Arizona republican., 1905-07-04

important an office. The criticism was only offered in the interest of legal procedure, for the mayor had voted for nobody. Mir. Greene moved. seconded by Mir Moss, that the seven men named he declared the waterworlls commission, and the motion was car died, the mayor alone voting no MT. Adams then called MT. Greene
 to the chair and, taking the floor, read | the following communication: Phoenix, Ariz., July 3rd, 1905. To the Phoenix City Council: GentIemen-After l had given the
 matter very careful consideration I nominated the following five men as i commissioners at the last regular meeting of the council, to take charge 1 of the carrying out of the wishes of the citizens of Phoenix in the matter | of providing a municipal water works plant for which $3O0OOO in bonds had been voted; to-wit: $. OberfeIder, F.
 M. Mognett, Charles DeMund Vernon ] Clark and George H. N. Luhrs.~ Upon motion these nominees were unani- mOusly confirmed by the council. | I believed and still believe these to | be capable men, heavy taxpayers and men who have for many years com
 manded the respect and confidence of i the citizens of our community, and
 men whose integrity and ability have
 never been questioned.
 All of their actions and conclusions were to be subject to the approval of the city council. Before I appointed ! these gentlemen, had no conversation
 with them, either upon this question l or upon the fact that I was consider | ing them for appointment; since that | time I have had no conversation with any of them, except a few minutes
 conversation with Mir. Oberfelder and | MT. Mognett, in which I told them that | it was the wish of the city council that they should take this matter up. and | at the earliest possible moment. con | sistent with good business judgment | provide the city of Phoenix with mu- nicipal water works plant. The other
 three gentlemen have never had any | conversation with regarding the mat
 ter, either before or since their ap- pointment.
 l It appears that my action in nam
 ing these men has been questioned and
 the integrity of myself and the men | composing this commission has been Ia matter of considerable discussion. i Although the matter of appointing a commission was made public | through the newspapers for many days | before, and l had repeatedly declared
 that I thought the proper way to han | dle this important matter was by d
 commission composed of prominent ! taxpayers, not one citizen of the city of Phoenix had come to me and offered any suggestions regarding the men | that should be on the commission | Since the appointment of the comnfs- sion there have been but two citizens who have called on me and discussed the appointment.
 ] I firmly believe that these five men
 are as good a commission as it is pos sible to have appointed. under the present conditions. as water commits | sioners, and any action of the city council which would tend to question
 either my integrity in the appointment
 of the commission, or the integrity Of ! the men composing the commission, should unqualifiedIy deem an uncalled
 for insult both to myself and the com
 mission.
 | Under these circumstances. after a | record of ten years, in which I have : spent more time and money than any ] citizen in the city of Phoenix to fur | ther the cause of municipal ownership.
 hereby tender my resignation to you,
 as mayor.
 Yours respectfully. J. c. ADAMS. MI -ANdilS lELl Ilie room at once and on motion of MT. Kerstin- the letter of MT. Adams was Laid on the table.
 | On motion of MT Kersting, Harry
 Hancock was elected to the position 1 of general superintendent of the streets and alleys. corral, zanjero building inspectors office etc, at a
 salary of $1OO per month.
 Warrant was ordered drawn for $1250 for the first payment upon the 1 fire engine and for $500 for freight. subject to the approval of the council at Q test to be made later
 Contract for feeding the city pris- oners was let to NJ J. Pcttid for ff- teen cents per meal
 The fire ordinance was amended for bidding the stacking of over two tons of loose hay within the fire limits. l A resolution was passed that the council in no way had by it's action re- 1 fiected upon the business integrity or honesty of the members of the late water works commission and objected to them only on the ground that some of them were not favorable to munich pal ownership. Another resolution
 was also passed as follows: Resolved: That the citizens water
 works committee be given a vote of thanks by the city council for their
 assistance in connection with the sale of the water works bonds
 THE CITIZENS MEETING. The citizens meeting held earlier In the evening, was quite largely at tended, though the room was a small one, E. B. O'Neill presiding and Roy Goodrich secretary. The resolution later presented to the council was placed before the meeting whose de- Alterations consisted entirely of con sidering it. There were many speech es made. the major part of them urC- ing the prOpriety of immediate accept
 ance of the Todd offer. Some of the speakers took occasion to question the integrity of MT. Adams by way of in ference that his attitude at various | times could not be reconciIed and par ticularly because he opposed the inn mediate acceptance of the offer Mir Adams who was present SDoICa st