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Show ARIZONA LEGISLATURE MEMORIAL LOR BRIDGE m Phoenix, Arizona. May 27. Construction Con-struction by the states of Arizona find Utah of a bridge across the Colorado river, connecting tin hinterland of northern Arizona and southern Utah with railroad transportation i- urged in a memorial introduction in the spec ial war lecsion f the Arizona led lature by Senator "W I'. Mahonev of Mohave county The memorial is addressed ad-dressed t" the Sei ' rid house of represent. iti, - of the I Lite of Utah, Ing them to join with the Aril legislature In providing adequate ap propriatiom for the construction and maintenai f a in idj e over the Col- erado at Rome point ea-l of Needles, California 'lie- governors f the two state are a! o i ' tpiested to urge nut h legislation a- will make possible the building of ui h bi idge The memoi ial, as int rodui ed in t hi Arizona legislature, folio.' To the Senate and HoUSC of Ki presentative of tin State of Utah: Your memorialist, the Third Legislatun of the state of Aria zona, in ipi cial it ision roi; . sned, 1 r. pert full) I epl i sent "Whei e is, m that portion of northwestern Aii.ona and sout'i westeii, Utah north of the Colo rado River, there has been devel (Continued on fourth page.) i ARIZONA LEGISLATURE MEMORIAL FOR BRIDGE Continued from first najro.) oped by industrious settlers battling bat-tling egahttt unfavorable conditions condi-tions mi agricultural region of considerable production; and there was an arid, undeveloped country, the untiring energy of the settlers has resulted in the building up of thriving coraunitiee in the I.ittlefield, Crand Culch, Moccaain and Hurricane Valley districts; and whereas, these communities com-munities and the entire agricultural agricul-tural section of northwestern Arizona Ar-izona and southwestern Utah are retarded from further develoti-ment develoti-ment by the lack of means of egreaa to transportation facilities; facili-ties; and 'Whereas, the only means of affording relief to this situation and promoting the development f thjl valuable agricultural to ninon is the construction of a bridge acroaa the Colorado river at a point In Arizona east of Need-lea, Need-lea, California, and "Whereas, not only i most of thia seit ion of northwestern Arizona Ariz-ona and southwestern Utah settled set-tled by residents of Utah, hut the building of such a bridge would be of Incalculable material benefit bene-fit to the louthweatern part of Utah it is therefore "Resolved, by the Senate and iOUae of Representatives of the Legialature of the Btate of Arizona: Ariz-ona: "That the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Utah be, and are hereby urged lo join With the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature Legis-lature of the State of Arizona in enacting legislation winch may become necessary to provide adequate ade-quate appropriations for the con t ruction and maintenance of a bridge over the Colorado river In i he it Inity hen in met ' loned. 'Resolved, further, that a copy of this Memorial be forwarded to tht Senate and House of Repre- tentativea of the Legialature of the State of Utah, and b the Govrnor of Arizona lo the Gov-at Gov-at en- of the Btate of Utah, the Governor of Arizona and the t lovei nor of Utah are hereby i e i to do all in their powei to accomplish the enact mem of i!at Ion. |