Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-08
FRANCHISES
 TAKEN UP LATER COUNCIL WILL MEET THIS FORE NOON TO FURTHER DISCUSS r STREET CAR QUESTION. WALKS FOR EAST SIDE BROAD LARGE MASS OF SMALL BUsI-.
 NESS TAKEN CARE OF AT
 LENGTHY SESSION.
WALKS FOR EAST SIDE BROAD

The city council had n busy time of it last night. It prnvided for the grad ing of Hill street from Push to Mes quite, turned down petition for a trail on Pascoe hill, explained to Mrs. Hillman that county money did not help the city, rejected petition for n second bridge over Pinal creek in Broad street, adopted the ordinance providing for grades and sidewalk construction on the east side of Broad from Cedar to Mesquite, regulated the sale of animals in pound, decided to lay over the street railway matter for further discussion. discussed the building of jail in the old county hospital, which is to be used as a city hall, hear dmroe talk on tho old question of license stubs, and wound up by solving vexing problem consisting of stray burro that re- fuses to move of the street and cannot be sold, after which the solons adjourn, ed until 10 clock this forenoon, when various bids for supplies will be consid- cred
 The council met at the usual hour, with Mayor Kinney in the chair and Aldermen Higdon, Feland, MeNeil, Van Slyck and Rose answering roll call.
 The first business following the read ing and approval of the minutes, was the petition for the grading of Hill street, from Push to Mesquite, which, after due discussion, was referred to the street commissioner with authority to go ahead with the work, the cost of whichSis to be borne by the property holders. The petition for trail on Paseoe hill was rejected on the ground that the road in question would be over private property.
 A ripple of amusement was caused by Mrs. Hillman, who appeared before the council with two tax receipts from the county, objecting that the city was trying to collect taxes from her sec ond time. The lady withdrew grace. fully when it was explained to her that the city treasury could not be filled from the county collections.
 Thirty days was the time limit final. ly fixed in the ordinance adopted, pro. viding for the construction of a twelve foot cement sidewalk by the property holders on the east side of Broad street, from Cedar to Mesquite, on grades fur n,shed by the city.
 There was considerable discussion be- tween Aldermen Feland and MeNell over the petition for sidewalk grades on the east side of Broad street and an appropriation by the city to help in the construction of bridge on that side of the street, crossing Pinal creek parallel with the bridge already built Feland objected that if the projected street railroad was built, no bridge would have to be built there by the city. McNeil contended that the street railway proposition might be matter of next year or ten years hence, and he thought that the city could well af ford to appropriate 5000 for the work requested. City Clerk Welch inform cd the council that the grades were already established, which left only the bridge in discussion. Aldermen Rose thought the building of the bridge would be money thrown away. The petition was finally killed by decisive vote.
 Claude Battalieur of Euclid avenue complained to the council that cleo tric poles were being placed in front of his property, and the city engineer WAS instructed to establish the street cor. ners in that thoroughfare
 The amended ordinance relating 10 the street railway franchise, at the sug- gestion of City Attorney Alfred, was laid over, the attorney explaining that the amendments made by the petition CTS did not quite conform with the sug. gestions made by the city council, and that it might be well for the city fathers to look over tho document he- fore taking action upon it, proceed. ing which he said might be had in caa- GUS.
 Alderman McNeil brought up a lively debate by proposing that jail be built in the old county hospital, which is to be transformed into city hall, argu-. ing that this might as well be done at the same time as the construction of a cesspool and store room. Alderman Rose objected to the cost and the neces-i sity for keeping a jailer, to which Me Neil replied that the jail would save the city $l00 a month now paid to the county. The matter was finally defer red to this forenoon's session. -.j
 Bob Goodwin brought the session to lively finish with an earnest protest against stray burro that will not move on the street. except to meander into his corral in spite of any amount of beating, and he added that Poundmas- ter Wolf had looked at the burro and