Arizona republican., 1910-06-07
COUNCIL CONSIDERS GIFT
Volume of Business Trans acted by City Council Tax Levy Made Up Lights and Sidewalks Or dered-Electric Signs.

The city fathers got right down to
 business at the regular monthly meet
 ing held last night, and in spite of the temperature which caused them to perspire copiously, they executed a tremendous amount of detail business. Petitions, reports, resolutions and or dinances were listened to. pigeon hOled, or passed. according to the just deserts of the instrument.
 delegation of real estate men con- sisting of Dwight B. Heard. H. P De- Mund and J. l.. Irwin were present for the purpose Of offering to the city ground in the old Lutgerding property, recently purchased by them, for a park As spokesman MT. Heard said that he and his associates had pur- chased thirty-two acres just south of the city limits. that they would like to have the council admit this tract within the corporate limits of the city. and that they wished to present the city. in case such action was taken. with a block 322 by 294 feet to be maintained as park. MT Heard stated that a mile Of cement walk NOhld Dt iellu III llt lIdtl anu NHt streets graded and improved so that it would eventually be a credit to the city. The only provisO with the offer was that the city maintain the park. The matter was referred to com mittee of the whole.
 The annual levy and assessment ordinance was passed. It provides for a city tax of one dollar. on the hun dred and is the same as last year. It is divided as follows: for current ex- penses. 70 cents. for accruing interest on road bonds. four cents; for the payment and redemption of fire de partment and funding bonds. three cents; for the library fund. five cents; for funding bonds and for setting aside s6200 as sinking fund, eighteen cents.
 Arc lights were ordered in response to petitions at Sixth avenue and Van Buren street. Seventh avenue and Monroe and Tenth and Pierce
 A resolution confirming the ap- pointees of the city police force for the coming year and fixing their salaries at $S5 monthly-the same as in the past was adopted. The officers ap- pointed are Leo Troutman, Fly Me Donald. John Fraley. John Connors, William Steinbrook, John Perrin and John Ludlum.
 A resolution was introduced ordering the city marshal to dispose by public sale of the bicycles nov stored in the police court-the accumulation of a year. The resolution was not passed on the advice of Attorney Prescott who seemed to doubt the citys legal right to dispose of the forlorn bikes.
 A committee consisting of Dan Me Dermott, the superintendent of the water department and the city attor- ney was appointed to confer with En- gineer Louis Hill of the reclamation service to determine whether it will be of advantage to the city to pur- chase power from the government for the pumping of water. or whether the present method of burning oil in the steam plant is the cheaper and better. MT. Hill has announced that he is ready at any time to supply the city with power if the city wants it. He is holding back on his orders for ma chinery till a decision is made.
 As there were no objections to side walk petitions filed some time ago walks were ordered on Sixth avenue, from Roosevelt street to Washington and on Jefferson from Eleventh street 1 to Central avenue.
 A petition was read from merchants on Washington street between Second and Fourth avenue asking that the same attention with the fire hose and the sprinklers be given that part of Washington street as paid to the blocks between First and Third streets The street superintendent was asked to see that it was done.
 A G. Carswell asked that he be per | mitted to place an electric sign in front of the building at 323 West Washington street. He said the sign would swing back to the wall in the day time and hang over the walk only at night. He said that in almost all cities of the country, both larger and smaller than Phoenix, electric signs are used in profusion. They transform city from dull, gloomy place to a brilliant spectacle. The signs light the streets as we'll as advertise the merchant. He was supplemented by J. w. Walker who presented additional arguments why the request should be granted He said that the practice when once started would be adopted by others and make Washington street a blaze of glory. Councilman Stauffer was strongly in favor of the idea Councilman Cisney seemed to have doubts about it. It was finally decided