Arizona republican., 1909-06-22
PLANS ASKED
FOR BRIDGE
Which Is TO Be Of Concrete
Type
STYLE 0CCAS|0NEO DISPUTE
Action Taken Yesterday by
the Board of Supervisors
After the Canvass of the
Returns of the Late
Bridge Election.
STYLE OCCAS|ONED DISPUTE

The board of supervisors met yes
terday to canvass the vote Of the bridge
election and to take the next step to-
ward carrying out the will of the vot-
ers if it should turn out that they had
expressed a wish in favor of a bridge
at the foot of Center street. some more
or less well defined rumors to the eff
feet that they haj. having come to
the board. The rumor was verified.
Out of a total of 1890 votes cast it
was found that there were S376n favor
of the Center street bridge and 361
against it; there were III votes for the
Tempe bridge and 275 against it; there
were 426 votes for any site to get a
bridge but Center street was the only
one that topped that figure. No cleo
tions were held at Johnstone, Mellow
ell. Wicllenburg No. and ella Bend.
In none of those precincts was the
bridge matter a burning question.
one thing that it was thought might
be done yesterday but was not, was
the selection by the board, of an en-
gineer to superintend the construction
on the part of the county. There were
three engineers present, Architect Nor
ton, Ben Davis and f. L. Mayberry
Of Mavberry and Parker of Los Ange-
les. 1t was finally decided that the
engineer should be selected by com
petition. Aspirants should submit
plans and the board would adopt what
it thought the best and make the au-
thor Of tho p1apc tho anCipaor-
There was some discussion in the
board as to the restrictions to be PAT
upon bidders. whether the plans should
be limited to a bridge of the concrete
type or should be left open to bridges
of all types. though the petition to the
board for the calling of an election
had especially specified a concrete
bridge
Finally with the aid of the district
attorney a form of advertisement for
plans confined to the concrete type
was prepared, in substance as follows:
The construction shall begin at
point at the north bank of Salt river,
due south as may be practicable of
Center street. The bridge shall extend
south across the river and to be, to-
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end and the rip-rap and protection of
the bank on the north side of the riv-
er at a point on the north half of sec
lon twenty. T l n, r e, c. S. r.
b. & NJ. Line.
The bridge to be a wagon and foot
bridge of concrete reinforced with
steel These plans to be complete in
every detail and accompanied by full
specifications setting forth in full the
material to be used and their con-
stituent parts and estimated time re-
CURED to complete the same; said bids
to be submitted on a competitive basis
to the board of supervisors Said
bridge not to exceed in cost the sum
of 1895. 900. 00)-($5O. 0OO.O00) of which
the county of Maricopa is to paw and
be responsible for, the balance of
which said sum of 1895. OOO.O00) being
raised by subscription and bonus
The amount of premium to be
awarded to the architect whose plans
and specifications may be adopted
shall be per cent of the cost of the
bridge; 215 per cent to be paid on the
adoption of the plans and specified
tons. the balance of az to be paid on
the completion of said bridge and the
acceptance thereof.