Arizona republican., 1921-01-27
STREET CAR CO.. MUST BEEN BIG
 PAVING PROGRAM.
City Orders $47,O0O Im- provements s tarte d At Once-To Do Work Itself If Company Will Not

Paving Improvements along rights of-way of tho Phoenix Railway Com pany of Arizona, representing a mini mum expenditure of s47.005 and a maximum outlay of s56492 will be started immediately. The city com mission so decreed at its meeting yes- terday morning.
 If the traction company fails to fol- low the orders of the commission in this respect, the city will undertake the work itself, the commissioners, de- cided They adopted this expedient to make sure of real action"
 Improvements of six lines will be made, in keeping with a report sub mitted yesterday by City Engineer L. B. Hitchcock. They are. briefly stated, as Follows:
 Six Lines to be Paved
 Paving right-of-wny of Grand ave- nue line on Seventh avenue, from Washington to Van Buren streets, and on Grand avenue from Van Buren to Polk streets. The estimated cost of this improvement is $6.662. The city engi- neer recommended, however. that this work be done by ballasting with six inches of ballast under the ties and guard rails placed at all crossings Esti- mated cost of such an improvement was placed at s16,149.
 Paving of all intersections on the North Fourth street line from Wash ington to Roosevelt streets. using six inches of ballast under the ties and with guard rails at all crossings. To cost SQ,940
 PaT-nG of all intersections on the .nird street line from Roosevelt to McDowell using six inches of ballast under the ties and guard rails at all intersections. To cost S7,OS0.
 Paving of all intersections on the Brill street car line, using same con- struction as above stated. To cost s2.66O
 Paving of all intersections of the Washington street line, using same construction as provided above. To cost S15,667.
 Paving of all intersections of the Wentworth line, using same construc- ton as provided above. To cost $4,s9e.
 Work Must Be Done
 After a general discussion, City Att tOrney R. F. Sloan recommeded that the city proceed to give notice to the Phoenix Railway Company of Arizona to do all, or a good part of the work specified fin the city engineers report, and if it does not comply that the city start the work and do as much as pos sible with the funds available. This was VI n 1 n All Q u h y adopted.
 The bid of the J. Fl. Muirein Plumb ing Supply company for furnishing the city with plumbing supplies for the year was accepted by tho commission upon recommendation of Howard B. Claflin. superintendent of the water de- partment. and City Manager V. A. Thompson.
 An ordinance vacating allays through blocks 3S and 41. ChurchilTs addition, portion of the alley between Fl Fres- nal and Gray subdivisions, the alleys through blocks 17 and 24 Collins ad- aition. that portion of Madison street from the east line of Fifteenth street to tho west line of Sixteenth street and the alley in block 16 of Linville addition was unanimously adopted.
 Invited to Roads Congress
 William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago, addressed the commission a letter, extending an invitation to May or Willis II. Plunkett to attend the American Good Roads congress and National Good Roads show, to be held in Chicago, Feb. 9 Co 12, under the auspices of the American Road Build CTS association. Mayor Thompson also requested that the Phoenix mayor ap- point at least three delegates to repre- sent tho city to include. if possible, the city engineer and superintendent of streets.
 A communication from S. H. Mitch ell. manager of the Phoenix Railway company, was received, in which he stated that work was soon to be start cd by Warren Bros. company on the paving of the company's right of way on Monroe street between Second and Third streets. This work, 1t developed, was started yesterday morning.
 Mayor Plunkett called attention to the ordinance limiting the parking of taxi cabs and regulating same, which becomes operative Feb. 1. Ho instruct cd City Manager V. A. Thompson to advice Police Chief George O. Bris- bois to rigidly enforce the ordinance when it becomes effective.
 Although City Attorney Sloan was instructed week ago to draft ordi- nances creating a board of public char ities and a city planning commission, Mayor Plunkett announced yesterday that he had not yet had an opportunity to consult with the city attorney on these subjects. Tentative drafts of the ordinances, he said, were therefore delayed.
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