Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-05
DOUGLAS GETS CHEAP FIRE
 RATES
System of Fire Protection
 Agreed Upon Between City
 and Douglas Improvement Association that Will Benefit

Having laid out a plan and entered into an agreement with the Douglas Improvement company for a system of fire protection that will give Doug las the best fire department in the 1 territory and send insurance rates down 33 1-3 per cent, besides declar- ing budget of expenditures for the forthcoming year, the meeting of the | city council last night was of monu- mental importance to the city at large and of vital interest to the smallest property owner.
 The council was exceedingly busi- ness like. Mayor Adamson carried it through with all the precision of well regulated board of directors and. to such a fine degree did he have the finances and the affairs generally of the city at his command that there was not a hitch in the important pro ceedings. Mayor Adamson made a report to the council in line with the spirit of the mass meeting held a few weeks ago in the matter of fire pro lection. He showed the council where it would be better to have fine fire department and an adequate water supply than to continue to expenG thousands of dollars on the streets, so 1t was his idea that street improve ment, except of superficial nature,
 should be stoped and the efforts of the council concentrated on fire pro tection
 This became the idea of the council
 It was agreed to buy steamer f1re
 engine. what additional hose Is neces- sary and install hose carts about the
 school sections of the city. The plan of the mayor for fire plugs about the city, as per diagram submitted, which
 covers the entire city thoroughly and
 gives fire protection to the remotest
 section-forty-one in all-was con cured in. 1t was also agreed that Eighth and Twelfth streets on c ave
 nue and that an additional fire plug be placed between each block.
 MT. Cowan in behalf of the Douglas Improvement company assured the
 council his company was as anxious
 as the people to get fire protection. He then submitted a proposition that nyz 1 company would install thirty-fve or
 more fire plugs to be used by the city fin consideration of $50 per plug per year. His company would also lay
 the eightinch main on c avenue and would as soon as the present smaller mains are worn out replace them with larger ones. though his company was mot now in positin to tear up their mains and put in larger ones. He ad lvised the council that his price was s2.50 under the price charged by the
 Fl Paso company, which required a
 minimum of 100 plugs. The council and Mir. Cowan each pledged them selves to the agreement and orders
 were today placed by both city and D. I. company
 Beyond the matter of fire protection the financial budget was the most i'm portant matter before the council The
 rate of taxation will be six mills
 Funds overdrawn by the street depart ment will be so handled that in al S13, GOO will be spent for fire protec ton during the coming year. , The budget follows:
 Douglas, Ariz.. June 19, 1907.
 To the Mayor and Common Council O.
 the City of Douglas.
 1 Gentlemen: We, the undersigned ; members of the finance committee t whom the budget of the city for thu
 ensuing year was referred, beg leavt
 to report as follows:
 We recommend that the budget 0
 i the city for the year ending May 31
 be, approximately, as follows: