Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
COUNCIL SESSION
 HELD LAST NIGHT
The Groundwork Laid for a Campaign
 of Sidewalk Building.

The city counci. held a routine ses-
 sion last night though it was not with out some features of interest. The meeting was not opened with prayer. l but with something that was equally as solemn, namely. the reading of | thirty-two solid pages of minutes of preceding meetings. This is the coun- cirs busy season, if it can be said
 there is ever a slow season with that
 body.
 There was some slight talk of re-
 trenchment, rather of going a Title slow
 on expenditures until the new year, as the sack is getting low and there are
 many things to look after, special cleo
 tions, etc. It was decided to try and
 hold R H. Greene off until fall in the
 matter of the agreement to stand a
 part of the expense in getting caliche
 in for the grading of the streets on his
 new addition The agreement Is all
 right and the city has the best end of
 it, but it is a little short, temporarily. on working capital for general i'm provements. It was left with a com mittee.
 A resolution was appointed naming the officers to preside at the regular city election and naming the follow ing places: First ward, Noble build ing: Second ward, Holmes building; third ward, 23 South First avenue; Fourth ward, city hall.
 Petitions representing per cent or more of the frontage on the streets named were presented asking for the construction of sidewalks on both sides
 ,l. saNIs ever there is now no sidewalk, and that is by far the greater part of the distance: Second street, Washington to Westmoreland; First street. Wash ington to Westmoreland; South First avenue. Maricopa street to Washing ton: South Center street. Grant to Washington; North Fourth street. Washington to Pierce, and Van Buren street. eleventh to Center. Under the new law passed by the legislature. on the filing of such petitions with the council. it must forthwith set Gay of hearing, advertising the fact b. the | posting of notices in five pIdCes in ] any district affected. the meeting to be | ten days after the notice. If on the | occasion of such hearing 5l per cent of | the owners of frontage shall desire | construction the council must.so order | it and give the property owners ninety | days in which To do the work. If not | done then the counci will advertise for I bids, do the work and charge 1t up to l the property. The hearing on these | petitions was set for April 24 and the | recorder instructed to post the mo- | tices.
 The appointment of Deputy Regis | trars J. J. Franklin and F. B. Cook | was ratified The contract for the | printing of the three great registers | for the elections to be held May I. May | 20 and May 22. was awarded to the | Phoenix Printing. company at 5 1-2 cents per word.
 A matter the council has been trs-- ing 10 find time for is the hearing of the report of the committee of citi- f, zens appointed at the request of the | commercial club and board of trade on | the matter of electric light rates. It is understood there is a majority and I a minority report. The council set | Thursday night of this week for such | hearing.
 The NJ & P. applied for permission to lay another sidetrack across Center street between two of the tracks 1t al- ready has in operation. The council exhibited no opposition to granting it, except an expression of the idea that in view of the many tracks now there. and others likely to be asked for, it believed the railroad should agree to maintain an arc light at that point on Center street at its own expense. The matter was therefore referred to the ordinance committee with instructions to see what kind of an arrangement could be made to that end.