Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-02

making that entrance to the city thor
ougly in keeping with the idea of
cleanliness. There are still some great
piles of brush drying in the sun, to
which the torch will be applied in a
day or two, removing the last insight
ly growth on that road.
Extensive improvements have been
made between where Fifteenth and
Nineteenth avenues come into the
Yuma road, making two more means
of passing from the Yuma road over
some thoroughfare which leads to
Grand avenue and the fair grounds. 1t
is planned to erect soon two or three
bridges across the canal leading from
the Yuma road south along that num-
Der of cross streets or avenues, increas-
ing the opportunities to get from the
West Capitol and and Capitol additions
to the Yuma road.
Superintendent Christy is endeavor-
ing to give the best possible sprinkling
service with the equipment at his COM
mand. He has nineteen sprinkling
wagons now and these are distributed
all over the city, and several of them
are run at night as well as during the
day He is hampered in his sprinkling
as well as in his street repair work by
a lack of teams, but even at that is
keeping several gangs of three men and
a team at work in various parts of the
city. Along many streets heretofore
never sprinkled he is sending sprinkl-
ing wagon over at least one a day and
this service in the absence of better is
proving very satisfactory. In fact there
are many streets in the outlying dis
tricts where sprinkling once each day
is really all that is necessary.
All of the old corporation of Phoenix
has been thoroughly gone over and
there is no present need Of further at
tention there. In the business district
the streets have been broomed and
great piles of loose dirt carted away. No
special work is required in the cleaning
of the cutters as this work is done
nightly by regular street cleaning
gangs. A considerable amount of ca
liche has been distributed along Wash
ington street, both east and west, and
many dips have been eliminated.
The Phoenix Street Railway com
pany has materially aided in placing
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condition by giving attention to the
condition of the roadbeG between the
tracks Many holes have been filled
in, in some instances sand and oil be-
ing applied, and in others caliche be
ing used.
1t is expected that the strip Of North
Central avenue which is in the course
of reconstruction, running from RoOse-
welt street to Westmoreland Place, will
be opened in a day or two and Will re-
ceive during the following week su-
preme test of its stability, the autOmo-
bile traffic to and from the fair
grounds being, by order of the city au-
diverted to that street. The
work on this section of Central ave-
nue. was completed several days ago,
but the street remains closed in order
to give the oil an opportunity to thor
oughly bind the underlying material
In the eastern portion of the city
quite as much attention has been Civ
en- the streets as in that west of Cen
trail avenue, although there is still
much work to be done in the Brill and
Collins additions. No tree trimming
has been done in these sections and, in
fact, that portion Of the work can
hardly be said to have been more than
fairly begun. But the bitches have all
been cleaned with the possible eXcep-
ton of a few in the extreme northeast
section of the city and the chain gang
will soon be found at work upon the
untouched portions.
1t is little short of surprising and
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much personal interest property hold
ers in Phoenix are taking in the clean
up campaign and how heartily they
seem to be endeavoring to cooperate
with Mr. Christy in the work he has
In every section of the
city, trees are being trimmed upon
private property, lawn mowers are be-
ing worked overtime and rubbish bon
fires are being utilized wherever per-
nitted in the destruction of refuse ma
terial
The benefit to the city of Phoenix
rom this general movement for the
of the appearance of the
,ity streets and private property can
not be estimated in dollars and cents.
But it is certain that superintendent
Christy has shown himself eminently
able to cope with a situation which re-
Iuired the very energetic handling he
seems to have expended upon the
work. There is not city in the south
west today that can compare with
Phoenix in a generally cleanly appear
ince, and it behooves every citizen to
10 all within his or her power to make
t continue so.
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