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Las Vegas, Nevada Morning Tribune March 8, 1945. iAS VEGAS MORNING TRIBU^ Mesouiteif. Opening Before | Plan Board ! Consideration o£ opening Mes- \ quite st. from Second st. through. | to North Main st. was referred to £Tie city planning commission ? yesterday, following a request for such cut-through by Ted Werner | and A. L. Arnold, both North Main st. businessmen. In asking for the street they pointed out present industrial developments on Main st., and ! mentioned proposed business [ Structures there. Both offered fi- I nancial assistance in the street opening if necessary. ' They pointed out greater ad­vantages to the immediate neigh­borhood, chief of which would be 1 a general cleanup of the creek j area. It would represent addition- I al access to the downtown dis- ] trict'by branch roads, and would | be an outlet of importance when I the fire station is opened at Sec­ond and Fremont, sts. Werner and Arnold also asked that some action be taken to j improve what they described as j the “open sewer” in_ their back yards, indicating the creek on Union Pacific property which runs diagonally from 400 North Main st. to the Old Ranch. Weeds j have .been allowed to grow up in it, considerable waste has accu­mulated on and in it, and ‘ the condition is now a health hazard to the citizens, they said. City officials will ask the plan­ning board to see what action can he taken with the railroad to clear the creek and adjoining property.