Arizona republican., 1910-11-03
CENTRAL AYE.
 CONTROVERSY Status ot Road Improve.
 ment Situation DISTRICT HAS TROUBLES
It Is Believed, Though, That They Can Be Set tied to the Satisfaction of All Concerned, Including Those on the Outside.

Special road district No. l, which is
 the official name of Central avenue
 Arizona canal and a quarter of mile each side, and which contains a proper
 ty valuation of $254,O25 as shown by
 the books of the assessor a couple of
 years ago or thereabout, bonded itself
 for $3O,00O to improve Central avenue
 and make it a boulevard from the city
 line to the canal. The work was un-
 dertaken approximately a year ago and
 today but a small part Of the road has
 been built; rather, if all plans carry 1t
 will two weeks hence have been com
 pleted for two and five -eighths miles
 from the north, or canal, end toward
 the city. There have been many de-
 lays in construction which there is no
 intention of referring tO at this time
 except to say that they have been un-
 fortunate and have created a feeling
 of unrest among the property owners
 of the district, especially those of the
 south end.
 It now becomes apparent that the
 fund originally raised will be insuffi-
 cient to complete the entire four and
 a quarter miles yet to be built, and
 that if present plans are continued the
 money will be expended before that
 part of the road most used will be reached. The property in the first two
 and a quarter miles of the road north
 of the city is valued at much higher hat in d. ing to the assessments, must pay near so per cent of the entire cost of the bond issue and the interest on bonds. the first mile and a quarter paying over 50 per cent of the total bill It is also quite evident that the south end of the road is used much more than the north end of it, and that it's condi ton is most deplOrable. In the govern ment of the district it has been the very fair custom to elect one trustee from the north end, one from the cen- tral part and one from the southern part. The present trustees are Fred G. WOOlsey, F.. NJ. Lams0n and Dwight B. Heard
 These statements of fact will make clear the present attitude of the south enders" which is that work should be stopped at the north end as soon as the portion now under construction is fin ished, and that the rest of the money be expended on the south end so that the road built will give the best serv- ice for the expenditure and SO those | who stand the major part of the expense | will get a benefit more nearly com | with their outlay. To this | end the following resolution was pre- | sented to the trustees Monday by MT. l Heard:
 Resolved, That as soon as the road | on which we are now working is opened | for traffic, that in compliance with the | petition presented to this board by | property owners, we commence work at | the south end of our district working | north and that as soon as one mile of | this road from the south end of the | district has been completed we start | an organized plan to raise sufficient | additional money to fully complete the i roadway in first class shape from the city limits to the Ari- zona canal. In raising this additional | $6 per acre to be subscribed | by the owners of the 1,260 acres in the | road district lying north of the Grand | canal, who at present pay a compara- lively small proportion of the actual 1 cost of the road The balance to be se cured through the cooperation of the of Phoenix, those living in the road district south of the Grand canal, and the United States Indian serivce, which is at present exempt from any | of the cost of this road
 On the motion of MT. Lamson. sup ported by Mir. Woolsey, this resolution was laid on the table until the next meeting, to be held Saturday, Novem- Der ,.
 That is the Central avenue situation to date, about which there has been a great deal of inquiry recently, but it may be added that it has been learned that a movement is on foot whereby | the work may be completed over the hiatus" that will most surely be found between the north and south ends after the present money is all expended, pro- viding work is transferred to the south end at this time This is a movement, it is understood, fostered by the south but they want first to realize their share of the money they have already raised
 When Dwight B. Heard was asked morning if there were any troubles in connection with the con- struction of North Central avenue boulevard, he smiled and replied: SYes, lots of them. Things are not really in teresting unless there are troubles to overcome, and by good team play we