Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
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CFrom Tuesdays Dsiiy)

the city council last night. City Ri-- torney Ling informed the mayor .asi council that the Prescott and M~sss Union Railway company's right ts thc use of West Prescott bridge for itss track will expire May, 2l, according io. the decision rendered lgy Judge Ssosss in the injunction suit of the company seeking to restrain the city from ister- fcring with the passage of the com -pany's car over the bridge some mostars ago. The rcity attorney also -tstes that the judgment was. 6nsl, rs the. eompany's attorney had given ssti~s of appeal 10 the supremt court sssh- out first fling motion for a usw tsss1-
 In answer to further iaynvsiss hy members of the council, tbd risy at torney said that in ease the compssy persisted in running it's ears over' the bridge after May 2I, without first pro curing a license from the city couse'i. the management Of the company woaid '' ih 'tuft.
 A petition signed by SO of the rcsi- dents and taxpayers, of West Pws- colt, declaring the health resort sf Dr- ]. W. Finn, in West Prescott n siss- ance, was read, asking the council to. take steps for it's removal outside the city limits. The petition represestc that tubereular patients were enter tained and treated there aud sosse sf the signers present stated that the sur roundings were a menace to the health of the community, that the vicinity was so inoculated with the germs sf tuberculosis that chickens which had fed had died from the disease. The petition was referred to tho Sssitary committee.
 Mayor Goldwater instructed Chief of Police Prince to stop fast ar5visR over the West Prescott bridge and sss~ informed the chief that nc had had S number of complaints from rsssssts of the city about City Atiovnsy Hing driving his automobile at W Yrsci double the limit allowed ny city sshin- ance. A member of the council stated that he believed Attorney Ling va~ the author of the ordinance agnin-t fast driving but this was denied by tho daring attorney chafaeur, who is rs- putcd to have driven his machine dexw the West Prescott hill and over the West Prescott bridge at speed of al least fifty miles an hour
 The mayor and clerk were nufnorincd to sign n contract with the. Union oiH company for 10000 barrels of oil, morc or less, at cost of sl.1O n barrel, this price being l9 cents higher than last years contract with the same concern
 The city clerk was instructed to notify Mir Webster te build n side walk in iron, of his residence on South Pleasant street and an application for permission to build bridge across the alley connecting his house wesr of the alley with the Scopel hotel by Ferdin- ando Scopel was referred to the street committee.
 The report of the superinte endent o'' water works for aMreh showed that 2. 9l3,656 gallons of water had bee" pumped into the city reservoir from the Del Rio pumping plant, that C. 79s, ,i50 gallons flowed into the reser- 'voir through the Miller pipe line irons the Thorbccke Springs, the raiiroao company had been furnished with ;, 357, ,l2j gallons at Del Rio, 3,269,5iW were billed out through Prescott meters G63, $50 gallons through the Fort Whip pie meter, with gain in the eNr voir of s00,S0 gallons, the balance oi 4,97T,9i6 gallons being charged t' sewers, sprnkling and waste
 The amount of water billed out iW Prescott was in the amount of s2,- l90.65, Fort Whipple sG639 and the railroad company s696.+2.
 The expenses of the water depart ment were s2,02s.l3.
 The city treasurer's report showed [" balance of s9,l57.33 in the general fund May and $25O in the interest fund.
 Health officer Day reported elevers births and seven deaths in April wit1 the health of the city first class.
 City Assessor and Tax Collector Williams report showed the colloctio" of si,O4ll2 for water in April s2, 470 nlicenses and si0.0i in delinquenL taxes.
 The city recorders April report showed that S3l5 in fines had been col | ,aa,oJ aaa ,nr,.d ;uto the city treas~