Arizona republican., 1904-08-02
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tonto Read Bonds Expected to Ar
 rive Any Day.

The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held lust night. Coun- cilmen Dennis and Dunlap were absent as was City Attorney Prescott who was represented by Judge Ki5bey. There was less business than usual to attend to, and most of it was routine. The monthly bills were audited. the monthly reports of the building inspec- tor and corral boss and the quarterly reports Of the city marshal. city re- Corder and city treasurer were read
 The treasurer reported that he had on hand May 1st $3,66S14, and that h. had received during the quarter $7. .79O, . 42' making a total of 1,45653 Dur ing the quarter he paid out s4S5O.12. leaving on hand s6,6O641 The treas Urer also reported called warrants ur- paid to the amount of $5,953,59. Under the special order for building the side walk on Center street, between Monroe and Van Buren, the amount of S1G2 was assessed to the property of the w. c. I. U. on the corner of Monroe and Center, as its portion of the expense. As the property is that Of a charitable organization and is nOn-producing. the assessment was rem.tted by vote Of the council
 An amendment to the building ordi- nance was submitted and referred to the ordinance committee It is design ed 10 permit house owners to move buildings or their own property. not to exceed 200 feet, something that is not now provided for.
 The petition of the University addi- ton residents that the city take charge of the distribution of their ir- rlgating water, was further laid Over An inventory was ordered made of the property Of the fire department. che city corral and the street department.
 The library trustees were granted further time in which to report in the matter of library site. There being no response to the adeTtisament for bids for furnishing the city with lumber. the recorder was directed to re-adver.ise
 w. B. Lopna stated that since the establishment of a new grade in Churc- hills addition his sidewalk had been left too high. The matter was re-er- red to the street and alley committee. The rest of the evening was devo ed to considera tion Of Roosevelt road mat ters. The recorder read Coun1unic9- uons from R. H. Rollins tS Son. the bond buyers, saying that the blank bonds had been forwarded by register ed mail and ins;ructing that when signed they should be sent by register ed mail to the Elliott Nat;onqI Bank. Boston, and the Rollins office there mo- tlhed, when they would be ilnme 1ia- ely Insured against a loss in transit. The letter also instructed the c uncil to for ward it's statement of the amount due Tor the bonds and accrued interest. less certain items of expense, which were enumerated, and that the money would immediately be placed at the disposal Of the city in a local bank. The bonds In due course of mail are expected in a day or so.
 Engineer Hill was present and was requested to make a statement to the council respe- t'ng the manner cf SD -nd- ing the money Iaise1 by the city and the vouchers drawn against it. This for the benefit of the public generally. which feels interested, as the council had previously gone over the ground with Mir. Hill. MT. Hill explained that his clerical force kept the Tonto road records in exactly the same way the records, are kept for the government work. and that they are kept in en- tirely separate books. The general ac- count of the TOntO road business is Kept after the manner of journal and ledger as any business accounts would be.
 The expenditures on account Of the valley fund are made as follows: On payday, or whenever a man is dis charged, he receives a voucher paya bic at a'!y Phoenix bank, after signing a payroll in duplicate. The payrolls are then sent to headquarters camp where they are certified to by Mir. Hill the duplicate copy to be sent to the city council. It can then be checked over with the vouchers drawn and if fCurd correct warrant will be drawn on the city treasurer in favor of whatever bank presents the vouchers, covering the amount. The pay roll for any given month could not be expected to reach Phoenix much before the follow ing 18th, but if any voucher holders should appear before that time. the banks have signified their willingness to honor the paper as they have been doing in the matter of the preliminary or guarantee fund. If it should occur that any voucher did not cheek prop trly, even after payment to the indi- Vidual, the matter would be taken up with MT. Hill, but there is no fear of that. To simplify matters it was thought best that a particular issue of warrants should be prepared for use against the road fund and the follow ing resolution was therefore adopted:
 Whereas, The freight and wagon road from Mesa torthe Salt river reser- vor site in Maricopa county. Arizona. in aid of the building of which. the city of Phoenix has issued it's bonds in the sum of $67.5O0. is now in process 0f construction under the supervision of the United States government enCin- eers in charge of the construction of the Salt River valley reservoir and
 Whereas, The proceeds of said bonds are by act of congress author