Arizona republican., 1921-01-13
SURVEY OF GAR TRACKS ORDERED. BY COMMISSION
City To Get Report On Work Necessary To Put Local Traction Thorough fares In Good Condition

City officials have threatened to re- new their warfare on the Phoenix Street Railway company to conpei improvements in the companys rlght Of-way. as the result of a report maoe bv !. |. R. Alexander, chairman Of the traction commission, to the city com mission yesterday.
 Reappraisal of the traction com pany's holdings by the corporauoh commission will be impossible TOT q period of 30 to 60 days. owing 10 the conRested condition of tho corporation docket. the report said. Until such reappraisal is completed, the traction cornmission will have no basis on which 10 work MT. Alexander eX- plained. All income from the system nt present is absorbed in payment or Interest on invested capital, he in- formed the commission.
 Tn consequence. the commission or dered City Engineer l.. B. Hitchcock to make a complete survey of condi- tions along rights-of-way of the trac- ton company and to report next week. The commission instructed the city engineer to base his report on work neceasary to put the different thor ouRhfares in a safe condition for travel. including Intersections DOT tlons of Monroe street. and Washing ton street to Ninth avenue.
 Would Force Company to Pave
 Commissioner Henderson addressed the meeting. calling attention of the commission to the condition of Sew enth avenue, from Washington street 10 Ninth avenue. He urged that im- mediate action be taken by the city to compel the traction company to pave along it's tracks on paved streets.
 A resolution, adopted by the resolu- tlons committee of the local council of the Parent-T Teachers associatiop and the local council of the Congress of Mothers. in which the action of the police department and sherltrs force in cleaning up objectionable places was Commended. was received and or dered placed on file.
 A representative of the Gospel Army, who said the work of his or eanization was similar to that of the Salvation Army. ssked permission to erect a tent on the old Central school block. Mayor Plunkett stated that. in view of an ordinance recently adopted, the commission could not grant such a permit
 Defer Action on Ordinance
 The re-draft of an ordinance prohib- ftinE motion picture film exchanges within the special or general fire lim- its of the city. originally introduced
 
 a week ago. was presented and given its first reading at yesterdays meet ing. On petition of J. l.. Gust, repre- Eenting a film company, action was deferred until after next Wednesday to give the film company an opportunity 10 be heard.
 City Manager V. A. Thompson was instructed to pay the annual member ship fee for the city's membership in the Arizona Good Roads association.
 City Manager Thompson called the attention of the commission to severa resolutions recently submitted from different organizations relative tC dangerous moral conditions existing fl the city. These organizations, he said should be willing to cooperate witl city officials to the extent of citing specific instances of such conditions that the police administration coult abolish them.