Arizona republican., 1895-06-01
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Awarding of Contracts Last
 Night.
Three Big Holes Made In the Ll- cense Ordinance - A Jackson
 Street Mans complaint.

A special meeting of the city council was held last night. The main object of the meeting was to award contracts for city printing, for furnishing meals to prisoners and for supplying munici. pal lumber. &
 For the first contract there were the following bidders: ". 0. Ferris, job printing; Arizona Gazette, advertising; :; Phoenix Herald, advertising and job work; Saturday Review, advertising; H. H. McNeil, job work; ARIZONA RE- PUBLICAN, advertising and job work. The bids were complicated embracing the many varieties of job work and different propositions, for the printing of ordinances and official notices. They were also so close, that an entire sitting of the council would be re- quired to ascertain which was the i lowest. The matter was therefore re- ierred to committee comprising Al. dermen Moss and Phillips and City i Attorney Evans. The com mittee will poi pUI F lt Il lIll IuO EQC- cessful bidder.
 Bidders for furnishing meats to pris oners were Tuck Hing & Co.,, 4. l.. Fisher, s. E. Tovrea and M. E. Hurley. The contract was awarded to M. E. Hurley at 12 10 cents a meal.
 For furnishing lum Der, bidders, H.. W. Ryder, the L. W. Blinn Lum Der company and DeMund Bros. The Blinn Lumber company's bid was ths lowest and captured the contract.
 A bill for $50 for services by W. H. Buck, late nightwatchman. was al- lowed.
 Chief Goodman, of the fire depart ment, reported that $500 Of the $1 ,O0O required for the payment Of the ex- penses of 2 competing hose team ct the Prescott tournament had been raised by private subscriptions. The council had been asked to appropriate $500, but
 now only $200 would be needed. The request was granted without dissent.
 A petition signed by the leading
 merchant tailors of the city praying for
 the repeal of that section of the license
 ordinance relating to tailors. In sup
 port of the petition it was stated that
 travelling agents of merchant tailoring
 establishments run riot in the town
 unlicensed and without expense. The
 petitioners desired all rights, privileges
 resident dealers. The council took g
 favorable view of the request and di
 rected the city attorney to draw up ar ordinance repeating the obnoxious
 clause.
 :; The same favorable action was taker ) on communications from the guild oi } dyers and cleaners and proprietors o J street stands demanding the oblitera.
 tion of the license tax affecting them. J. H. W. Jensen had either request
 OF 6 grievance. He is the owner oi
 property on Jackson street. He is er' 7 roneously supposed by the tax collector to be within the city limits. The city ] sprinkler evidently thinks he lives out
 side; so do all other dispensers oi : municipal benefits. Mir. Jensen there
 fore desired the passage of an ordin' ance exempting him from paying city , taxes. The real complaint was that the railroad in front of his house had shut of all communication. He wanted the street raised to the railroad grade ol : the railroad lowered to the street grade, anything to bring about monotony o! grade. The council promised to speak l to the railroad company about it. , Councilman Sneed of his ward, was l there with an accusation against the ' street sprinkler. When he had pre- fefred it he took his seat and he anc ) the driver of the street sprinkler en } gagged in a discussion which hovereG
 between fight and a personal alterca
 ton during which all other business was practically suspended.