The copper era., 1910-05-27
Proceedings Of the Town Council.

estimated cost OF such a breakwater
as the committee may feduire.
A lettef was presented by the Ari-
iona Copper Company, offering the
Council S500000 to build the proposed
breakwater in HIPS Addition. The
letter was accepted and laid on the
table pending the report of Mr.. Cobb.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid:
Alexander Hill, labor ......:.. 80. ......S 5 ~
Harry Carpsntef labor. Observation-Disclosures. Is 90
Augustine Padida, labor .................. 2 81
W. L. Spaw, one team mules. $50. .475 90
Arizona Copper Co., sup. for fire plugs. 81
Arizona Copper Co, blacksmithing so
Arizona Copper Co., office lights -, ..... ! 80
Il. R. Webster, labor on all grounds. .....t60 70
The meeting was then adjourned
until called by the Mayor.
At regular adjourned meeting
of the council of the town of Clifton
Friday night, May 20, 1910, the fol-
lowing officers were presents Mayor
Fraser, Councilnen Rillingsley and
Franz.
The committee on the retaining
wall from South Clifton met with
the council together with Mr.. Cobb
who was instructed by the council to
draw up specifications of a wall to be
built for the protection of Hills
addition.
Mr.. Cobb submitted his specifica-
tions which he estimated would cost
S5028 and the committee presented
the following letter.
To the Honorable Mayor and Town
Council, Clifton; Arizona.
Gentlemen:-With regard TO the
proposed wall for the protection of
Hills addition, we beg to advise you
that should the present retaining
wall be raised, strengthened and pro-
tected as hereinafter stated, we the
committee acting in behalf of the
citizens and property holders of the
said Hill's addition will approve the
construction of the said wall, be-
ieving that VIXEN SO constructed it
will afford adequate protection from
the flood waters of the San Francisco
river.
The present wall from the Arizona
& New Mexico railroad bridge to a
point 800 feet northeasterly, to be
raised and the face joints to be
grouted and pointed with Portland
cement mortar for height of four
teen feet above the present level of
the water. A row of sheet piling of
creasoted timber not less than three
inches thick he driven at the foot
of the wall to a depth of twelve feet,
properly fastened together at the
top and joined to the wall with Port
land cement, concrete or mortar so as
to leave no opening between piling
and retaining wall. The present wall
from the said railroad bridge to the
northeast line of the street in front
of the S. q S. bottling works, a dis
lance OF 45O feet to be raised to a
height of fourteen feet above the
present water level with dry rubble
masonry, three feet on top with a
face batter of one quarter to one and
vertical back.
The entire face of this wall to be
grouted and pointed with Portland
cement mortar and the foot of the
wall to be protected with sheet piling
Of creasoted timber driven to d depth
Of eight feet in all respects similar
20 the construction of piling north of
the bridge.
The present tailings dam to be ex-
tended nOrtheasterly to meet the
said wall and the space intervening
between the wall and the original
ground to be filed with slime in iay-
ers of one foot; sufficient time being
allowed for each layer to become
thoroughly dry before the succeeding
layer is deposited.
In consideration of this wall being
built and constructed as above speci .
fed; we the committee acting for the
residents and property holders of
Hills addition, do hereby agree to
withdraw any and all objections to
the issuing of permit to the Ari-
IONA Copper Co. for the constrt ction
IF pipeline to be used for the con-
W vi n 4
ton works to Hills addition, as per
heir application under date March
.23rd, 1910.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE REITzER
O J. COTEY
K. NJ. SCHADE
ISAAC n. STEVENS
OLAF H OLVORSON -
The meeting was then adjourned
until Saturday afternoon, May 2lst,
1910.
A meeting of the Council of the
Town of Clifton was held in the town
office Saturday afternoon May 2lst,
1910. Present. Mayor Fraser, Presi-
dent of the Council Dunn, Councilmen
and Franz.
The letter which wa presented to
the Council May 10th 1870 by the Ari-
iona Copper Company Offering the
Council $5O00O0 for the building of
the proposed retaining wall, Hills
Addition, was again read nd the
Council decided that as the Company
was in better condition to build the
wall than was the Town, they would
prefer that the Company would erect
the said wall and the company was
notified to that effect.
The meeting was then adjourned
until called by the Mayor.
Approved:
G. W.FRASER, Mayor.
Attest: r. Il. BALL, Clerk.