Arizona republican., 1910-12-08
MESA
REGULAR SESSION
 OF CITY COUNCIL
Better Understanding Reached as to
 Water Matters.


 Tuesday night. all members being present except Councilman Cerney. In addition to the regular business of paying bills the council instructed the justice of the peace to the extent that all sentences when imposed on city prisoners should be immediately en- forced and that no fine or part of d fine should be remitted except under instructions from Mayor Palmer and Police Commissioner Bracket. This means that in the future all prisoners who are not prepared to pay their fines promptly will be placed in jail and made Co work upon the streets Boys who do not wish to spend their time on bread and water in rather uncOm- fortdbls surroundings should take notice and beware.
 MT Bartholomew of the recla- nation service Was present at the meeting and ffee discussion on the .rrigating water supply for the city was indulged in. A conclusion was reached that all, of the ditches within the city belong to the city as a cor pOration and Hot to the individual These ditches are in charge or water masters, and any person desiring wa ter. whether they have ever bad wa ter on their lots previously or not. can get same by Applying to the respective watermasters. Each day 900 inches of water is turned into the Mesa canal for the use of the city and if the city does not get this water it is up to them. Plans are gradually materialiZing whereby the water system for the town win be under the control of one water master. It is hoped that the water service can be perfected in a manner which will avoid all friction in the fu- jure
 Health officer Drane reported the quarantine of two cases of scarlet fe- Yer during the month"; The doctor further made a detailed report on the condition Of the alley running behind the stores south of Main street. This alley has always been hard prOpOsi- tion on account of its lew grade and the fact that all the water from the buildings drain to the alley. The coun- cil decided to wait one month more to give the owners Of the alley an op- portunity to deed their land to the city. If this is not done during the current month the city will declare the said al- ley public nuisance and order the same closed
 It behOoves the business houses Of the south side of Main street to get to- gether and see the the alley is deeded to the city. otherwise they will have to make other arrangements for get ting in and out with their delivery wagons.
 letter from the water board was presented to the council in which the water board held that they should be given full powers over the water sys- tenn in Mesa in accordance with ordin- ance No. G.. and if the council did not see fit to grant them these powers they wished to have their resignation ac- cepted. This provoked a free discus sion by members of the council as to the mutual relations heretofore exist ing between the council and the board and the relations now existing. It was mutually agreed that the council had been in error in one or two instances in taking action on water matters without the consent of the board. and it was further agreed that the board had not in the past done all it might have done to prevent friction between the two parties. It was finally decided that the communication from the board should be answered tO this effect: that they continue their valuable serv- ices and that the relations between the two boards would he more harmonious in the future
 Four automobile parties from Glen dale and Peoria passed through Mesa yesterday. Mark Lucas. agent for the Overland car. headed the party They were on their way to Florence and Casa Grande and are just on vacation and enjoying the sights of the valley.
 Mir and Mrs. w. N. Stevenson and Mrs. May Peterson motOred to Phoe- nix yesterday. partly on business and partly on pleasure.
 Mrs. Marie Smith. a practical nurse of much experience. from Redondo Beach. California. arrived in Mesa yes terday. Mrs. Smith will make her headquarters with Mrs. w. s. Dorman for the present and if she finds suf- ficient work will probably make Mesa her permanent home.
 Miss Anna Connell left on the noon