Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-06
INTERESTING MEET
 OF DOUGLAS COUNCIL
Selection of a Fire Chief Is Postponed Until Later
 Meeting.

DOUGLAS, Sept. Special. J. Councilman Prickett was the only member absent when the, city council finally got down to business last evening. Before the meeting was ov- CT new pest house had been ordered built. an ordinance restraining trans fer drivers from soliciting business on the main street had been drawn up.
 and several smaller chapters had been added to the history of Douglas. A report on the condition of the old pest house showed that it is now ! torn to pieces even to the extent of | having its rafteTs bare in places. 1 The vote to install the old furniture i in new house to be erected soon was unanimous. COuncilmen Greene and Sims and City Attorney Lockwood were appointed a committee to make further arrangements.
 A discussion regarding the wagons waiting to pick up freight ana passen- ger business on c avenue was inevi table. announced the mayor, for there had been complaints from citizens. It was finally decided that there should be no lettering of wagons on G ave hue from Twelfth to Eighth streets and for a block east and west. Coun- cilmen Greene and Sims were appoint ed a committee to draw up the oTdi- nance.
 No Chief Selected.
 Letters were read from applicants for the chiefship of the new fire de- partment. Louis Almgreen of San
 Diego, a former member of that de- partment whose father used to own Railroad avenue saloon here. has applied. giving strong references. Will liam Armstrong of Joliet, Ill, who has been in the Joliet department for
 twenty years, part of the time as
 chief, made application through
 Tombstone friend. As the chief need
 not be named for at least thirty days
 the city clerk was instructed to write
 Mir Armstrong, whose references the
 city fathers liked best, for more infOr-
 nation regarding his career. In the
 meantime the city clerk will hold him
 self open for more applications. The committee who bought the
 three fountains now on hand in the
 city was instructed to place them.
 It is probable that one will be placed
 on one side of the city park near the church block, one near the pOstOffice and one on Thirteenth or Twelfth
 streets near G avenue.
 The mayor announced, after hear | ing the application of a driver for the hose cart read from man outside the
 city. that the policy of the council ! would be to give men from it's yOlun- teer department a chance to become
 regular fremen before all others. A report from Fire Marshal Phelan
 showed that there were but four
 alarms during August, with practical
 ly no damage from fire.
 Better Fire Alarm System. The city fathers later discussed a fire alarm system informally. Mayor Adamson remarked that the present alarm gave no information regarding | location when it blew. He said that
 later he would be in favor of spending 5000 or more for a fire alarm system
 as soon as the city can afford it. 1 The mayor also remarked that he would be in favor of allowing men of
 each hose cart about $25 month for social time At tho time, by the
 way, each nf the councilmen was
 smoking one of a box of cigars pre- scented them early in the meeting by the present hose team.
 Policeman Hilburn was allowed a vacation of two weeks on application.
 A precedent for giving each policeman 1 two weeks of each year was thus es- tablished, Mayor Adamson remarking that such a vacation is only fair. The council allowed the sewer con tractors approximately $9000 last night for it's monthly expenses. Sur
 mise as to what condition the con tractors will leave the streets in after 1 the narrowing work is over were met 1 by the reminder that 15 per cent of i the payment is withheld until the con l tractors have entirely satisfied the l city fathers. About S37, 900 have been paid to the contractors so far, leaV- | ing $20,000 still to pay.