Arizona republican., 1911-05-19
For Paving City Streets Will
 Be Taken Today ABLE WORK 0F COMMITTEE
Plans and Specifications
 Placed on File with City Recorder Attorneys Per feet Property Holders
 Contract-Work to Start.

Following several days of work on the form of petition for paving. prop erty owners contract and the plans for the work. the committee of the paving association announced late last night. after an exhaustive ses- sion. that the petitions would be circulated this morning for the sig natures of the property holders in the district in which the Improvements VIII be made A widespread feeling of satisfaction prevails with the work of the committee and it is generally conceded throughout the. city that they have done the work entrusted tO them with thOrOughneSs and dis patch.
 Most of the property holders along the streets to be paved have al ready signified their hearty indOrSe- ment of the action of the council in accepting the resolution of the pay ing committee and have eN- pressed their intention to work in hearty cooperation with the com mittee and the contractor in further ing and expediting the paving. It
  sented this morning will be prompt ly signed. and although there is no way of determining the percentage of property holders who will hold back their immediate consent to the work. there is reason to believe that it will be exceedingly small.
 Referring to the work of the city council. the paving committee and the style of pavement selected for Phoenix. Judge Edward Wells of Prescott. one of the largest property holders in the citH who has visited here during the last two days, said yesterday:
 T am greatly pleased with the work of the paving committee. and also with the favorable bid secured on such a high class of paving as bithulithic. As soon as the peti- tiOns are circulated I will be ready to sign paving contracts for the frontage of all my property on Adams and Washington streets"
 From present indications the first paving done will include twenty-twO blocks instead of nineteen. as was stated some time ago. The body Of
  of the streets is constantly increas- ing in number. and the scope Of the work which was included in the first plans of the engineers may be in creased as the time for beginning active construction draws near. The value of the pavement to the city Tn giving il the appearance of prosperity and in doing away with the mud which has made the streets unpleas ant for pedestrians and unsuitable for heavy hauling during the rainy months. is gaining increased recOs- nition. and there is little doubt that the extent of the paving will be car ried far beyond the bounds at pres ent set for it.
 The legal advisors of the paving committee have been working with Mr Conway. the representative of the Barber Asphalt company in per fecting the property holders contract which will be submitted in the near future. and it was learned yesterday that Arthur H Ellis of Los Angeles. attorney for the Barber Asphalt com pany. and man of wide experience in the laws governing city paving. will arrive in Phoenix today to con fer with the city attorneys on the legal aspects of the matter. It is eN- pected that his services will be of great help in forwarding the early completion of the property holders contracts.
 The completed plans and specified tions which have been checked and eNaInined in every detail by the en- sineers employed by the paving com mittee. have been placed on file with the city recorder. All questions of grade and drainage have been set tied, and the engineers are unanl- mously of the opinion that it would be impossible to devise a more per feet and practical set of plans for the paving of the city than those now on file in the city hall.
 IL is generally believed by those