Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-09
Busy Session Caring For Routine
 Affairs
City Printing Contract Chief Topic Of
 Interest
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

At the regular monthly meeting of
 the city council last evening all mem.
 bers were in attendance, and quite an
 accumulation of routine business was
 taken up and disposed of. Among one
 of the first matters of business to come
 before the meeting was with reference
 to the city printing contract, which
 had been let to the Herald.
 In the absence of City Attorney
 Herndon, his associate, Attorney Nor
 ris, was in attendance, and explained the position of the city in the matter of the legal printing. He was brief in talking on this point, saying that the paper that had contracted to print the ordinances must either carry out it's contract or stand the expense for such publication in some other paper. In the event of not complying with this law governing such affairs, the bond for the city printing contractor must be held to make good any shortcoming.
 This matter was discussed strictly from business standpoint, and in the end the city attorney was instructed to notify the management of the paper having the city printing that he must comply with the terms of his contract, or the city would have the work done at his expense.
 The sidewalk ordinance relative to bicycles was an interesting bit of newsy matter, the mayor explaining that he had received complaints because mail carriers were allowed to ride wheels on walks, while local residents who wear no uniform are fined for the same act. After short talk he stated that regardless of who might be the guilty person, the ordinance should be en- forced, according to which mail car riers are no longer to be allowed to be played as favorites as to this ordin- anee.
 Reports of Dr. Thomson of Fort Whipple, and of Dr. Day of the city, were referred to and ordered filed, and a request for an analysis of the water conditions here with reference to ty- phoid germs, requested by the Uni versity of Michigan was placed in the same order. In this connection a communication was read from Cap tain W. A. Holbrook of the Whipple staff, referring to the city water sup ply, and explaining that Superintend ent Morley of the government was de- sirous of making investigation of the conditions in this portion of the county.
 The report of City Recorder Me Lane showed that the receipts of his of flee for the month of July aggregated $300, being less by $25 than the month previous. This report was order ed filed with a compliment to the re- corder for his showing during the year to date.
 Bills for July were referred to by the mayor, and he made order that Col lector Williams and Superintendent Glass of the water department, cheek up the account so as to make a report. It was agreed that the complete re- port of Collector Williams should be in readiness by next Monday.
 The report of Collector Williams showed that the collections for licenses during July reported thus far were in the sum of sl, ,396. The collections for water amounted to $2,269.O6. The de- linquent tax collections summed up s69O.O6. These reports were accepted and ordered filed for record.
 Following came the matter of the contract for the construction of the new reservoir, Messrs. Sines & Rock mark. who secured the contract, were in attendance, and the formal reading and adoption of the ordinance provid l ing for this work was gone through ] with The bond offered with Geo. W. | and Jos. DOugherty as sure ties was accepted, and the first work | on this new cement reservoir will like | ly be commenced today. All of the trihing differences as to minor mat ters in this contract have been settled, | and the work will be pushed to com pletion without delay. The terms of the contract are strict with reference