Arizona republican., 1920-10-21
Here in Early Days

Charles Akers and Harry Tritle. now members of the Democratic party. were then the directing policies of the Re publican party serving as chairman and secretary, respectively, of the Re publican state central committed Mir Akers later served al secretary of state in territorial days under Republican president
 Dr. J. C. Norton was a practicing veterinarian in the eighties Vand sang tenor in the Presbyterian church choir. The Lemon hotel, now the Gold, and the Commercial. were the leading hos telries of the city
 Frank Shirley was proprietor of the Fashion barber shop, located where the | Pinney & Robinson store was formerly | located on South Central avenue
 Many of Shirleys barbers now own and operate shops in Phoenix. Charley Donofrio conducted a candy and fruit stand on East Washington | street. between Cactus way and First street. Dominique had at that time,
 only recently arrived from. the old country.
 It was in the eighties that Mrs.
 Helen Bury opened her private school
 at her home at Second and Jefferson
 streets. Many of Phoenix most prom
 inent present day business men secured E To Had Street Car System
 Although boasting only about 400O i population in those days. Phoenix had
 one of the most "elaborate' street car systems in the Southwest. A single car. was operated over the Hines, " which consisted of a single track on | Washington street It was mule propelled car.
 Vic Hanny was a clerk in the Gold II hnrgr RFnE al fra hn
 R. H. Green conducted a haberdashery
 store where the Nelson Shoe company
 is now located and Jim Griffin was his
 chief clerk. Al Galpin was one of tho
 leading sportsmen of the city.
 One of the most notable characters of the community was old Dave Poole
 former Confederate soldier and one
 of QUantrelTs raiders in the Civil war
 He resided on . ranch to the northeast
 of the city.
 Those were the days before the San
 ta Fe made it's advent into Phoenix l, The only inlet and outlet, by rail, was ] the Maricopa & Phoenix railroad which laid its tracks almost on the } surface of the ground. Everytime 6 } rain occurred a portion of the tracl ] would be washed away. Then came the flood of 1S90-the worst in th, . city's hjstory-and miles of the tracl l stability was given the road
 The First Water System The city's first water supply was D distribution system built by J. AI
 Gardiner and sold by him for S55 00
 to Jerry Afillay and Thomas Hine, wht bonded it for S2500O0 and extended tn service over about three times the are; ; originally covered. This was in tn T early history. The property thel ! passed into the hands of M H. Sher r man. The bonded indebtedness of tn ' Phoenix Water company, held at frs by the ill-fated Peoples Home Say
 ings bank of San Fraicisco passed t s a New York trust company. Addition
 al bonds were granted in lieu of in terest until finally the gross indebted ness was in the neighborhood of 5000 r 0O0 It took three elections to SecUr e municipal ownership of the local wate . system. The final election was hell . Dec 12, 1906. The Phoenix Wate d company after court fight, final. 0 sold it's interests in the water system
 for s155,OOO.
 - John l.. Gardner was awarded tn o contract for building the city hal e structure on his bid of S40,000 and thi 5. was completed in the fall of 1889. Tn ; following year Phoenix was awarded [. the state capitol building. However |, there were no provisions for housinj ; the offices here so the first three leg islatures were held on the second foo