Arizona republican., 1921-11-11
Towns History Interesting

d way into the bright future. Towns History Interesting.
 Glendale. lying nine miles north west of Phoenix, is one of a chain of cities of the famous Salt River Valley, one of the garden spots of the world. Its development has been much along the same lines as that of it's companion towns, though it has accomplished much to distinguish it. The towns history has been an in teresting one. Old settlers can point out one by one the steps which year after year brought it forward to its present position as a thriving town of about 5000 people in the center Of a famous agricultural region of 10000 acres.
 Glendale was formally established in 1892 when the New England Land company and the Arizona Improve ment company. headed by William Christy, laid out a townsite on what was then bare farm land, with a store nearby and a few farm dwellings in the neighborhood. Even at that time the need of town to serve the com mercial wants of the district was felt and far seeing men selected the best central tract available on which to lay the foundation of the city of to- day.
 oO St0(hS SttziHdt 0tNcs The original townsite consisted of 36 blocks, bounded now by c avenue | on the north and c street on the south and Third avenue on the east and Third street On the west. Following fast on the heels of the original townsite location came mum erous addition of various sizes The Hadseli addition was the first of these and involved three blocks extending
 northward from Glendale avenue and | just west of the original location. | This addition was located by Burgess A. Hadsell on May s. 1893. In the amended plat of Glendale filed July s, 1895, five more blocks east of the original townsite and most of Orchard addition was added The rest of Orchard addition was located July l, 1908.
 Next came woodford addition, which was added by the New Eng | land Land company. This part of
 town is that which is south of the depot and also in the vicinity of the creamery. This was filed on October 24, 1896.
 Addition. Came Fast. The final addition came fast and ip rapid succession. Park addition was located by the Glendale Land company, December r, 1908. Sugar addition was added by the Southwest | Sugar and Land company, April F, | 1908, and Catlin Court by the Otto R.
 Hansen, February 4, 1914. The town of Glendale was resur- veyed and replated by H. L. Han | cock on October 25, 1920.
 The building of the city progressed slowly after the opening of the town site. Two years later, fin 1894, the
 village received its first boost in the
 coming of the Santa Fe. Prescott and | Phoenix railroad, which was built that year. Glendale was on the line
 and was given a small station just
 west Of the site of the present struc-
 ture.
 Glendale at that time consisted of ! three Or four buildings, although the
 surrounding country already was | note. as an agricultural area Farm lands extended as far west as Lateral 20. Stock raising and orchards
 claimed much of the acreage, Thomp-
 son seedless grapes and apricots ocN cupying a considerable area To care for the local industries the Santa Fe
 built stock pens and a fruit packing
 shed, the latter where the cantaloupe l shed now is.
 | Early Business Places. | Soon after the arrival of the rail-
 road the Ryder Hardware store was started on the ground now covered | by the ice plant, a lumber yard being | operated in connection. The first | grocery store was in a two-story
 building between the present Ira | Moore residence and the Halstead
 Lumber company. It was operated
 by one Davison.
 The next store was in the present
 Ira Moore pulling, Walter Lund being
 it's owner The first building put up
 east of Lateral IS was that now occu- pied by Woods Pharmacy
 After these first steps Glendale | went ahead slowly but surely, grow ly, growing literally one building at
 a time.
 About 1900 the ice plant was begun.
 the town then having several hundred
 inhabitants. About the same year
 the first school house was built on
 the old Central school ground. The
 first bank also was founded that year
 by w. H. Slaughter.
 In 1904 Glendale was visited by real ..twister." It caused considerable , damage and destroyed a hay and grain business. The next year the district experienced the worst Cave
 Creek flood in its history, high water lasting several days
 Water System In 1907. The towns first water system was started in 1907, consisting of well.
 a five horsepower engine and 5,A0O gallon SaiNdilZeu Iron tdtlA on d 14 "A
 foot tower. This plant continued <4
 serve until it was taken over by t44 city is 1915. There were 160 c94< nections then. The original own&1 was Archie Bennett H The present electric system w4I started by the Glendale Ice compaiE< and acquired by the town in 19H4
 Ar that time there were only 50 cu47 toners. Ell 1909 the sugar factory, now disma4