Arizona republican., 1914-03-25

 THE GAR LINE
Superintendent Mitchell of the Street Railway Con- pany Explains the Cause of Suspension of Work On Indian School Line

Some inquiry has been made why the work of rebuilding the Indian school car line has been suspended,
 though it has been ordered by the corporation commission some month :; ago. Superintendent Mitchell of the street railway company in a letter 10 The Republican explains that the de- lay has been caused by a failure to get the grade on First street. on ac- count of the congested condition in the office of the city engineer. But 1 the company expects soon to secure the grade, when work will be resumed on First street. Mr Mitchell en- | closes a copy of letter by him to the city council on the subject as follows
 March 31, 1914. | The Common Council of the City of Phoenix,
 Phoenix, Arizona
 Gentlemen:
 Supplementing our written request | of November 18th last, we again re- quest your honorable body to establish grade on First street between Adams | and Roosevelt, and on Monroe Street between Second Avenue and First Street, so that we may proceed to complete our work of track construc- tion on the above mentioned streets in accordance with the orders of the
 corporation commission of the state
 of Arizona
 Some weeks ago your city engineer was furnished by us with blue prints 1 giving full information regarding l trackage to be laid on said streets as required by the corporation com
 mission, which prints show single 1 and double tracks, all curves, cross l ter, and we believe all full informa : 1 tion. it being our desire to use the same grade that will be used for any
 paving that may be placed on said
 streets at a later date.
 1 In a letter from your city engineer
 he makes mention of The proposed l pavement on North First Street from | Adams to Roosevelt" and we again
 request your honorable body to de- | lay the paving of First Street for | at least one year. It is not our de- sire to prevent the paving of the streets of the city of Phoenix, but are strongly desirous that First Street be left as it has been for the i last thirty years-unpaved. for at | least one year after the completion of our track work, on account of the l enormous expense that it will be 1 necessary for this company to take
 care of, on account of the laying of 1 the proposed tracks, and if paving | takes place at the same time it will
 be a very heavy burden on this com
 pany, and we consider this request l a reasonable one.
 1 If the same terms of paving were applied to the paving work done on | our tracks as applied to the paving i done for property holders, which al- 1 lows them ten years to make their payments, it would be a different
 proposition, but the payment of our entire account is due within sixty 1 days after same is completed
 Should the paving of First Street
 be ordered at the present time, we
 shall feel obliged to apply to the l corporation commission to modify ! their present order so as to allow us to lay 6 single track instead oi double. between Adams and Roose-
 welt, and we trust that it will not be
 necessaryto place us in this position | as it is cur desire to comply Witf
 the requests made by the corpora | ton commission.
 Trusting that your honorable body
 will furnish us the grade as request
 ed. and that the question of paving
 will be delayed as suggested above
 we beg to remain.
 i Yours very truly, l PHOENIX RAILWAY COMPANY 1 OF ARIZONA.