Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-19
Tie Vote Decided by Mayor in Favor of Granting
 Right of Way
AGREEMENT WITH
 HARMSEN SIGNED
Many Other Routine Mat -ters Have Attentoin of
 Council Last Night

Ut ItdChtu SOIlt iliil1 dSh between the city council and the Gila Valley railroad regarding the exchange of property north of Bankers Garden was ratified by the city council at last nights session.
 Councilman Maurel objected to the agreement on the ground that the rail road company should blast off the point opposite Bankers Garden.
 Councilman Van Slyck also inter. posed an objection on the ground that the grades along Pine street were not proper.
 When the matter came to a vote, a tie between McNeil and Rose for, and Maurel and Van Slyck against tine agreement, was decided by the vote of Mayor Kinney in favor of the agree of the absence of Councilmen Higdon and House, both of whom have ex' pressed themselves in favor of the agreement. s@.a
 The agreement will be forwarded to Tucson within the next few days.
 By this agreement the railroad com pany gives to the city the right of. way now in use on the west side of Pinal creek, receiving in return part of the line of Broad street running along the bluff on the opposite side of the creek. and also the right to change the grade of its tracks along Pine street and to construct a viaduct across Pi' nall creek at Bankers Garden.
 Theaters Now Safe
 Architect w. T. Phillips, appointed to inspect the Majestic ltheater and Dreamland, reported to the council that both theaters were in an unsafe con dition.
 He stated, however, that if the roof of the Majestic was strengthened and the east wall plumbed the building would be safe.
 Regarding Dreamland, he recommend ed that exc timbers be placed under the balcony beneath the rods which support it.
 These repairs, he stated, would make both buildings entirely safe.
 Supervisor of Streets Floyd Blevin' reported that the Majestic had beer repaired and that Dreamland would bC put in shape at once. As the result both buildings are now considered en tirely safe.
 As Architect Phillips declined to ac cept any remuneration for his services he was given a vote of thanks by the council.
 Agreement Completed
 A formal agreement was reached be tween the city and B. s. Harmsen fol the grading of Mesquite, Cedar and Hill streets.
 Harmsen furnished a bond in the sum of $2,350 to insure the satisfactory completion of the contract.
 The work of grading the streets iI question will be commenced within 8 short time and the supervisor of streets will have all Instructions removed from these streets at once.
 Routine Matters
 A petition was received from the Globe Automobile and Good Roads as sociatiOn asking that the condition oi North Broad street beyond Banker < Garden be improved.
 The matter of eventually improving lower Broad street was discussed al length, but no action was taken re gardiug the petition, as the minor i'm provements asked for are now being made.
 Owing to the fact that a proposed re organization of the fire department vii necessitate some changes in the regula tion of that department, the counci will meet with a committee from th' Pioneer Hose company within shor time to agree to new regulations.
 The city attorney was authorized tt secure copies of the revised statutes o, Arizona and also the session laws O. 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1909, to be uset at the city hall.
 William Mill Williams and severa other residents of North Globe petition ed the council to put Frank McKenna il charge of the sprinkling on Nortl Broad street, near the Maurel hotel; tn l sprinkling to be done with a hose iron water plugs already installed
 The petition was allowed, the appoin tee to receive 25c per day. The low sal ary is due to the fact that only shor time is required to do the work.
 The city attorney gave verbal opin ion to the effect that the funds O North Globe townsite could not be useC for the proposed foot bridge on NortI