Arizona republican., 1906-10-04

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 eral fund and $40 against the library
 fund. all of the warrants to be payable
 in cash. It is understood that even after the payment or the warrants for
 the month there will yet remain in the
 city treasury a good sized amount of
 cash.
 The action of the board of equaliza-
 tiOn in it's raising and lowering of the assessments on the city tax roll was
 approved by the council and the tax roll was ordered returned to the city assessor and tax collector. This action
 was taken after the adoption of a reso- lution authorizing the usual exemp- tions. as provided by law. The report
 of the health officer, W. l. Simpson. which was read showed that between
 the dates of January 1 and October 1. 1906. there had been 323 deaths in the ! city. 232 being deaths or males and 91 1 females. Tn the same period there had ! been 69 births, 9 males and g females ! For the year ending October 1 there l were 43 cases of contagious disease 1 There were 37 cases of diphtherfa os l scarlet fever and 1 Of smallpox. The | death rate in the cases of diphtheria i was less than 1 per cent. this being due 1 largely to the strict quarantine estah- ! lished and to the prompt use of anti | toxin Tn handling the cases and 1 maintaining the quarantine the city physician had the hearty cooperation 1 of the city school officials For the 1 month of June the city building in | sDector issued 60 permits. Of this number II were building permits . plumbing. II electric and 36 gas His fees in this connection amounted to s51.S5.
 Some time ago Mir. Ensign of the Pacific Gas and Electric company. sue cessOIs to the Phoenix Light and Fuel company, appeared before the city council and with a v7ew of assisting it out of it's then financial difficulties voluntarily offered a rebate on the charges made the city for street lights. Last evening d resolution was intro duced accepting the rebates and thank ing the company. The resolution was signed by the mayor and the recorder and a copy was ordered forwarded to the company. The resolution follows.
 Whereas, The Pacific Gas and EIec- tric company. in recognition of the financial burdens of the city of Phoa-I nix. has offered to the common council of the city of Phoenix to rebate from the contract price of all electric arc lights furnished by it under the pres ent contract the sum of 90 cents per light each month, now therefore. be it
 Resolved, By the common council O, the city of Phoenix. that the said offer of the said Pacific Gas and Electric company be and the same is hereby ac- cepted, and be it further
 Resolved. That the thanks of the common council be and the same are hereby rendered to the said Pacific Gas and Electric company in recognition of its generosity.
 Passed by the common council this Sd day of October. 19O6.-'
 ThOs. J. Prescott appeared before the council and presented a petition signed by seventy-five residents of the city, asking that the Salvation Army be re- strained from holding meetings in front of the Garden City restaurant The signers of the petition are largely patrons of the restaurant and their petition alleges that the meetings in the evening border on violation of the nuisance law. The city marshal was instructed to see the officers of ! the organization and if possible arrange with them to hold their meetings else where or change their manner of con ducting their street meetings. w. P ! Richardson presented petition from the photographers of the city asking for a modification of the license law i and reduction of their license from SS a quarter. which they now pay. 10 a I lesser sum. Their contention as set forth in the petition is that 90 per cent ! of the business of the town is done by ! travelling photo copying agents. anna : teur photographers and travelling view makers. so that they find the paying of the license tax and meeting the com | .t ferred 10 the ordinance committee.
 The franchise which was asked from ! the council was for several miles of track to be run in the west part of the ! city. eventually to be a part of a pro ! posed electric line to Buckeye. The 1 franchise was requested by Messrs 1 Green and. SCull. The action of the council which created the. most. joy | was the adoption of a resolution of 1 fered by MT Christy. the Second ward ] member. providing that beginning with ! November 1 no man shall be employed | by the city at a monthly compensat tion [ less than S60 a month. l was also MT. 1 Christy who introduced the resolution l increasing the salary of the superin- ! tendent of streets from SS5 to S1OO ! month.
 The residents of WestmoreIand. place.
  Center street to Third avenue Two| years ago they filed the necessary pe-I ttion to secure the building of the sidewalk by the city and the assess . ment of the cost to the abutting prop erty. The recorder was instructed to issue a call for bids for the proposed work and he will likely do so today.
 An ordinance was presented and passed to encourage building. which ] provides that foundations of one-story bUildings need only be installed eighteen inches below the curb. instead ! or three feet. as formerly. and tha nine-inch walls may be built on all | such buildings instead of the former requirement. of twelve-inch walls ! WoOen girders may be used if covered 1 by metal. but no machinery can be 1 allowed in the building so cons structed l vr-fr Fa of