Arizona republican., 1913-05-27
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Local Street Car Company Is Now Involved With Both City Administration and Corporation Com mission Over Paving.

Another step in the oft mentioned controversy between the citizens of Phoenix, the Arizona corporation commission, the city council of Phoe- nix. and the paving companies of the city on the one hand; and the Phoe- nix Railway company of Arizona, which owns. and is alleged to oper- ate the street railway system in this city
 Sometime ago a committee was ap- pointed by the city council to see Manager Mitchell of the street car company and ask him about: first, the siren whistle which is operated en the Glendale cars; second, the mat ter of paving West Washington from the intersection of Seventh street and West Washington to Seventeenth avenue.
 Last night the committee appointed came back into the council chamber with a message from MT. Mitchell to the effect that he did not want to relinduish the services of the whistle, of which complaint had been made, because of it's ability to notify pas sengers of the approach of the car Then the committee also reported that Mir Mitchell had said he would not pave West Washington street
 The committee was not Informed however at the time that the cor poration commission had been acting in the interim. There have been many complaints made of late of the char aCter of the service in the west end of the city, which is a rapidly grow ing section. Sometime ago the com mission issued an order to double track West Washington street, but de layed the enforcement of it pending the paving of the street. Yesterday a suit was instituted before the com mission of it's own motion, compell- ing that company to show cause why the double track should not be inn mediately constructed.
 The petition cites that the present service is a single track service is unjust. unreasonable, unsafe, i'm proper, inadequate and insufficient.
 The complaint was made to the corporation commission, it is under stood, that representatives of the property owners and paving com panies. who have signed up the prop erty owners West Washington street for the pavement, visited the management of the street car com panv relative to this matter and that they were told that the street car company could not pave unless they were allowed to double track the street car system out there. They also excused themselves from double tracking when the first order was is sued by the corporation commission, it is said. on the grounds that as soon as the paving was put in they would, be compelled to double track. Then the company has consistently refused to sign up the paving contract.
 However the committee from the city council came into open meeting last evening and said that MT. Mitch ell had told the committee that he did not intend to pave West Wash ingtOn street. The matter now na- turally devOlves upon the ability of the corporation commission to enforce it's rulings against public service cor porations. should that body decide that the West Washington street line must be double tracked. The reSO- lutiOn of intention of paving the street has been held up again await ing developments along this line. When the street is paved it is under stood that the avenue will be lighted from one end to the other making 1t one of the finest avenues in America. From the center of the city to the capital a blaze of lights will be a splendid advertisement to the city minds of visitors who see it.