Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-11
Council Proceedings.

| tOuncll fTOCetOlukts
 A special meeting oi the Common
 Council was held Tuesday evening i'll
 Judge Bragg's office, with Councilmen
 Parker. Steinfeld, Etchells and Levin
 present and Mayor Tully iD the chair.
 4 proposal was received from Sen Juruuello, owner of the pest house rent
 ed during the spring by the city. He
 offers to sell the building, with eight
 acres surrounding, for sl.200. The mat
 ter was referred to future meeting.
 The committee on the location of 9 | fire plugs-Messrs Parker and Steinfeld -reported as follows: On Main street. cornersof Washiugton,corner Ott, corner
 Jackson and corner Mccormick; on | Meyer street corner Alameda, corner
 Pennington, corner Camp, corner Me | Cormick and 100 feet south of OchOa | street; on Court-eorner of Franklin and l corner of Council; Congress snd Church
 Plaza; on Church-corner of Alameda, corner of Pennington and corner of Congress; corner of Convent and Camp streets: corner Convent and Mccormick; {; on Stone Avenue-corner Pennington, corner Camp and corner Corral; on Pen ningtOn-center Of block between Stone and Sixth avenues; corner of Penning- ton street and Toole avenue. The re- port was adopted.
 It was moved that the city should pay for the construction of proper culverts on South Main ard Meyer streets, pro viding the property owners benefited by such improvement would secure tue necessary right of way.
 The City Assessor was granted until the 18th instant to complete his assess ment roll.
 Mir. c. M. Strauss,on behalf of the Fire Commissioners, asked that committee be appointed to confer with the Tucson Fire Association upon certain mat ters which the company desires to have brought before the Council Messrs. Parker and Steinfeld were ap- pointed.
 It was resolved to have an election on the question of raising sl5,00O for city purposes. A committee, composed of Messrs Parker and Steinfeld, with the Mayor as it's chairman, was selected to spportiOn this sum to the funds to which it will be devoted; this being necessary before the election can be held. Amounts will be apportioned to street improvements, fire apparatus and build | ing, to pay for the county jail building, etc. The committee will also name the | day for holding the election.
 A note was received from M. G. FL | more, superintendent of the gas com pany, stating that in pursuance of the request of the Council, the company would proceed during the next week with the extension of their gas mains on Meyer street from Ochoa to Kennedy street, and at the request of patrons, on Congress street from Church to Stone Avenue. He suggested that as lamps could be set to greater advantage while laying the pipes, committee be ap- pointed to decide upon the number wanted and their location. Messrs. Levin and Etchells were named by the chair.
 The same gentlemen were also ap- pointed to confer with competent law yers with view of obtaining judgment on the water bond of Captain JefIord. The idea being to collect said bond mourning any expense to the ,ity, by the allowing of a certain per ,entage of the amount collected on the bond, the parties undertaking it to receive no pay in case of failure.
 The council thon adjourned to meet again at the call of the Mayor.