Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
CITY TO OINSTAIL
 TILE DRAINAGE
 5TSTENAT 0NCE
Commission Instructs Man ager Thompson to Pro- ceed Immediately with Work-To Open Bids in Thirty Days

The city of Phoenix will proceed i'm mediately with the construction of t tile drainage system, the proposition to join with the Water Users association in d pumping system having been re- iected by that association.
 This decision was reached yesterday at a meeting of the city commission and the city manager was instructed to start at once with the tile drainage system.
 Yesterdays action by the commis- sion will probably be the last step in securing a drainage system to get rid of the underground water, which for years nas been slowly but steadily rising toward the surface in practically all parts of the city. Bids for the con- ! structiOn of the system will be opened at the end of 30 days and construction 1 begun without delay: The tile system has been approved as the most eco nomical system the city can undertake without the cooperation of the Water Users.
 The following resolution, passed yes terday by the commission. alludes to th, seeming unwillingness of the Water Users to continue negotiations toward D. pump drainage system to be put in by the city and operated by the associa- tiop which would get the water for ir- r:gation purposes, and is explanatory of the whole affair:
 Adopt Resolution
 Whereas, The drainage of the city ny means of pumps Is impracticable without some agreement with the Salt River Valley Water Users Association that shall provide for the operation of the pumps and the disposition of the rumpcd water by the association; and
 Whereas, The city manager has en- deaVored to effect such an agreemn' with said association, and to that en1
 mas made the definite proposal to said assocIatiof that the city shall install pumps within and without the city limits as may be agreed upon by the engineers representing the city and the . association, and to turn over the same
 to the association for the term of ter
 years, the water to be pumped thereby
 to be used for irrigation purposes, upof
 the condition that the association shaI operate the same for at least 300 days
 each calendar year or until the watel ; level within the city shall be reduced so as to stand at ten feet or more iron l the surface, and upon the further con dItion that the association shall con 1 sider in any future enlargement of it: 7 drainage system the needs of the citl l for additional drainage; and,
 Need Early Action Whereas, The board of governors o ) said association has rejected said prop ositIon under circumstances that indi cate an Unwillingness that negotiation . looking to an agreement for the opera ? ton of said pumps by the association shall be continued, and,
 Whereas. The necessity for drainag :, within the city is so urgent that al t immediate determination by the com l. mission of the method to be adopted t 7 accomplish said purpose is demanded } Now, therefore, be it resolved, Tha t a tile drainage system in accordanc
 with the plan recommended by the cit e engineer and submitted by the cit l manager January 9, 1919, be adopte t and the city manager be instructed t proceed at once to install such sys l, tenn"