Arizona republican., 1911-05-21

 COMMITTEE Attorney Adnires Initiative of Phoenix Business Men LEGAL QUESTIONS SETTLED Additional Signatures Add
 ed to Petition Yesterday Property Holders Con tracts Ready Tomorrow Council Meeting Deferred.
LEGAL QUESTIONS SETTLED

Finding the work of the paving
 committee. and the property holders contract, as they had been prepared
 by the attorneys for the paving asso- citation, entirely satisfactory. Arthur r. Ellis of Los Angeles. attorney for the Barber Asphalt company, who came to Phoenix last Ft iday to con Ter with Judge Joseph IT Kibbey and T. J. Prescott in matters touching the 1 legal phases of the business in hand. left last night for the coast Before | evening. he said:
 T have been very much pleased with the thorough manner in which i the plans and contracts have been prepared, and I want to say that Phoenix is fortunate in having men ! Of such responsibility and initiative ! at the head of the paving committee. ! During the short time of my stay I 1 have met MT. Heard. Judge Kibbey 1 and several others who have taken an i active part in formulating and per ] fecting the plans and contracts. and | they have impressed me as being | fully able and entirely willing to go ! to the bottom of the matter
 l It is a rare thing for our company 1 to find everything ready for us as We ! have found in Phoenix. As a general | thing city councils leave the expensive ! investigation for the contractor to ! make, "nd the plans and specified | tions are usually prepared by engi- | neers in his employ It has been a surprise and pleasure to me to come i here and find things in such perfect 1 condition. and l can't see that there
 is anything more for me to do. When 1 l came over from Los Angeles I in-
 tended to stay over until Monday | evening but I have found things in such condition that I can leave this
 evening
 This work in Phoenix. is. of course.
 only one of the contracts which will | be carried out by our company this summer. but the Barber Paving com pany is particularly anxious to lay a perfect pavement in Phoenix, in order
 to demonstrate the practicability and merit of Bitulithic to inc other cities
 Of the territory. which will without doubt be in need of similar improve ments as they grow in wealth and population. Tn this connection I have already assured the members of the | paving committee and the attorneys ] for the city that MT Conway. who | stands high with the heads of the | firm, is probably better fitted to take ! charge Of the work to be done here
 than any other man in the company, 1 and I am convinced that the pave l ment laid under his supervision will be of lasting satisfaction to the peo- | pie of the city.
 We expect to see everything go rapidly from this lime on. The plans are ready. and the contracts perfect in every detail. and there Is nothing left to be done. except for the prop | erty holders to sign the contracts for paving. and for the machinery to be brought in. and the actual work or , grading and construction started. have not the slightest feeling of doubt | concerning the ability of the paving committee to overcome the slight diff faculties which may arise frOp time ! to time. as the work goes on, for there are few projects carried through l to completion without minor and un- | forseen obstacles coming up.
 'I am favOrably impressed with the city of Phoenix. and I admire the energetic manner in which the citi- l zens have gone about the work of se- curing paved streets. They have taken
 the only sure course in pushing the matter strongly. and in refusing to | countenanCe delay. When the great influence the improvements will have
 in increasing the prosperity of the
 city is considered. it seems tO me that they have only had a right apprecia- ton of the necessity of getting quick action. I saw something in the morn ing paper about a Greater Phoenix.
 and l believe the city will grow. It
 is so situated that it is bound to
 grow. and I think the citizens are
 taking the right course to help 1t.
 It was announced yesterday after
 noon that the property holders con
 tracts had been completed. and that they would be presented to the busi- f ness men of the city tomorrow morn ? ing. It is the intention of MT Con way to go about the work of having the contracts signed with all possible
 despatch. and it is probable that the
 requisite yardage will be contracted
 for before the middle of the week
 There will be little time spent in
 sbipping the necessary machinery from
 Los Angeles after the contracts are
 taken. and Mir. Conway stated yester- day that he would have no difficulty z in complying with the terms of his
 agreement to be at work on the pay