Arizona republican., 1909-06-08
ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE
Everybody Notwithstanding But About All Anybody Got Was a Raise in Taxes City Is to Cover Old City War. rants.

It was well that the weather cooled up a bit yesterday for the city council last night had an old fashioned busi- ness session. where there is something doing every minute. Every available square inch was filled up with some body's constituency, men, women and children and only to the fact that Re publican reporters are agile enough to scale a brick wall and enter a window on occasion, was it possible for a good report of the meeting to be obtained. Everybody had an aX to grind and the council chamber looked like a cutlery factory, but the operatives were mostly on strike and only delays and promises could be secured.
 The only important legislation that was actually effected was the passage of the annual tariff bill which was a revision upward. None of the schedules were changed but a new one was add ed. 15 cents for the refunding bonds. making the city tax rate this year an even $l as against S5 cents last year. The S5 cents is made up as follows: general fund 70 cents, road bond inter- est cents. fire department and city hall bonds and interest , cents, library cents.
 Immediately after the routine busi- ness of the evening, c. H. Akers ad dressed the council stating that the business men who had contemplated asking for a franchise for furnishing the residents of the city with gas and electric lights. had not yet worked out all the details of the project and were not ready to make the request but would be one week later to which time he asked the council to adjourn when it did adjourn.
 The next matter considered was that of slaughterhouse removal This ques- tion is the one that had drawn the greatest number of people to the coun- cil chamber. and its discussion held them for an hour. though after their departure there was still a goodly number waiting for action on other is sues. The subject was brought up by the reading of a report of two members of the special committee on slaughter houses declaring the slaughterhouse of the Phoenix Wholesale Meat and Pro duce company a nuisance and demand ing its abatement by removal. within ninety days.
 Judge AinsWorth representing the owners of the plant spoke at some length quoting the law in the case as he construed it, admitting that it was at present a nuisance and ought to be abated but that it could be done by the erection of a sanitary plant which would be done if the council would give them the opportunity P H Hayes as counsel for the residents of that part Of the city warmly opposed and construed the law from his stand point, contending that it was a nui- sance that could not be abated any way except but by removal but insist ing that the council had nc right to say where it should be removed to else it might tie its own hands in a sense in the event it should prove nuisance in new locality. Both gentlemen spoke couple of times and two or three other citizens participated in the debate. The question on the resolution | was demanded when Councilman ! Hackett announced that as a member | of the committee he desired to file minority report but it was not ready l yet. He asked that further consider | ation be postponed one week when he | would be ready, and the time was granted.
 George Purdy Bullard, counsel for | David Shear, addressed the body in | respect of claim for damages Of s1OO l that had been presented in April in be- | half of MT. Shear. The latter had | driven his auto into an unseen excava- |