Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-03-11
SPECIAL SESSION
City Council Holds a Special Ses- sion Yesterday Afternoon and
 TransaCts Important Business.
4 Resolution Passed Calling For 1; Special Election on Proposition of Bond Issue to Extend Water
 System.

Pursuant to Monday nights ad-
 journment the city council met in
 special session in the city council
 chambers at the city hall yesterday
 afternoon at 3 o'clock, a full board
 being present. The first matter that
 was taken up was a resolution favor
 ing the passage of the council bill in
 the legislature to establish a manual
 training school in Prescott. MT.
 Norris addressed the council on the
 resolution, explaining that the bill
 carried with it an immediate appro-
 priation of S10, ,000 to be expended in fitting up and equipping what is now so that the new school could e.open- ed at the beginning of the school year next fall. It would also carry an ap- propriation of about SSOOO per year to maintain the school. He stated that the bill had been reported from the committee and recommended to pass, and urged the city council to pass the resolution favoring the measure. On motion the mayor was unanim- ously directed to forward such reso- lution at once to the legislature.
 Regarding the disputed matter of city attorney MT. Norris said on his own behalf that he did not want to be bone of contention over which the council and mayor should waste valuable time in fighting and asked the council and mayor, in the name of harmony and for the good of the city, to hold an executive session and come to an understanding on the mat ter as soon as possible.
 The matter of extra arc lights for the city, MT. Glass, of the Prescott Electric company, was present and to the council that the con- pany had greatly increased its capac- | ity and was now ready to furnish the city city extra lights. Also that the | price to the city had been reduced so | that the twenty proposed lights would | only cost the city about the same that fifteen would have cost heretofore. New lights were then ordered placed | at the following places:
 Corner Gurley street and Weber | avenue; Grove street and Weston ave- 1ue; Summit avenue and Pleasant | street; Granite and Gurley streets; Marina and Willis streets; Carleton and Pleasant streets; Pleasant and Goodwin streets; Mt. Vernon avenue md Goodwin streets; Gurley and AlarcOn streets, Carlton and Marina streets.
 Henry Stuthman appeared before he council in protest to the privilege which had been granted to Mr Nor is by the council to run lunch wagon on the streets. He said large number of the merchants and business nen were opposed to it. The matter vas taken under further sadvisement
 1he pIluClpdl buslueSS ol lne SeS- 'ion was then taken up, being resolu- ion No. ?, calling for special cleo ion ill the city for the purpose of -oting on the proposition [of issuing 100, 900 five to fifty year five per ent bonds for the purpose of extend ng and repairing the water and sewer ystems of Prescott. The resolution vas read and discussed and on motion vas referred to Attorney E. E. Ellin- vood for his legal opinion as ito its 'orrect form.
 After a discussion of the matter of he opera house license and also of he need of having the city ordin- nces printed in book form, the coun- il adjourned till 3 o'clock this after loon.