Arizona republican., 1922-06-09
WARM DAYS FAIL To
CAUSE SLACKE|v|NC
Of TRADE IN MESA

MESA, June S.--Even with the
| summer months coming on and some
| people leaving to pass the warm
| weather elsewhere, Mesa is taking on
! an appearance of unusual business
| activities and houses are being filled
as quickly as they are vacated. The
commencement of paving operations
| by Twohy Brothers in the district
| this week and various other projects
which are lined up for the future, in
dicate that Mesa will be unusually
active during the coming months.
Twohy Brothers have program
of 81 miles of highway to pave in
| the Mesa district and will employ
many men here for the next six or
seven months. Their set-up was
erected some 10 days ago on North
Center street, where the old Arizona
Eastern depot was situated many
years ago. Fhe bins and other equip
ment in connection with the paving
job. as we'll as the office ~headquarter
and quarters for the men are sta
toned there.
Cement was poured the first of this
week on North Hobson street, in
Guiding half mile stretch running
north from the MILL The mixer is
now pouring on Lewis street. from
Hobson to the switching station.
There the pavement will turn north
mile and then east a mile.
1t is expected that the paving of
the four mile stretch on the Roose-
velt road running east from Mesa TO
the Eastern canal will also be un
dertaken by Twohy Brothers in con-
nection with their work on the other
projects in the district
Warren Brothers Start
Preliminary work on paving the
half mile stretch within the city linn
it's on East Main street, from Center
to Hobson, has also been started by
the contractors, Warren Brothers.
Surveyors were on the ground Thurs
day and material is being hauled IN.
A pavement Is feet wide will be laid
in the center of the street, leaving
room for the completion Of the pave
ment by additions on both sides, as
the property owners may elect at
later date.
Work on Apache Trail
Many of the supplies for work on
the Apache trail, where three differ
ent state highway camps are now To-
Gated, are being hauled out from
Mesa. Approximately S325,000 it is
said, will be spent in the improvement
of that popular highway to the
Roosevelt dam. Many of the families
of men employed on this work are
residing in Mesa that the men NAV
come into the city over the week eud.
Highway trucks hauling supplies and
material to the camps are to be seen
in Mesa daily.
Auxiliary Eastern Canal
That work will be started within
the next few months on the Auxiliary
Eastern Canal Owners association
project is now thought to be certain.
Bonds to the amount of $2,OOO,o00
were sold in Los. Angeles several
weeks ago and the contract for the
job is already let, it is said. As
quickly as details incident to the
work are cared for it is expected that
the project will be started.
Between $4,000 and 10000 acres of
desert land east and southeast of
Mesa will be brought into cultivation
under the new project. Sixteen or
II miles of concrete canal are to be
built together with other smaller
canals and many laterals. The de-
velopment of the project also calls
for the erection of the pumping sta
ton at the head of the canal to ele-
vate the irrigation water from the
river for the new area.
Mormon FtatS Darn
Mesa will in all probability be the
base Of supplies for the Mormon Fiat
dam, to be situated on the Salt river
about 40 miles northeast of here.
Details for the construction Of this
project have already been carried out
by the Salt River Valley Water Users
association, and it is expected that
actual work on it will start in the
fall. Approximately $6,000,000 will be
spent there, it is said, a good part of
which will remain in the valley for
material and labor.
Crops Are Good
Indications that the farmer win
soon come back into his own are bet
ter than they have been for several
years. Hay is finding ready market
at fair price and prices for other
products are said to be better than
they have been for some time. The
second crop of hay is now cut and
marketed for the most part, and
threshers are in the midst of their
season with the grain crops.
Harvesting of the approximately
1900 acres of cantaloupes in the Mesa
district it is expected will start about
T,lxy The oron will he IN to STAN