Arizona republican., 1906-07-03
MANUMISSION
 OF PHOENIX
The City Freed From the
 Dust Plague
It Was Directly Done by
 Raising the Saloon Li- cense to S1,OOO a Year.

For two reasons the Fourth of July. 1906, will be a day of celebration in Phoenix. Not only will it be the birth | day of national independence but it will be the day on which street sprinkling will be resumed by the city authorities And the sprinkling that will be done will not be of the half-hearted sort | over half the town, but of the good old kind that was in vogue before the plague, where six sprinklers work day l and night to lay the dust on all of the streets of the city. For the next thirty days there will be no let up for it will be a difficult task to again place the streets in their former good condition
 The resuming of sprinkling, which was decided on at a meeting of the city council held last night, was made pos- sible by the enactment of an ordinance
 raising the saloon license of the city to 5000 a year, payable quarterly in advance. The passing of the ordinance
 was by a unanimous vote and for the
 resolution to resume street sprinkling
 all the members of the council voted
 aye. They even went to the superflu-
 ous proceeding of calling the roll on
 the sprinkling resolution.
 It was late in the evening when the
 
 was a large number of citizens in at
 tendance. Most of the work when the
 council had been convened was ready
 for consideration and vote, for the
 discussion, if there was any, had all
 been done in a caucus. The sprinkIing resolution was offered by Councilman Cisney. The preamble Tecited the fact that the sprinkling had been discon- tinued on the first of June because the revenue for the fiscal year under which the city was then working had been exhausted; that the city council by raising the saloon license had thereby created sufficient excess in revenue for the present fiscal year, to warrant the continuing of street sprinkling for the present. The resolution then in structed the street superintendent to put all of the sprinklers of the city in operation and to employ sufficient drivers for that purpose. It further re- solved that the council. knowing that the present increase to be obtained by raising the saloon license win not be sufficient to long continue street sprinkling, gave notice through the resolution that street sprinkIing will again be discontinued when it is found that by so continuing, the expenses of the city will exceed it's revenue for the current year. The wagons would have been placed on the streets today were the horses available, but they will have to be brought in from pasture and shod before they can be put to work.
 The ordinance fixing the saloon li- cense passed by the council, it has been l estimated, will increase the city reve- nue from this source from $64OO to | S1s,OO0. There will also be a small rev. enue received in the increase of license | to wholesale liquor dealers. The retail | license has formerly been $50 a. quarter | and IS now raised to S250 a quarter. | The wholesale license is raised by the ordinance from S25 a quarter to $50 s ! quarter. The ordinance becomes ef- tectiVe on the last day of the present month. Although there was no addi- tional license legislation by the council there was other hinted at in a motion made by Councilman Cisney. instruct Ing the ordinance committee to consult "lth the city attorney and prepare an ordinance raising the gambling license It is understood that the proposed or finance will double the present license, raising it from S20 a quarter for each game to $40 quarter.
 The city water case which is now in he courts at Cincinnati was called to mind by the passing of a motion au- horlzing the drawing of a warrant in ne sum of S20O as retainer to Mathews Merrill, legal firm of that city, for heir appearance as attorneys in the injunction suits. This case it is under tood will be set for hearing when the ourt meets on July :. In a cross bill ecently filed by Todd G Co. they have ecured an order restraining the bank rom paying the s5OOO check put up with ( he city as forfeit if the bonds were : lot taken by Todd & Co. on a certain ate. Recorder Thomas will likely cave Cincinnati today for Phoenix Y nd should reach here by the last of J he week. The fee to be paid by the [ ity to the Ohio legal firm will not ex- c eed $500. O The Cope and Tait ditch matter. ] mich has been before the council for ( ome time, was finally disposed of by ne council instructing Cope and Tait } furnish water to the residents of outh Center street in accordance with leir contract or forfeit the ditch. h he action of the council was brought n ut by the citizens of that neighbor- n pod presenting a generously signed t etition making such a request. The O rect sign question is in the beginning O. d stormy stage. An ordinance was assed which practically does away - ith these signs. The meeting of the - 'uncil was brought to close by au- lorizing the drawing of warrants for } le monthly pay roll and the expense count, an item much less than it has zen for many months previous. The to be paid for the claims are
 the new form recently adopted by e council and will be printed on pink l lper- The idea is that they may be Il , color known from the old warrants. ne pink warrants are payable iron. e collections of the city for the cur v mt fiscal year. fl