Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-08-07
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Bids Received for Furnishing
Arc Lights.
The Ere Department Goat Becomes
Damages Against the City.


regular monthly session. The usual
current bills were passed upon and the
quarterly reports of the city officers
were received. Those of the treasurer
and collector we're referred to the
finance committee. The report of the
recorder was received. It showed re-
ceipts as follows: From rents, $500 !;
from fines. $423.5O; deposited by N. O..
Murphy, S22 total $94550.
The recorder had been directed by
the mayor to submit an estimate of the
approximate monthly expenses of the
city government. He presented the
following forecast of financial events on
the meridian of Phoenix:
"As requested by the mayor, Jas. D.
Monihon, 1 hereby submit the following
as an estimate of the average monthly
expenses of the city of Phoenix:
Salaries, $1,120; hydrant rental,
1921 81; city lights, $106; irrigation,
water bitches, lum Der, ETC., $3.50; print
ing, newspaper and job work, (about)
$3.50; telephone rental, $5; board of
prisoners, (about) $50; sundries. tools,
supplies, ETC., (more or less) $3.50; in
terest on warrants on bonds. $500.
Total, $2,632.67. The above estimate
does not include the expenses OF the
fire department (about $4,000 has been
expended since May l, 1894.) 1t is i'm
possible to give anything like correct
estimate of the monthly expenses of the
department, the outlay for the present
fiscal year being unusually large"
| Bids for furnishing electric lights for
the streets were read. There were
three bidders, the Phoenix Light and
| Power company, the Farmers and
Merchants Manufacturing compan
and Col. Jerry Millay. The Light and
Power company offered to furnish
twelve or more 1,200 candle power arc
lights, provided that no changes be
made in the location of the twelve now
used and included in the proposal, and
that additional ones be placed at not
greater distance than two blocks from
each other, at So per month. The same
company put in supplemental bid
providing for the lighting of those
parts of the town not included in the
arc light system. 1t offers to put up
incandescent lights on all street corners
at So each per month. Two other bids
for arc lighting were also submitted by
the company, first to put instwenty 1900
candle power lamps for two years at
$3.50 per month or thirty lamps for
three years at 81 a month. Both pro-
posals include the twelve lamps now in
| use.
| The Farmers and Merchants Manu-
featuring company offers to put in as
many lamps as may be needed at SIC
per month, the proposal including those
now in use.
Col. Millay begged permission to
withdraw his Did unopened.
Another change was made in the
official specifications for sidewalk paw.
ing on account of which the ordinance
intended to be introduced ordering the
paving on the north side of Washing.
ton street between First and Second
avenues was laid over to special meet.
ing tonight.
City Attorney Israel presented claim
by Cashier Hoadley of the Nationa
Bank of Arizona for $3.50. The claim
was to cover the damage inflicted by
the fire department goat in eating one
of the screen doors at the entrance O
the bank.
"Where in h-ll did that goat come
from anyhow" inquired a member O
the council whose attention had nevel
before been officially called to the de
partment's loud smelling mascot. II
the explanation which followed and The
discussion of the character of the goa
the subject OF the claim was obscured.