Arizona republican., 1905-04-04
THE FIRE DEPARrnENr
Its Betterment Claiming the Attention
 of the City Council.

The regular monthly meeting of the 1 city council last night was not a par 1 ticularly interesting session though | like all meetings matters of some inn | portance were considered. The early | part of the meeting was devoted to the
 usual business of auditing bills, listen | ing to reports of city officers and other l routine work and when adjournment
 was taken 1t was to next Saturday i night. On that occasion it will be
 necessary to pass the ordinance pro- yiding for polling places and for other election details that in the aggregate
 was too big an enterprise to take hold of at 9 late hour last night.
 In the ordering of warrants drawn on the treasury last night there was
 one of general interest. It was a war
 rant for $500 ordered drawn in favor 1 of the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,. trustee for the holders of the city water cOmpany'S bonds. The warrant is for the payment of interest on the bonds. The money for the payment of the interest is from the hydrant rent als that have been withheld from the water company for the last six months as per the legal notice served by the | Trust company some months ago. The ] balance of the hydrant rental due the water company for that period, S195
 was ordered paid to the company
 The matter next of public interest l was in respect of the fire department
 It was announced that the fire engine | has gone to the bad and the statement
 was given official emphasis by the testimony of Fire Chief Linville and Engineer Cobb, The engine has cost , as much time and trouble in the past i year to keep in repair as in the pre- l ceding seventeen years of its use ! Even now there is no telling when the i boiler will give out in an emergency.
 It has simply served its day and should l be replaced. The department officers | made it clear that the purchase of a new one might prove a cheap invest
 ment for the city, or Q refusa! to | might be very expensive. It was also 1 pointed out that if a new one were bought the old one could be kept in ! repair for emergencies when a second
 engine might be very desirable in com | batting a big fire. It was also an nounced that a new engine would cost f approximately from $4,O0O to S5.OO0, | depending UDOn the size of the ma | chine bought. The matter was left
 to the engineer, fire chief and fire i committee to recommend action and i to report the cost of a new one and ! the manner of proceeding to secure it. In accordance with previous instruc-
 tions Building Inspector Norton sub
 mitted plans of a proposed fire house ! to be built at Five Points, to cost ap- 1 proximately $500. The building is all so to contain a small jail and police
 station office. The subject was laid i over until the next meeting and be-
 tween now and then the counciImen 1 pledged each other to make a journey
 to Five Points and look at the site.
 The ordinance committee was in
 structed to revise the sign ordinance 1 and the marshal was instructed to
 make an inspection of all steam and i electric railway tracks in the city and see if the ordinances were being com , piled with in respect of crossings, flush : grades, etc.