Arizona republican., 1906-06-28

l
 suggestions for retrenchment, which,
 In it's opinion, would put the city in | financial condition that would enable it
 to resume sprinkling.
 ! The council accepted the report sub | mitted and announced that it would like a little time to consider the vari-
 ous suggestions made It was then de-
 clded to hold another special meeting
 of the council on Saturday night, at
 which every citizen interested in the i sprinkling question is invited to be
 present, state his views, if he has any. ! register his kick if he wants to. and l point way out if he knows how Fol- l lowing is the report of the board of | trade committee:
 To the Mayor and City Council of Phoenix:
 ! Gentlemen: On the request of your ! honorable body, we were appointed by the board of trade to consult with you
 and endeavor to find some satisfactory
 plan by which the city may be relieved ! of the present uncomfortable condition
 of dusty streets. but, at the same time, without impairing the credit of the municipality. There has been time for | only hurried inspection of the city's books in order to get the necessary | data upon which to work and in se- i curing such information we have had the hearty cooperation of the mem
 bers of your honorable body, as we'll as the city officials to whom we ap- piled.
 We believe that the first requisite for placing the city's credit upon a firm basis, and at the same time effect a saving in expense would be by refund ing the present floating indebtedness. To this end we recommend the calling of a special election for the approval of $120.000 in bonds, to be placed at B per cent. instead of per cent, which is now being paid on warrants, and thus effect a saving of S12OO a year in inter- est charges. At the same time. the amount now paid annually for interest on warrants, and which is taken from the general funds, would be available for the running expenses of the city. From our examination of the books, we notice the necessity for a different system of segregating the accounts of | the various departments, and we ap- prove the plan contemplated by the re- corder to introduce such a system as Is needed with the beginning of the fs- cal year
 While we realize that the city coun- ell has already made cuts in the vari- ous departments, with a view to keep ing the city's expenditures within it's income, we believe there is still work for the pruning knife, and to that end we recommend that the city marshal and three men discharge all the duties 1 of the police department in the city of Phoenix and that the police be in- structed to make all necessary arrests of peace disturbers within the city limits
 We recommend that one man do the necessary work at the city corral with Eisrfe fnFf f1ae rg- where expedient the city prisoners be utilized for street work and for loading wagons. so that expense may be saved In that direction
 We recommend that the public utiI- ity companies be required to replace torn-up streets in the condition in which their wOrkmen find them. so that such work need not be done subsequently, at city expense
 We recommend the reduction of the fire force by one man. believing that with three men and a substitute the efficiency of the department will not be impaired. We also recommend that the testing of the fire hydrants be done as formerly without expense to the city.
 We recommend that necessary SUD- plies, such as hay feed and other ar ticles, be contracted for in season. so as to secure the lowest prices for such commodities, and that an accurate ac- count be kept Of>the receipt and use of such supplies, with a monthly report to the council, so that invoices may be 1 checked and audited.
 Easing our figures upon the actual | receipts of the last year as S7O,OOO | available income for the general ex- penses of the city and with the econ | omies already in force or outlined ! above, we submit the following esti- ! mates for the various departments, be- heving that they fully cover the nec- essary operating expenses to be met | within the coming fiscal year. We be- lieVe that a further economy may be | obtained by cutting the number of street lights to 63. as named in the original contract, or else by reducing the number of hours the lamps are burned. so that the annual bill may be reduced about one-third.
 Llghting--9O lamps at $S per
 month .... ...... $S640. % Sprinkling-4 wagons, 24 hour
 run in summer; ? wagons,
 24 hour run in winter, av-
 craze of three, A hour run
 at $240; water. $50; ? men
 at $45. $1OO; teams at $45,
 $9O, $24O .... ............. 576O. % Salaries-Recorder, $I25; as-
 sessor. $125: treasurer, $25;
 city attorney, s75; physi-
 sian, $50; janitor, $6O; $46O
 per month -. =. ....... 552O % $125: men
 at $75, s225; $35O per
 month";. expenses. feeding
 prisoners, etc, $500. .. 5000 % Fire Department-Chief, $25:
 engineer, $2O; stoker, $2O;
 men at $75, $500: $365 per
 month; feed three teams at
 s2O; s72O ..... . 51OO % Streets-Corral boss, $S4O; C
 garbage wagons at $50,
 $3740; 1 team and wagon,
 $96O; 8 men, $2O4O; lumber,
 etc, $500. ... .... .. SOSO. % zanjeros at $65,
 $156000; water. $500. .... 236O %