Arizona republican., 1913-04-17
TUME[TY SEES
 MANY CHANGES
Former City Engineer of Stockton, Cal, Returns to Phoenix After ven Years and Says He Is Pleasingly Surprised

It was in the fall of 1906 that R C. Tumelty, then city engineer of Stockton, Cal. paid his first visit fo Phoenix. Nearly seven years ago he foresaW a great future for this city and the Salt River valley But his arrival here a day or two ago pro- duccd an effect he had not anticipat ed. He had expected to note a diff ference but he was unaware that such changes had been made in the Few years that had elapsed since he first visited the town.
 And the greatest wonder of it all, said Mir Tumelty yesterday, lis that it takes an outsider to really see the wonderful possibilities in this section. Why there cannot be anything else but that this valley is just entering upon the development of her rich re- sources. With all the water required assured and with land more fertile and productive than anywhere else in the country there is nothing that can keep it back.
 Tn the Salt River valley find that fruits, grains and other products ma ture earlier than in California. Land iS CHtdptI, water COSlS ltSS ana tntTc are hundreds of ways in which this section eXcels
 T must say, though that not until every street in the city is paved can you expect to have I really modern city. You have taken d long step in that direction with fortY-tnree blocks already completed. and many IGore under contract, but this work must be carried on unceasj9gI:- unti. every business and residence street is inn proved.
 Another thing is the absence If very many modern office buildings. Of course there are some very credit able buildings of this order but it seems to me that city Of the size of Phoenix should have more of these I presume tha. these are com ing however.
 II don't believe there is a city in the United States the size of Phoe- nix where there is more progress noted in the residence districts The structures for the most part are of an up-to-date type and attention is given to uniformity and cleanliness.
 in most of the California towns there are in effect improvement reso- lu:!ons such as have teen passed Ecrc with the exception that it is usually the case tha- sl entire dis trict is ordered paved under a sin gle resolution and not piecemeal as :; seems tu have been done here. It seems to me it would be good thing if the city council should be author ized to go ahead and pave district with suitable pavement and then as sess the prorata cost to property own- CTS of the entire district and not be obliged to go through the tedious pro- cess of securing petitions and inten- tions to pave from the property owners.
 II will say that the paving that has been done is of the best class known. There could be no better believe Phoenix knows this as we'll as I do and that she will have a whole lot more of it. It probably would not be necessary to have this same grade in the residence district but some suitable pavement of per- haps the same order. but lighter in construction could be utilized in the sections where the travel is lighter. But by all means there should be more paving"
 Mir. Tumelty has a number of per sonal acquaintances here among whom is City Engineer Holmqust. He spent part of yesterday with Mir. Holm quist looking over the city. He leaves tonight for the Grand Canyon and will then go on to Kansas City and Chicago. At present Mir. Tumelty is city engineer for several small towns in California and consulting engineer for a number of others.