Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-24


 The city council will meet tonight in special session, primarily for the purposes of transacting business as a board of equalization, and secondarily for the consideration of several mat ters of much importance that are ex- pected- to come up. After all this IS disposed of it is said that the council will likely go into session as copl- mittee of the whole for conference with the committee recently appointed by the firemen with power to settle the fire house property dispute. So there is no doubt a busy night before the board.
 The feature expected to predomi- nate !n importance before the coun- cilmen tonight is that of notice from the Copper Queen Co. that if will no longer carry all the responsibility for the subway. This notice is said to be in the hands of the City Clerk for delivery to the council. That such de livery would be made has been the talk on the streets the last couple or days. and has aroused much discus sion. Opinion seems to be very large ly m savor of the council taking such steps in the matter as n<ay be necessa- " to keep the subway in order and in readiness to cope with such visitatons as that of last Saturday night, when but for the subway the heart of the town would undoubtedly have witness cd frishtful loss of life and property. Everybody appears to agree that the waterway has demonstrated itself an indispensable safeguard to life in the town. and that 1t must be kept in read mess for the service that any moment may require.
 Expre essions as to the manner in which this task can be accomplished most equitably. vary widely. Some are in favor of the city assuming en- tire responsibility, on the theory that it cares for streets and trails in ali portions of the town. and for many flaatskaaeft 9alfs- < seatksriNg propsFfsf erty directly benefited carrying tneI big end Of the cost of maintenance of the subway. by means of a special tax levy. it being pointed out that the peaple along the line of the subway benefit in the greatest degree from it's maintenance and that, in fact, since lAE EA RC&4EALE OA foGAuA udg n4ElA lAElA property would be practically worth less on the market Kut for the sub way protection 1t has.
 The fact that the Copper Queen Go. has carried the subway to large e1- teIt at it's own expense since concep- tion of the idea up to the recent time when it was given thorough test and proved it's value. Is generally recos- nized by those who talk on the streets and there is DO comment on the ac- tioR Of the company in quitting theI subway ether than wonder that it did not wash it's hands of the responsibil- ity long before.
 Mayor Taylor said yesterday that he had been advised that the city council could not take the subway over completely, as it was not pub lie property. However, the counc-n has in the past contributed to theI subway cleaning funds, and in this ing with maintenance of the safeguard to life and property of the business center of town.
 What the council may do in the present emergency remains to be seen, The situation confronted is a serious one, the subway, in the midst cf the present rainy season. being filled more than tvo-thirds with de- bris. aud no one at hand to take the responsibility of putting it in shape, though perhaps hundreds of lives may be sacrificed by even small delay. un- less the council does take hold and ir some manner work out an fmmedi- ate and equitable arrangement