Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

Chalmers as the man who at the time
 with the Tempe people for the support
 or two bridges, made so forceful a plea
 to the south siders not to widen the
 chasm which separated the interests
 or the two sides of the river. Mir Chal-
 mers recounted some of the history of
 the attempts made at various times
 to bridge the Salt and argued that in
 order to best serve their own interests
 and the interests of the county those
 who are in favor of the Center street
 bridge should vote for one bridge and
 one only, and that at Center street.
 He said that he thought that the peo-
 pie of Phoenix were big enough and generous and magnanimous enough to
 help the people of Tempe to secure a
 bridge but that at the election today no man should take any chances and Jeopardize the Center street project by casting a vote for the bridge at Tempe He closed by pledging himself to do all
 in his power to secure a bridge at
 Tempe once bridge nearer Phoenix was assured. Before introducing the next speaker the chairman said that the attitude of MT. Chalmers was the same as the stand that had been taken
 by the entire committee of one hun dred and pledged the committee to help Tempe to secure a bridge
 Judge Ainsworth, the next speaker, showed the advantage which the bridge would be to the city of Phoenix and also referred to past history to show that Tempe had rejected offers for wagon bridges made by the railroads on the ground that the bridge would hurt the business of the merchants of Tempe. He depicted the past attitude of the people of Tempe on the ques- tion and expressed a doubt of their sin cerity in an attempt to secure any bridge. He then talked of improve ments in the system of roads and bridges and at the close of his remarks was greeted with an applause which showed how thoroughly the views he expressed were endorsed by the mass of people of the city.
 Next came former Governor Kibbey who said that his attitude had been somewhat changed since morning when he had had conversation with a man from Tempe who had said that the people of Tempe would remember those who voted for the Center street bridge. The ex-governor said that it was evil dently the intention of the people of Tempe to regard all advocates of the Center street site as their enemies and to wage political warfare upon them no matter what their politics and commercial business. He said that they had conducted more of a cam paign against the Center street bridge than they had for the Tempe bridge. The ex- governor closed with an appeal to the voters to support the Center street bridge.
 The last of the speakers was Dwight l B. Heard who gave a history of the movement for the Center street bridge which has covered almost two years and also produced the opinions of able 1 engineers which show that the site is in entirely feasible one
 The meeting last night was the | argest and most enthusiastic yet been | held and the number of people present 1 and the applause which greeted the | speakers indicated that the views 1 which they had expressed voiced more | fully the convictions of the voters than | had been indicated at any previous l time. The campaign throughout has | been well organized and hard fought | The count of the ballots today will put l an end to one of the most strenuous | and in some respects bitter campaign that has ever been fought in the 1