Arizona republican., 1905-07-04
MAYOR RESIGNS For the Second Time Mir.
 Adams Lays Aside Grown
 MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Certain Phases or the Project Created IrrecOnCiIable ISharm.ny - Old WaterwOrks Commission Summar- fly Ousted and New One Selected.

I lA. His action followed a previous action of the city council in which the mem bers of the municipal waterworks commission nominated by Mr. Adams and confirmed by the council at a for mer meeting, were fired and a new commission was named. Just previous to the matter mentioned above the council awarded the city waterworl1s bonds for $500, 900 to w. R. Todd S, CO of Cincinnati, their bid for the bonds being par and accrued interest This nasty bond sale was in direct recog- hilton of the recommendation of a meeting of the Citizens Municipal Waterworks committee. held earlier in the evening in the office of Wood & O'NeiI, when the following resolution was adopted by a vote of about two to one.
 SBe it resolved by the Citizens Muni- cipal Waterworks committee of the city of Phoenix:
 That this committee believes that the s300000 of bonds voted by the citizens of Phoenix for the purpose of installing and constructing a waterworks system for the city of Phoenix should be sold as soon as possible, and the committee having learned that the city of Phoe- nix has been offered par and accrued interest for these, regardless of litiga- tion or lawsuits, that we believe the mayor and common council should accept said offer and at once proceed with the construction of an adequate waterworks system for the city of Phoenix.
 Therefore, we earnestly urge the mayor and common council of the city Of Phoenix, and respectfully request that they dispose of said bonds at once, and as soon as possible begin the con- structiOn of a waterworks system.
 After the adjournment of the meet ing of the citizens committee, large delegation of the committee. headed by F. B. O'NeiIJ, who presided at the citizens meeting. went to the city hall, when the council session was immedi- ately begun. The session of the coun- ciI was delayed until that time by the absence of the mayor, who was at tending the citizens meeting, and which will be referred to later.
 Immediately after rollcaH, Mr. C'Neill presented the resolution above quoted. Mr. Lauver moved it's adop- ton. which was followed by the vote of all councilmen except the mayor who voted no. T. J. Prescott then immediately presented to the council a renewal of his offer on behalf of w. k. Todd & Co. to buy the bonds for par and accrued interest, providing the offer be accepted not later than July 3. On request of MT. Kersting, the re- corder read the record of a former con ditional sale of the bonds to the Union Bank & Trust company of Cincinnati, the conditions of which had not been complied with. On Mir. Kersting's mo- tion the contract with that company was unanimously revoked.
 MT. Kersting moved the adoption or acceptance of the offer of Todd & Co. The mayor demurred, saying he had not consulted an attorney in that mat ter and he was not certain the council had a right to sell the bonds without an advertisement. It was contended by Mir. Prescott that the offer was in response to advertisement. as it was a renewal of the same bid submitted by Todd &s Go. last February, after an ad- vcrtisement, and at which time the Union bid was accepted. He held that this being the next best offer the council was in a position to act upon it. It proceeded to act, Messrs. Ker- sting, Moss and Lauver voting aye. MT. Greene passing, and the mayor voting no.
 MT. Kersting moved to reconsider the action of the council at a former meeting. when it confirmed the ap- pOintment of Messrs F. M. Mognett c. H. N. Lungs. C. E. DeMund. V. L. Clark and $. OberfeIder as a water works commission. The motion car ried, the mayor voting mo- Mr. Kerst- ing then moved that the nomination of the above named gentlemen to serve on the commission be rejected The motion carried, Messrs. Kersting, Moss and Lauver voting aye, MT Greene passing, and the mayor voting no.
 MT. Kersting then addressed the council saying that in after years, when our grandchildren ask the his- tory of municipal ownership in this town. Phoenix would be ashamed of the record of the council. He there fore moved that the recorder be direct ed to eXpunge from the records of the council all action that had been taken concerning the late waterworks com mission, that had died in it's infancy This was seconded by MT. Moss. these two and MT. Lauver voting aye, MT. Greene and the mayor voting no.
 MT. Kersting presented a resolution providing a method for the election of new water works commission of sev- en members. Each councilman who desired should deposit with the re- corder a list of seven nominees, and MT. Moss was designated as the mem ber to assist the recorder in the can vass. The vote resulted as follows: T.. T. Hurley. 4: F. M. Mognett. 4; r. H. Lyman, 4: Ed. Eisele, 4 Lincoln Fowler, 4; F. H. McNeil, 3; J. M. Aitken, ?. After the recorder an- nounced the result the mayor called attention to the fact that one of the men named. MT. Aitken, did not have a majority vote of the council, and he believed it necessary to have d ma