Arizona republican., 1921-11-21
The Engineers Statement

The Engineers Statement
 set of resolutions and accompanying state- ment by the Phoenix chapter of the American Associ ation of Engineers in castigation the chamber refers to article in The Republican with comments by this paper. It was The Republican story that is the publication by The Republican of the resolutions of the chamber calling upon the Cave Creek control board to secure competent engineer for the work which provoked the engineers reso- iution.
 That the chambers resolutions had been passed, suppose the members of the chapter already We know they had been discussed by several leading members of the chapter. and ly though privately criticized. It probably not widely known. though. among the people at large. that the chamber had adopted these resolutions. Nor it known until The Republican furnished the information why the chamber had taken this action.
 And The Republican refers to the matter only because the engineers in preamble to their resolutions speak of The Republicans comments" It indulged in comment whatever It printed a straight story It told only what other people had said and done
 Previously and frequently though, The Repub- lcan had urged what the chamber urged in its lutons, the securing of the services of competent engineer supervise construction of the control works. if 1t should be necessary to send abroad for familiar with the construction of the re- quired works We aware that there were potent engineers here but not that the board could agree upon a local engineer of the quired capabilities
 We believe that in the resolutions adopted by the chamber of the sentiment of the com munity was reflected. The people wanted something done and done quickly. They had become restive under the long delay. Jockeying was not dam building. Interesting as it may be as pastime, popular interest diverted from 1t by the of that more exciting event. Cave Creek flood.
 The statement accompanying the engineers resolutions takes other zwipes at The Republican per example:
 Consistency be a jewel Ia msquotation1. short time since. believe it not, the paper came out edtorally and announced that the office of consulting engineer had been abolished in their print shop such a person would have been stumbling block in the path of the excellent progress the county highway system which Is being super vised by local highway engineer"
 Disclaiming inconsistency in this case, feel toward consistency generally Emerson did, who described it as .'the foible of minds" eConsis- tency is the bugbear that frightens little minds" with consistency great soul has simply nothing to do. He may well concern himself with his shadow the wall"
 Just what the statement means in the reference to a consulting engineer in print shop do not know; never had The statement, pose relates editorial comment last summer a movement by the supervisors of Yavapa county to slough away s125.oO0 of road bond issue to firm of engineers in Los Angeles without prospect of an equvalent-a purpose which we believe was finally thwarted by the courts
 We happy to though that accept, not only principle, but without any modification or emendation whatever, and complete beautiful and harmonious accord with declaration in the engineers statement:
 If it not for the fact that it (the Cave Creek dam, rather the site of the proposed dam) is situated above the city of Phoenix and lot of irrigated lands below. there would be very little about it."
 True, brothers Of the transit and the level If the dam site below the city and there were no lands anything else 1t to destroy we would feel no concern at all about Cave Creek. We would then ejaculate: Let 'er rip,"
 entente with the engineers as to this is productive of nothing since Cave Creek is not below but the Chinese, struggling with English say s'topside Phoenix and the irrigated lands