Arizona republican., 1909-05-15
COUNCIL AIMS ANOTHER BLOW Al the Liquor Traffic Of Tempe
 AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED Requiring the Absolute Sus-
 pension of all Sunday Bus
 mess and Placing the Same
 Restrictions on all of the
 Social Clubs.
AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED

The city council held a meeting Thursday evening and in addition to the regular routine business, trans acted great deal more and started several other moves on the right road.
 The first thing considered out of the ordinary was the construction of more cement crosswalks. following out the progressive policy that was started some time ago. The five that have been put in since the last meeting have been 30 satisfactory, it was de cided that that many more were need ed The marshal was ordered to pro- Ceed with the work and in a short time there will be walk between the Casa Loma and the corner south; between the National Bank and the Hodnett corner: between the Olive and the El- lingsen corner and a crosswaik on the alley and street on West 5th street where two blocks of cement walks are now in the course of completion.
 The matter of extending the city's water system through the newly open ed property south of Sth street was discussed but no definite action taken. The residents of GOldman's addition also desire an extension in that dis trict There is some talk of issuing ten thousand dollars worth of bonds to make these necessary improvements but whether this will be decided upon or not remains to be seen.
 The question of constructing a sewer system also took the attention of the e, e, 4 a bers of the council and most of the citizens of Tempe are strongly in fla vor of the move and the council will take the matter under advisement for the time being and look into the cost of such q system.
 A loan of S25OO from the sinking fund was made on gilt edge real estate security at eight per cent This makes 5000 that is now loaned out on inter est from the sinking fund which will be available when the waterwOrks bonds mature.
 Last but by no means least another blow was aimed at the saloons. Tom Goodwin introduced an ordinance that provides among other things that after it's passage all saloons shall be closed on Sundays, that is between the hours of F on Saturday night and F on Sunday night. This means that the saloons shall be closed in the strictest sense of the word; the doors shall be closed and nothing sold over the bar. Since the passage of what is known as the Sunday closing ordinance some months ago, the saloons have been per mitted to remain open and transact a soft drink and cigar business on Sun day. It is said that this liberty has been taken advantage of and if the ordinance passes as read Thursday night, there will be no more Sunday business of any kind in the saloons. The ordinance also touches the clubs and requires of them the same observ- ance of the Sabbath that is required of the saloons. This feature of the ordinance meets with general approval for it has never been deemed a square deal for the clubs to remain open on Sunday and get the advantage of that trade when the saloon keepers, who pay a license, are required to close. The ordinance was given it's first reading and referred to the ordinance for consideration. It will probably come up at a special meeting some time between now and the next regular meeting.