Arizona republican., 1908-09-12

 CONTEMPLATED
City Fathers Hold a Long
 Session
More Cement Walks to be Built and Various Other Matters.


 Thursday evening and transacted a lot
 of business of one kind and another. A few matters considered were not brought to conclusion, but will be taken up again at later date. The
 meeting resolved itself into one, the
 chief purpose of which is the improv
 ing of the town in different ways and
 several mighty good moves were start ed, more detailed mention of which
 will be made later on in this article. l The council as usual first devoted it's
 time to routine matters and the follow l ing claims were allowed: C. w. Miller,
 labor, etc, s49.51; Sam Reed, lock for jail, $1.25; Tempe Hardware Co.,, sup plies. S32.25; News Publishing com
 pany, printing. s1S.5O; Tempe Canal
 company, S625O; A. B. Tomlinson, ser vices, $500; L. w. Blinn Lumber Co, supplies, $9S5; Tempe Hdw. Co, sup plies, s25.57; Tempe Light and Power Co, pumping for August, $107.46; c. W. Miller, Aug salary as clerk, $2500; Pacific Creamery Co, $500; w. J. Kingsbury, salary as city Atty, 5000; Andrew Nielsen. rent, $500; H. w. Ryder, supplies, S61.OO; Sam Brown, salary as marshal and sprinkling, $175.OO. Bob Evans, supplies, S1S02.
 The financial statement of the city | showed funds as follows; sinking fund S30e; general fund, $1.370; water fund, $505.7G; sprinkling fund. sSS.36; street fund, S66S2; irrigation fund, $5.17; a total of $2,336.6S.
 These matters having been disposed of, the council next considered the committee appointed to make a re- port of the needs of the fire depart ment. The committee recommended 1 that a few items of equipment be se- cured that the hose cart tires be set, | that arches for lanterns be constructed 1 on each cart and few others odds | and ends that will materially increase | the efficiency of the apparatus be sup 1 piled. The recommendation was adopted without opposition. A com l mittee of firemen then presented a pc 1 titiOn to the council, setting forth that | the Tempe department desired to | compete in the races at the fair given ] under the territorial firemens asso- citation. The committee requested an 1 appropriation of a good sized sum in 1 order that a team might be properly | equipped and put in shape to be a I credit to Tempe. One or two members | opposed the appropriation on the | ground that the city could not afford | it: not that they were in any way in- | clined to discourage the firemen 9th 1 CTS felt different and the allowance | was made. There is not the slightest l question but that the Tempe Nolun- | teer fire department is deserving of the l  sibIy give it. The department is one Of the most valuable assets Tempe has and the action of the council in allow ing the necessary fund is strongly | commended. The department did not ask for near as much as will be requir- ed to properly fit a team, but it pro poses to raise the rest of the fund by i other means.
 4 proposition to extend the water system a distance of some 2,OOO feet on McAllestcr avenue was brought up but no action taken as at present the city | is not in position to go to this ad ditional expense. There are other i'm provemcnts and additions that must be made to the system and these will have to be given first consideration Chief among these Improvements is the ex- tension of q water main to the high school property, a distance of about 600 feet The marshal was instructed to proceed with the work It is pro- posed to make the extension on Myrtle avenue, one street east t Mill avenue
 The matter of side walks came in |. for a good share of the time of the l. council Thursday evening What work has already been done in the way of cement walks has so improved the ap- pearancc of Mill avenue that the Coun- cil seriously considers the question of the work clear to the pub lie school, a move that has been strongly advocated by this paper for some time past. While an absolute order to that effect was not issued by the council. the street committee was instructed to see the property owners along both sides of the street and if possible gain their consent to giving the entire job to some one man pr contractor and each property owner then standing his share of the expense It was the opinion of the council that if the work was done in this manner, the cost per square foot would be ma ierially lessened. In fact, they calcu- lated that it might be done by property owners on the side streets It is oulyl a question of time until Tempe will be pretty well covered with cement walks. They add much to the appearance of the town and also much to the com fort of the residents. It is quite prob able that a special meeting of the council will be held in a short time when the street committee will make It's report and some definite action will De taken on the matter.
 While considering the question of sidewalks, an order was issued to the instructing him to have the property owners on the south side of 'th street gravel their walks. This specially applies to that section of the walk east of the normal and along here the order includes raising the walk some three or four inches and 'utting the brush along the fence The | .F I- rl- l