Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-08
LEASE CLOSED FUR HARVEY DAIRY
 HOUSE Contract Awarded For Grading Oak
 Creek
From Tuesdays Daily)

From Tuesdays DaiIy)
 Formal ratification of the lease of the city's lands at Del Rio to Fred Harvey, who will establish a dairy farm there, was the important feature of the Council proceedings lest even- ing. The lease as submitted by Paul Burks, attorney for the Fred Harvey corporation was thoroughly examined by Mayor Goldwater and other Coun- cilmen and after some changes were made. the Mayor and Clerk were au- thorized to sign the document. It provides for a lease of ten years from January l, 1910, at a rental of $3,O0O for the period, and the city re- serves the right to use all of the water it may require for municipal or other purposes. Harvey has the right to cancel the lease at the end of
 five years. At the expiration of the lease, Harvey is permitted to re- move all of the improvements, except the fences which he may place upon the land.
 As the dairy at Del Rio will pro- duce a large volume of business for the railroad. Attorney Burks stated to the Council that room for addi- tional trackage was required at that point, and il would be necessary to move the pumping plant and oil tank to the mesa-east of the track. About four or five acres would be required and as the land desired was not sus- ceptible to cultivation, he submitted that the city in fixing a price for the land should take that fact into consideration and not consider the farming land as a criterion of value The railroad, he stated, could insti- ute condemnation proceedings, and pay the official appraisement of the strip, but it would prefer to acquire it without resorting to that procedure. The Council seemed reluctant to place figure upon the land, and at the suggestion of the Mayor and City Attorney, it was decided to settle the matter through condemnation pro- eeedings.
 Sines & Rockmark were awarded the contract for grading Oak street connecting Mt. Vernon street with the city cemetery, on their bid of $394. The other bids were Geo. c. Ruffner, $465; Robert Heating, $4.75; Fitzsimmons & Heating, $45O; J. A. Petit, $45O.
 A petition for an arc light at Pleasant and Willis streets was re- ferred to the Street Committee with instructions to report at the next reg ular meeting and the same disposition was made of the petition for an arc light at Willis and Virginia streets.
 The Clerk was instructed to give notice of the proposed grading, gut tering and curbing of North Alareon street from Gurley to a point $50 feet north of Sheldon, a petition for the improvement having been receiv- ed from property owners. The pro- posed grading of North Marina street | was laid over until the next meeting.
 The City Engineer was instructed to submit plans for a bridge over Granite creek at the foot of Carleton street.
 F. NJ. Murphy submitted a bill. of s1,377.21 as the cost of extending the water mains to Murphy's addition in West Prescott, and the same was referred to the Water Superintendent and City Clerk Robinson was instruct ed to draw warrants aggregating s11,O31.55 in payment on the bonded 
 Receipts for the month were as follows: Licenses, $2,319; water. s3,O41.2O; taxes ,$729.63; police court ines, $259. Treasury balance, $31,- )OO.62.