Arizona republican., 1909-04-18

900 acres interested in the building of the Center street bridge.
 Another point he made was the wrong inference given in the Tempe advertising concerning the flood of 1891. quotations being made from the Phoenix Herald of that year and month. The facts stated were true as every old resident knows but the in ference is. wrong, the flood in the first place coming from broken canal banks above and not from stoppage of the water at Center street. The fair ground mentioned in that advertising was on the river bank and not the fair ground people now think of. Finally the judge said. when the water backs up from a bridge on Center street, Tempe will already have been drown ed out and the bodies of the dead will be picked up at the Center street crossing.
 Supervisor Hoghe was called upon and made a good but short talk. He first inquired if any Tempe people were present and if so he wanted them to note carefully what he said for he had heretofore been misquoted by some of them. He said that officially. as a member Of the board of super visors he was in favor of one bridge or two bridges or whatever the people voted for and would pledge himself to carry out their wishes. Personally he said he was in favor of the Center street site. had land across the river as did many others. He said he also had | inf all hn "a road, but right is right and wrongs nobody and he believed the people who live south of the river and would have to travel thirteen miles to Tempe. put their horse in a Tempe livery stable, come to Phoenix on a train and then go back the same way, in time of high water, are entitled to consideration. and especially as they are willing to make up personal acreage bonus in addition to their taxes. He also said he had noted that without a bridge the Tempe people had to travel the road south of the river as far as Gray's crossing or Seventh street, large part of the year anyway and it did not seem to be as long to them as it does when they talk against the Center street bridge.
 Mir. Goodrich spoke of his interests being in Phoenix and he admitted that he was selfish to the extent that a bridge would help Phoenix by adding to her trade from the people on the 35,OO0 acres south of the river, who naturally wanted to come here any how. He thought with the interest of Phoenix at heart and with the justice to the settlers in mind, there could be but one answer.
 Another point made by some of the speakers was that Manager Dav1e of the sugar factory said that representa- tives of a large German colony had been here to see him and told him that they wanted to settle on the south side lands and would do so if the bridge were built but that they would not do so if they had to be cut off from their natural business center a large part of the year. A similar pro- ject is under consideration with an Italian colonization society in New York which is looking for homes for large number of agricultural Italian families. The question of settling up the valley with real farmers is the one that now confronts it. As one speaker remarked there are more gentlemen farmers here now than anywhere on earth but hundreds of actual dirt dig ging. farming farmers, with families who live on the soil, are needed here and every possible encouragement must be given them.