Arizona republican., 1911-05-12
MINOR DETAILS HINDER
City Council Has Warm
Session and Reaches No
Definite Conclusion Re
garding Resolution as to
Paving Specifications.

one of the warmest sessions Of the
city council that has been held in
years was held last night when the
report Of the executive committee If
the Phoenix paving association was
read and submitted for the approval
contained a resolution recommending
the adoption Of the plans and speci-
fications FOR the paving of the prin-
cipal business streets as they had
been prepared. amended. and ,p-
proved by the committee and its en-
gineers.
After the resolution had been read
the question arose concerning Ger
tain additions and changes which had
been made To the specifications
passed upon and accepted some tinc
ago BY the council. number Of
minor details had been modified u
make the specifications more suitable
and complete. both for the city and
the contractors whose bids We're pre-
Sented To the executive committee Of
the paving association last Thursday.
Among other questions raised was
one concerning the drainage plans.
as they were drawn in the sDecifi-
cations but this point was quiciI-
settled by reference to the data sub
mitted by the committee. The pr,n-
cipal point of controversy that dey W
Oped later in the evening was the
right Of the paving contractor 10 sub
let any parts of the work without the
written consent of the city cou1ciI.
the contractor holding that the CON
sent OF the street superintendent
should be sufficient
II was urged by Dwight 3 Heard.
that in view of the Importance Of
proceeding with despatch with the
work of reaching a definite conclu
sion regarding the acceptance Of the
plans. the resolution Of the commit
tee he adopted, as read. the specifi-
cations being liable To such further
changes as the council should deem
necessary. but no action was taken.
the resolution being laid by until the
street and alley committee could pass
upon the plans.
Judge Kibbey was asked To settle
a question concerning the power of
the council To force property holders
along the streets which will he i'm
proved 10 take part in settling the
expense. and he gave it as his Opin
ion that there would be no difficulty
in bringing the property holders to
bear their share OF the cost. al
though he said there will probably
be number of property holders who
win be out of town. and others in
H.. l.,
ments" He recommended strongly
that the resolution of the executive
committee be accepted. and that the
plans. as they should be finally cor
rected, should be submitted To the
people of the city whether connected
with the paving association. or the
city council, OF the city government.
or in privats citizenship. Their Opin
ion Of the matter should finally pre-
vail and he said there should be 2
public meeting in which every per
son. whether property holder or
not should he allowed To give his
opinion on the subject. stating his
objections. if he had any, or approx
ing the action of the council Their
verdict he stated. would be final.
No definite conclusion was reached
on the points of controversy. and af-
ter considerable discussion il was ar
ranged that the members of the
street and alley committee, the eN-
ecutive committee of the paving as
sociation. and Mr.. Conway. represent
ing the Barber Paving Company of
Los Angeles. whose bid was approved
by the committee. should hold a
meeting at the Valley bank this af-
ternoOn at > O'Clock. To reach sat
isfactOry agreement i'm regard to the
specifications Before the adjourn
ment of the council MIR. Conway sta
ted that although he had stated his
disapproval Of certain points. which
had been raised as being departureS
from the methods used by other cit
les in providing for letting similar
contracts that ne had not made any
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