Arizona republican., 1913-10-28
CONSTRUCTION
 TOO COSTLY
Representatives k of Street Railway Insist Demands of City for Standard Con structiOn on Monroe St. Cause for Withdrawing

1 In the hearing of the Phoenix ! Street Railway company before the 1 corporation commission yesterday. 1 Ihe company was cited to appear and
 give reason why it should not 20 ahead with the building of the pro | posed loop on Monroe street con i meeting First street with Second ave-
 nue. and why it should not contri- l bute to the city better and faster
 service in the schedule of it's ears ! on the first of the hearings there i were present men of the cOmpanv dlrectly and financially interested as l well as many of the citizens of the
 city directly affected by the propos | ed loop, and both sides of the case were completely heard by the com | mission
 Speaking in behalf of the city, and 1 presenting the most probably un- biased testimony of the day Council
 man Claude Cisney stated that the 1 loop should be built, and that when 1 It Is built, it should be on standard grades and lines of construction In other words, the new lines of track Iald by the city in those districts of l the city where there is at the pres ent time pavement, should be laid in such style that the cost of future upkeep will be minimized At the present time it costs the city some | $2OOO to keep the streets clean. and ! to Keep the pavement in the tracks Tn presentable condition, which, it l Is said, will be done away with if standard construction as designated by the city is followed
 Councilman Elmer Warren stated ! ha presented somewhat the same line of | argument as did Cisney. while pr. | w. C. Ellis wished to see the loon. | because, as he admitted, it would | enhance the value of his personal 1 property. Barney Kersting was of 1 the opinion that the loop would be
 a good thing for not alone the com 1 pany but for the city It would re- l lieve the conjestiOn at the corner of
 First street and Washington and
 would serve to larger part of the i business district.
 It was also stated by MT Kersting that if the company built now it
 would keep any other company from | building along that same street and would reserve Monroe to the use of the Phoenix Street Railway company. while wait and delay might let in another company and thus snatch 1 from the present promoters a piece of track of inestimabIe value. Sidney Henry believed that the service the | loop would give to the public was sufficient ground alone for the con- struction of such a track
 | In behalf of the company H. B. 1 WilkersOn appeared and stated the
 reasons for the action of the com | pany in it's withdrawal of it's re- quest for such loop. When the com 1 pany filed such request with the
 corporation commission, there. was no | agitation in regard to the kind of | track which should be laid. Later, the city passed an ordinance making
 it the duty of the company to lay certain standard construction which | will protect the pavement and give l the city less trouble but which will mean a greater outlay of money to | the constructors. It was at the passage of this requirement that the | company petitioned the commission l for the withdrawal of it's request which was denied and the company was ordered to appear before the | commission and give reasons why
 the request be denied.
 The loop would be of benefit to | the company and to the city stated | MT. W IlheTSOH put Jlle requirements | of standard construction as now or dered make it impossible for the company to build and still keep
 within the allowance of it's earnings | Better Service
 | The hearing in regard to the pro- 1 posed schedule of time selected by | the commission and submitted to the 1 company for their approval, was not | completed. There were heard in the
 matter Judge E. B. Thompson. who | lives we'll out on Monroe street and who stated that the present sched- ule makes it almost impossible for
 him to ride on the cars, as he can | save time by walking most of the | time. On the same score, A. J. Cor i rigan, who lives near McDOwen road
 stated that at the present time it | is useless to come to town in the l evening as the time table of the
 road now stands The need of bet
 ter service is pressing in his dis
 trict he said, since if a person went
 to show, a meeting, or any other | thing of interest in the city during | the evening it was necessary to walk 1 over a mile to get home afterWard
 There were no others heard in this matter as the time of the hearing 1 had passed. The further hearing was ! not set, but it was agreed that the | representatives of the company and | the commission will get together and
 see if some arrangement could not be reached whereby it would be possible to dispense with the re- mainder of the schedule hearing.
 The interest of the people was not as striking in these matters as
 had been expected, and the attend
 ance of the citizens was small. This
 was due no doubt partly to the
 day and time of hearing as business and hearings in the forenoon and
 immediate afternoon do not go well
 together: and partly to the fact that
 some of those interested did not
 know of the hearing. From the talk
 of the streets it was expected that
 | there would have been a better rep