Arizona republican., 1910-11-29

just twice the amount of that to the north
 If it were not a scheme from the | beginning tO issue only bonds enough
 to finish the south end. it became ap- [ parent soon after construction com
 menced that the s30OOO of bonds was
 not sufficient to build the road The belief that certain interests in the south are insisting that the work | be completed in their section and the north end be left to raise unaided the entire deficit seems to be further sup | ported by the attitude of the south in
 the recent mass meetings. They insist
 that the trustees shall ignore all claims of economy and the rights of the north ern property holders and build solely for their benefit
 Special pressure has been brought upon the trustee in the middle district
 to induce him to join with the
 trustee from the south and ignore ut | terly the rights of the north This trustee has given a large part of his {, time fore the past two years to the work connected with this boulevard.
 and that without compensation. In doing so he has been compelled to hire extra service to carry on his own busi- ness at an expense he could in afford His services have been intelligent, , faithful and efficient And yet the spe-
 cial interests have not heSitated to at
 tack him personally, threatened to in
 jure his business. and force him to an
 improper use of his office.
 At the last meeting called this
 trustee was unsparingly denounced and
 vilified by MT. Chalmers for not yield
 ing. An attempt was also made 10 en-
 list the city journals in this persecu-
 ton. The papers did give cOuntenance 3 tO the movement and made the state
 ment on transformation that so per
 cent of the taxpayers wanted the
 change. and one of them added that
 majority Of 80 per cent should have its
 way, even if wrong. The same logic would justify the murder of all the martyrs ever burned at the stake. The majority can be depended upon to do
 right. if not misled.
 have gone so much into detail that
 the case may be fully understood by
 the public. The south end not only con-
 trolled in determining the amount of | an assessed valuation basis for the
 raising of funds instead of using a , frontage or acreage plan. If the bond
 issue was too small. the blame must | lay with the south.
 The majority of the trustees in push
 ing the work from the north end are
 simply doing their duty towards the entire district. They are building the , road after the most approved manner. and in the most economical way pOsSi-
 b,e. If the south end will cooperate with the people living north of the Grand canal and with the majority of the trustees the road will be a finished piece of work. complete from Phoenix
 tO the Arizona canal If the south enders have their way. as evidenced in
 the recent mass meetings. nothing will
 result but additional expense. delay and an incOmpleted piece of work
 : As to a contribution by Phoenix. As municipality it cannot contribute as a people it can.
 Central avenue is only a part of a grand boulevard. the building of which under way. It runs from Phoenix north tO the Arizona canal; thence east on the south bank of that canal tO the new crOsscut. south on the east bank of the crOsscut to a point on the state road west of Tempe. and west on the state road tO PhoeniX-in all about thirty miles. It will be pleasure drive which in all essentials of road way and scenery will not be excelled by any within my knowledge.
 Phoenix people will use this drive
 way more than all others combined. and Phoenix people will not hesitate
 to contribute towards it's construction W. A. WOOLSEY.