Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-21
CITY COU N GIL MET LAST
 NIGHT
Matter of Sewer Bonds Is Re- ferred to Bank Attorneys
 for Approval,

CuSocu-
 . >>> . . . . : . . . =
 The City Council met last evening in special session at o'clock. From s o'clock to g the Council met as a Board of Equalization to consider all objections to the raises made by the City Council on the tax roll.
 MT. M. J. Brophy appeared before the board in behalf of the Copper Queen Store. The board had raised the assessment Of the store S36,OOO over the amount returned by the asses. sor. Mr. Brophy argued that the raise was not justified, but after con sidering the matter, Councilman Shat tuck made a motion that the raise be approved. This 1notion was carried.
 MT. Frankenberg appeared in behalf of the Fair Store and argued that the raise of S5700 assessed to them was not equitable. The Council consid- cred the matter, but would not change the assessment, and the raise was approved.
 | MT. J. H. Jack appeared and argued that the assessment of his property on | Upper Main street was eXorbitant. The i Council considered the matter and re- duced the assessment on MT. Jacks property from $14,500 to $12,500. The assessment on the Overlook & Co. stock was reduced from sl0,OOO to 5000.
 The assessment on Thos. Hogan's house was removed from the rolls, as the house was not built until April, and the assessment is made in Feb ruary.
 At o'clock Mayor Caven called the
 Council to order 10 take up several matters or Importance. The first mat ter to come before the Council was the sewer bond ordinance. Mayor Caven furnished the bank attorneys
 with copy of the ordinance some time ago, and it was expected that they would have passed on it by last evening" Mir. Sutter, acting in be- half of the First National Bank, con- ferred with Mir. Ellinwood about the
 matter, and then drew up an amended ordinance which was presented to the Council tasS lsisnt-s On sccossns of thu l fact that the other bank attorneys had not passed on, the amended ordinance, the matter was referred to the finance | LII dSLloL. hO committee will take this matter up today with the, bank attorneys, and a special meeting of the Council will be called to, receive the report. This meeting will probably be called on
 Wednesday night. Mayor Caven is anxious to get this matter ill shape so that the city can advertise for bids on the construction of the sewer. MT. I (. hot hn and Merchants Bank would take one half of the bond issue, amounting to S40,000. The First National Bank has
 agreed to take s20,000, and the Bank
 of Bisbee S15,000, leaving S5,000 worth
 of the bonds still unsubscribed for. MT. J. H. Jack said that he would take
 s1 900 worth of the bonds leaving S4,000 worth to be distributed among
 the different citizens.
 The next matter was the wholesale
 and retail liquor license ordinance amendment which was laid on the ta- ble at the last meeting of the Council There seemed to be some misunder.
 standing in regard to the new license
 ordinance, and the City Attorney was instructed to draw a new ordinance lremedying the defect. This was done
 but on considering the matter last night the Council came to the conclu
 sion that the ordinance was all right
 and accordingly laid the amendment
 on the table. In regard to the taxing
 of slot machines which did not pay fl
 money, the city attorney was instruct ed to draft an ordinance releasing
 them from taxation and fixing the tax
 on those which did pay in money.
 The next matter was the considera
 ton of the amended specifications fol the sidewalk to be built in front of tht } Copper Queen General office. | seems the original specifications were
 indefinite, and for that reason were amended. The specifications were adopted as read, and the City Clerk in
 structed to advertise for bids.
 The matter of piping the water iron , the Czar shaft to the north side of tht canyon so as to make it convenient for sprinkling purposes, was taken III next, and the street committee wa: } Instructed to look into the matter ant
 find out which was the best way tt accomplish the desired result. II ccrnecticn with the sprinkiing of tht \ streets Mayor Caven said that he hat
 seen the manager of the water com parry. and that MT. James had agreed } to furnish the city with sprinklins water at the rate of s1 per 1000 gal 7 lors. This matter was referred tt , the street committee. Mayor Cavel : suggested that Tombstone CanyoI
 should be sprinkled to the city limits ? and impressed upon the council thu ; necessity of keeping the dust iron flying around. On account of the de 7 pleted condition of the city treasury ! no action was taken on this matter. A The Y. NJ. c. A. applied to the stree committee for permission to pull ' steps from their building on to tn ; city property, but on account of tn bad precedent which would be estat
 Ilshad fha ranuasf mac not fxranfpd