Arizona republican., 1910-01-26
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
 IOF BRIDGE SUPPORTERS
COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH
 BOARD OF CONTROL.
To Take Up the Matter of the Use of the Money Raised By the
 Last Levy.

The meeting of the board of trade Monday evening was attended not only by the directors of the board, but by a score or more of the citizens of the town. It was announced that the meeting would be held for. the purpose of looking into the bridge status at the present time, and as this is a matter of general interest and one in. which the people of Tempe are especially concerned, the large attendance was not unexpected.
 It will be remembered that after the bridge election last spring d com mittee known as the Tempe execu- tive bridge committee" was appointed, consisting of w. J. Kingsbury. chair man; J. B. Cook, A. J. Peters. Niels Petersen and Chas. Woolf. It was expected of this committee that it would keep an eye on things relative to the building of a bridge here and would do what it could to keep the ball rolling.
 The principal matter to come up before the meeting Monday night was the report of the chairman of this committee. The people of this com tO Nhdt has become of the thirty odd thou sand dollars that was raised by the special levy of 25 cents last fall, and why it can not be now used in start ing the work of the Tempe bridge.
 Mir. Kingsbury spoke at some length on the matter and said that he did not think the board of control showed any inclination to start work on the bridge until the full amount of money necessary for the completion of the work had been raised, which will be somewhere in the neighborhood of d year from now. The sentiment at the meeting was that if this be the case, some assurance should be given Tenn pc that this money now on hand will be kept safely intact until the bal ance is raised. It is feared by some that the board may show a disposi- tion to use this money in preliminary surveys on the various good road movements throughout the territory and on the Gila bridge. This, it is feared. may be done with the ex- pectation that what is taken from the Tempe bridge fund at this time will be repaid next year from the fund derived from the other counties.
 The sentiment of the meeting was unanimous that if there is any pos sible way to avoid this. that is the one thing at present to be done. That money was raised with the distinct understanding that it was to be ex- pended in the construction of a bridge here.
 The meeting passed a motion that the Tempe executive bridge commit tee meet with the board of control as soon as possible. and after that conference, report the results to 9 general meeting of Tempe citizens. This meeting will not take place until early in February, as Governor Sloan is at present in Washington and will not return until the first of the month.
 Incidentally, when the committee is ready to make it's report a meeting of the stockholders in the Tempe board of trade will be called, together with the citizens, most of whom, by the way, are members of the board. and the annual election of officers will take place at that time.
 As soop as the committee is able to hold it's meeting with the board of control and as soon thereafter as possible the date of the meeting at which the report will be made and the new officers elected will be an- nounced.