Arizona republican., 1910-04-28
MAYOR APPOINTS COMMITTEE
Effort Will Be Made to Raise s3000 Today By Popular Subscription, That Being Half of Dam age Bill Demanded

The city council held another meet of progess between the Buckeye rail road builders and the citizens of the Irvine addition who are objecting to the right ofway being granted the rail- road company along Buchanan street The result was a report of partial ar engagement of the controversy whereby the citizens can most of them be paci- fled with purse Of $6.000 or there about. One-half of that amount the company has available and stands ready to give and the other half it is proposed to endeavor to raise by a popular subscription among the citi- zens of Phoenix. To hasten the con clusion of the controversy the mayor was requested to appoint committee subscription today. He named the fol lowing gentlemen: Dwight E. Heard. chairman; Frank A. Stewart, Elliot Evans. J. s. Griffin. Sims Ely. The or dinance granting the right -of-way was given its second reading and unanIm- ous consent to suspend the rules and place on final passage being refused by Councilman Hackett. the council ad- journed to meet again tonight. when it is hoped the subscription will be raised and opposition to the ordinance will b.. dssipated
 All members of the council We're present except MT. Campbell. and the session opened by report from H. NJ Lewis. representing the board of trade. as to the result of his conference with the citizens owning property on Bu- ehanan street in the Irvine addition. He said they first placed a valuation on their property of about S30.000 and said they would accept some SI0.00e or si1.- 900 as damages. or they would sell out for little less than s35.000. exclusive of one property they were unable to in clude in the negotiations. MT Lewis told them he thought the damage bill was too high. Later he got the mayor and three councilmen together with
 
 over the ground. after which the prop erty owners were induced to revise their valuation to approximately see.- o0o for the property in question. and having done so the question of getting together began to look more feasible. Mir. Lewis said he thought the rail road would be willing to try and raise about 9 per cent of that valuation one way or another. as damages for the improved property After more or less discussion the owners agreed to take approximately ss.000 for their damages to the improved property and cease their opposition to the franchise The railroad people announced that they had S3000 they could pay in that di- rection. but nothing else available that they could offer. All concerned were interested in the road and it was sug- gested that the other SS.00o could be raised by general subscription. and the conference ended by the decision t. ask the mayor at the evening session of the council to appoint a committee for that purpose.
 The council at tonight's session will probably have votes enough to pass the francise ordinance over Coun- cilman Hackett's head. but none of the members want to do an injustice to the owners who believe they will be damaged. But now that the two in- terests have practically got together on terms the council very much desires to see the money raised for the benefit of the property owners. and raised to- day. so the franchise can be promptly granted tonight and the railroad nro- ject proceed with the greatest possible expedition If the money is not forth there will probably be further delay and the time for acting on the part of the railroad company is getting perilously short