Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-03-02
ANYBODY ELSE
WANT CITY TO
BUILD A WALL ?
City Council Listens TO Rain OF
Demands for Walls and
Meets Situation With Grace
and EcIat.

dinances. the one topic of converse
tion al last nights council meeting
seemed 10 sum up concisely in the
word wall.
Everybody seemed 10 wan n vail
oonstru. ed about ms property FIRST
canc a communication FROM Mrs.
Geraldine Re 1ertson Of Tombstone
Canyon stating that the city had made
such an agreement and had never raj
/ nlled e. Pa Mccullough was mott
fled to build tie wall.
The came NJ. II. Mcdigovich ard
Johnnie Caretto. who. being duly
sworn, deposed and said thai ,ney
wanted a wall 100 feet long end would
furnish the labor if the city would
furnish the cement. Pat got Gu, of
that corner. as the matter was re
ferred TO the street committee.
Likewise there appeared one :. X
Williams. esquire. on behalf Of his
client. Mr. Branch, Of Brewery Gulch.
. no said here must be wall erected
or he would lose his barn in the next
flood The request was backed up by
presentation Of map OF the prop
erty
Bill Stack. who recently figured
in court for the alleged throwing of
city cement and other valuable neces-
stiles over an embankment. stated tina;
Pat Mccullough and Surveyor Nc
| Neish had agreed to build him a drive
way on o. K.Trail and that was what
caused him to have to go to court. or
words 10 that effect, because the city
didn't build the driveway. The street
| superintendent said there wasn't
enough room TO put in a driveway
and asked the street committee 10 in
| vestigate the whole business. matter
referred o street committee.
/ Then complaint was made by n son
Of MIS-. Julia Kelly that when their
house. fence and other property was
moved back, it was not given proper
foundations. the fence lay in a dilap-
idlted pile and that the city took
more land than agreed upon g let the
street car get by Again Pat was
called upon 10 explain and stated that
the city didn't take even all the land
It was entitled to. but that il it was
desired 20 put in place the fence. etc.
this could be done.
Better put up the fence, Pat said
the mayor.
All right he replied. a Mexican
can do it in half a day
I'D rather do it myself than have a
Mexican half do IT," said Mr.. Kelly in
no amiabie frame of mind, and there
upon tired TO argue on what kind OF
labor should be used on the job.
Mr. Kelly. the matter is up 10 the
street commissioner The labor mat
.er is also up TO him, said the mayor
by way of a quietus.
Chief Davis reported 1900 OF the
1900 feet of department hose to be
useless and asked to have it replaced.
Referred to the fire committee.
| Police Judge Hogan reported fif-
teen cases tried during February. with
a total of $3.50 in fines. Health Off
Ger Hagan reported fifteen deaths and
tWenty-four births for the same
month, with eight city cases ana four
cen complaints investigated.
Street Superintendent Mccullough
reported that the street car company
lhai begun construction or the line up
! Tombstone Canyon. but tia shere
wou,d be another half at Mrs.
.Nauphu's property unless some a-ree-
! meut was made with her Mayor
j Noale stated that a verbal agreement
was made with her some time ago.
D. hat the city could have the property
necessary provided they did NOT dis
p turb her garden. but she now insisted
on $500 for the land. Alderman To
land. who had called upon her. stated
? he guessed the city would have TO buy
p the property. and the council decided
TO purchase H.
b Garbage Collec or Wolf was given
, another CO day lease upon the city
b scayencer outfit Mayor Neale in
r formed the council II would be nee
essary TO file a $500 cost bond OF
p appeal in the Braze!l case. aad it was
b ordered filed.
j H. L. Robinson made application for
s the position on the fire department
= made vacant by the resignation d
Harry Rumberg. He, with =. /.
{ wilson appointed by Chief Davis will
be candidate for the permanent job
+ with the fire committee who have
q power % act.