Arizona republican., 1913-06-29
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been sold long ago if chance haf
 situated it near where the depots
 are now. It would have been sold ! as matter of public necessity 1 Public necessity now demands more 1 room for the schools immediately l Public foresight dictates the trans ! fer of that block for q joint city and county building and the ready money
 the transfer will bring to provide | the new school Then the new i school property will enhance in value l just as the old one did and Phoe- | nix will still have well provided 1 schools and handsome civic center 1 besides"
 r A. THARALDSON-'I would like C see who it is that is going to pay the school district $37.5GO for the lease of that block 300 feet square next wear. or the next year for that matter would like to see the color of that mans money. It seems to me to matter little if as an clector of school district N. have an electors share in that school build ing or if as a taxpayer I have a taxpayers share in q joint city and county building as far as ownership
 
 lot of difference as far as pride in my city goes. If can do anything to make Phoenix more beautiful. more attractive and thus get more people here. naturally, I am for that
 J. \ R IRNINE-"We need new court house and will soon need q city hall If we continue growing in the future as in the past year the people of Phoenix and vicinity will want new political subdivision formed for the city and county of Phoenix, and then the joint admin istration building will be demanded Now is the time to start. The joint administrative center can be obtain ed easily and the city be beautified if the civic center idea prevails"
 H B KERSTING-"T hear the proponents for leasing talk. you would think that the miIlcnium had house block our troubles will be over we will pay no more taxes. when. in fact, if this block will bring S2O. .000 net above taxes. that will only be so cents per capita. for the 25.000 inhabitants in this school dis trict You cant start millennium or eighty cents.
 J. l. IRVIN-"This leasing doesn't look like good business to me I can't see why any man wants to lease a piece of property on long time lease, pay the taxes, erect an expensive building on II. and then turn the whole thing back to the owner after term of years. when there can be just as desirable build | ing sites purchased outright. right here in Phoenix, at cheap rates and on desirable terms. I wouldn't lease l I'd buy outright and know both building and lot were mine"
 JUDGE P. P PARKER-'I think 1 that they had better make that the ! civic center. By all means sell it to the city and the county It would 1 facilitate business in every way"
 SHERIFF JEFF ADAMS-'It l would be a good thing for both the ] city and the county to have buIld- l ing of that description. It would | enable the city and county officials l to transact their business in the least l amount of time It would also pro vide better building. enable us to 1 get some of the things that will l soon be needed"
 C H WILLIANfS-"T best thing that could happen to Phoenix would ] be the erection of the county and l city buildings on the proposed civic 1 center. I would like to see it carry" 1
 J. s. MORRISON, HupmobiIe | Agency-"Phoenix is hardly big l enough for a civic center yet. I | propose that the school trustees | lease the ground If they will lease 1 the ground I will lease a big block l of it myself and I am ready to put l up bond tomorrow to erect a two 1 story brick or concrete building and 1 would abide by a revaluation every 1 five years
 F l.. BALKE-"T'm for the civic | center l believe that if the Central street property could be sold or leased to private parties who would 1 make a fine business block of it it would be better for my property but I'm certain that that can't be done l It can't be sold at all to private properties and if it should be leased We would soon see it covered with a lot of little iron sheds or cheap one story brick buildings. But any how, I'd rather see il made a civic center than to see q block of fine business buildings. The latter might benefit me more but it is better that the whole city should be benefited than any one man in it. Count me strong for the civic center. l would be willing to pay my share of the bond