as he said, the plans of Messers. Davis S Knipe did not
 After the report of the engineer had been submitted the meeting was ad- dressed briefly by the representatives of the different companies and by Messrs. B. A. Fowler and Thomas Armstrong. Jr. The latter said that he did not appear as an attorney or as a representative of any of the compa- nies. but as d taxpayer and d bonus payer.
 NIT. Armstrong, as a lawyer. was in clined to believe that the plans of the Raymond company, however excellent they might be, could not be accepted for the reason that they were patented. and if they were adopted all other bid ders would be excluded. He said that there had been one decision by the California courts in a case of this kind in bidding on public works.
 He asked MT. Seymour. the repre- sentative of the New York company. if other constructors would be allowed to make use of the plans of the company. MT Seymour replied that they would. but there would be a charge which. however, would not be prohibitive or 
 The board took no further action in the matter. but announced that it wanted an opinion from the office of the district attorney on the right of the board to adopt the Raymond plans That report will be submitted on Mon day morning, when it is probable a selection will be made.