Arizona republican., 1915-02-26

the paving and urged that he remedy the situation. He was assured by MT. Mitchell that he would attend to the repairs at once. There was no way in which the city could compel Mitchell to do the work, said Parish, but never theless the railway manager agreed that it would be done and done prompt ly. The previous city council, said Parish, found it could not compel Mitchell to adopt a special method of paving close to the rails.
 Counsel Alexander asked Parish if he did not think the commission could pass an ordinance compelling the rail- way company to place it's overhead wires in conduits, and the manager f-qi.7 he thought it could. He said too, that he believed if the commission gave the railway company the alternative of either properly paving up to the rails or putting it's wires in conduits it would quickly perform the required paving work.
 Reaching the charge that the feeding of the stock at the city corral had been increased from thirty cents a head per day to fifty cents per head, Counsel Hayes for the proponents said he would admit the charge was unfounded and that it had been made as a result of mal-information He desired that it be withdrawn.
 You swore to it, didn't you?' in quired Attorney Alexander We make formal denial of the charge anyway"
 With relation to the charge that the White Line Railway company was per mtted to tear up Monroe street without giving bond to insure it being returned to proper condition, Parish related the incidents leading up to the abandon ment of the work. He said that the White Line company, acting under its franchise, started to tear up Monroe company had attempted to steal the right of way by laying ties and rais in the excavations after dark. The fire and police departments had put q stop to the work. The next day the White Line company was instructed to cease work. The commission then adopted
 an ordinance requiring the filing of a
 bond, but while negotiations were ir
 progress for such bond the head of the concern left town between sunset and dawn. The city was put to the expense of s212 in replacing the street in good condition.
 Denial was made that the streets at ra in c11ch a chQna ba a menace to life or property Manager Parish challenged anybody to show a street that is in such a condition. He denied that he had deprived the street commissioner of his proper authority, but to the contrary often counseed with Earl Parker. the then street com- missioner and advised with him He said ne was free to go ahead and take care of the streets as his best judgment told him he should. As to sending men to Parker and telling him to put them at work he said that he did so at a time when because of rainy weather, many men were out of employment and partment. He did this in order to tide worthy men over hard period Ad- mission was made that a city Zanjero was taken off his work just before Christmas, but explanation was made that Parish thought mud on the cross ings could be cleaned by the men en- gagged in that work without a foreman and that anyway the mud could wait while the needy of the city were being up and given flour. provisions and toys that had been donated to the Christmas tree. He said he would have impressed Street Commis- sioner Parker into that work, too, if he could have found him just then.
 He said he went out of the city to buy hose because he found he could by better hose for less money from out siders than he could secure from local bidders. He explained turning the paving work over to the city engineer by saying the engineer was more ia miliar with the work having drawn up the plans for the work. and that by giving him that work it gave Parker more time to attend to other duties of his office. The eight hour law, Parish said, he put into force, because he wanted to protect not only himself but Parker as well. from being brought be- fore the federal court and possibly sent to the penitentiary He said he ord cred the streets dragged when muddy because he thought good could be ac- complished thereby and stated that such good really was accomplished. The flooding of Central avenue he said was Tor the benefit of property owners who were annoyed by the dust.
 He said the breaking up of some old