Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-29
MOVEMENT INAUGURATED TO WARDS CLEARING WALKS
 or NUIsANCES.
PRIOR RIGHTS MAY. PREVENT
PoTPoURRI OF LITTLE AFrAIRs TAKEN UP AND SETTLED BY
 CITY ALDERMEN s1

 soon to be removed, if the campaign in by. the city council at its meeting last night is carried through | without running against snag in the shape of prior rights. The question was brought up by Alderman Feland | during discussion of sidewalks and street crossings in which Street Super intendent Blevins was asked why the crossing at the courthouse had not been built, the explanation being given that the grade had not been furnished by the city engineer. The matter called attention to the projecting porch in front of the residence of Charles Mar tin, and it was suggested that the stree. superintendent be instructed to tear il away. It was stated, however, that Mr. before the city was surveyed and that the council had no right to make him move his porch. The street superintend ent stated that at the time the anti porch ordinance was adopted, Messrs. Martin and Murphy were members of the city council and refused to move move their porches, and that many peo- pie had taken the stand that until they did, their own porehes would stand. He said that there had been consider able discussion of the matter at the time, but could not recall why these two porches had been left undisturbed, and City Attorney Alfred was instruct. ed to look up the ordinances on the sub ject, as well as the title on the Martin property.
 The council lent a sympathetic ear to the appeal of the Globe City band, whom Mayor Kinney reported to have complained that the fire department had asked s10 month rent for the use of the fire hall The band had been meeting there right along, the mayor said, but demand for rent was made upon them and they did not feel called upon to pay it. The council, recalling that the band spends much time in practice and gives public concerts in summer, referred the matter to Council men Higdon, Feland and House to as- certain whether the fire hall did not be- long to the city and whether the fire de- partment had the right to demand rent for it's use.
 The petition of Mrs. Van wagenen for a transfer of title giving her a strip of ground between the Miners Union hall and the creek in Pine street, was rejected on motion of Alderman Higdon. Joseph Murphy, representing the Miners union, which had asked fol time to circulate petition against the transfer, said to the council that Mrs
 Van Wagenen had offered to give tho
 union threefoot alley on the soutl
 side of it's building if the protest wa,
 withdrawn and that he thought tn, lunion would have DO objection to tn.
 deal, but Higdon killed the proposition when he said that he could see no req
 son why land that was already in Pin,
 street should be given away by th,
 city.
 An interesting situation with regart
 to the title to property was brough
 out by Attorney George K. French, wh,
 applied to the council to have his nam
 to have the assessment reduced on
 property which he no longer owns. Tn
 attorney said that he had sold his resi-
 dence in Oak street to P. P. Greer, bu that it had been found that the proper ty on the city assessment list was il another name, which he feared migh cast cloud on the title. He also com plained that the assessment had bee doubled. City Clerk Welch replied tha he had applied to Charles Martin, t P. B. Caler and P. F. Greer, and that al
 had denied ownership of the property French replied that Greer had sine then been satisfied and that the sal had been completed, but that, in justie to Greer, he would still like to hay 1 the matter strengthened out. City Clerl Welch was instructed by the council t look the matter up and report at tn next meeting.
 Councilman Van Slyck reported that
 according to the request of the counci l ut iuNcotiSdtCu tuc mdttCI ol dicSC dilatoriness on the part of the butcher ! in removing slaughter houses and tha I he had found that tho work was bs
 ing hurried as much as possible. A petition for the erection of built
 ing with a skyhght in Broad stree
 near the creek, was granted. G. I
 Barclay and Harry Sultan were accep
 Fed as sureties on the bond of Moore
 Goodwin, who have been given the cor | tract for. street sprinkling; City Ma
 shal Anderson, B. F. Crawford an
 Harry Sultan were appointed commi
 sion to assess on abutting propertit
 the cost of the improvements in Hi
 street; petition for grading in Me
 quite street, east of Hill under tt
 same conditions as those of the Hi street work, was received and referre
 to the city attorney; Fire Guard Jam' Berry reported that the cesspool at il