Arizona republican., 1909-09-25
CENTER STREET BRIDGE
 HANGING IN THE AIR
NO SELECTION OF PLANS BE-
 FORE OCTOBER 4.
Chairman Hoghe, With the Deciding
 Vote, Is Undecided.

Exactly three months and q half had passed yesterday since the tax payers of the county had voted for a Center street bridge. Still no plans for the structure have been adopted and none will be within the next ten days. But the matter is now up to Supervisor Hoghe, and he is filled with a sense of his responsibility.
 Yesterday was the time set for the opening of the report of the advisory board. consisting of J. C. Mcclure, F. s. Cobb and A. l.. Sonderegger. to whom the nine sets of plans sub mitted to the board had been turned over for selection. The board was di- vided as to the selection, but was united on the elimination of all plans except two, those of Mayberry and Parker of Los Angeles and Knipe and Davis of Phoenix.
 MT. Mcclure recommended the adoption of the former. without refer ence to any others that had been offered. Mir. Cobb favored the May berry Parker plans, mainly on the ground that they provided for a con- crete construction, which would grow stronger each year, while the steel construction proposed by Knipe Davis would deteriorate year by year He doubted whether a bridge could be constructed on the Knipe and Davis plans within the appropriation of S95.OOO
 These plans. however. were accom- panied by a letter from H. J. Burt of the American Bridge company of New York, saying that the bridge could be built of a length of 2,50O feet. accord ing to the specifications. for s91. 900, and it could be given a length of 2,90O feet for s93,000. Either of these sums would include s4,000 for the construction of the approaches to the bridge.
 Though MT. Cobb favored the May berry Parker plans, he did not think that a bridge built according to them would be strong enough, though they met the requirements set forth in the advertisement for bids. This require ment was that the bridge should sus- tain a load of fifty pounds to the foot and a forty-ton car. In the opinion of Mir. Cobb the bridge should sus- tain a weight of 100 pounds to the foot
 Mir. Mayberry agreed that the bridge would probably not be strong enough according to his plans. which had been drawn to conform to the specifications, but said that the gird- CTS could be sufficiently strengthened to sustain a weight of eighty pounds to the foot and a sixty-ton car at an additional cost of $1,000: he would guarantee that the entire cost of the bridge according to remodeled plans would come within the appropriation
 This question was broupht up, which resulted in the hanging up of the matter Judge Baker. who repre- sented Knipe & Davis. disputed. the right of the board to permit a re- modelling of the plans. and his view was accepted by Chairman Hoghe of the board. the only member of the board not committed to any plans Supervisor Hunsaker had declared for the Knipe & Davis plans. while Su- pervisor Orme had moved the adop- tion of the Mayberry- Parker plans.
 Mir Sonderegger of the advisory board had opposed the Mayberry- Parker plans for two reasons. One was that they would not give a bridge of sufficient strength and the other that the bridge could not be built within the appropriation.
 This was the shape in which mat ters stood at the end of the morning session. The board met again in the afternoon. Thomas Armstrong, jr., appeared for the Mayberry and Park CT plans. saying that he represented the bonus subscribers.
 He dwelt on the fact that two members of the advisory board had recommended the Mayberry- Parker plans. while only one had favored the Knipe & Davis plans. He was met by the statement that so far as the recommendations went the situation was that of a dog fall; while Mir Mcclure had recommended the May berry Parker plans and Mir. SOnde- regger had favored the Knipe & Davis plans, MT. Cobb had pointed out de- fleets in both, SO that after all the question was before the board of su- pervisors the same as if there had been no advisory board. Against this view it was shown that MT. Cobb had expressed a preference for the plans of Mayberry and Parker. al- though he had suggested a strength ening of the girders. which MT May berry said could be done within the appropriation
 MT. Hoghe said that he was not prepared to cast the deciding vote and would not do it yesterday The ...n4.o. ,,-nc ti,or, laid o.,,o,. mill On-