Arizona republican., 1910-12-29
SpPinkIIng, Garbage And St.
 Department Gel Blow CURTA|LMENT OF EXPENSES
City Will Not Contract to Buy Sewer System Mo Dermott Defends bitches and a Special Irrigation Committee Is Appointed.

1 Moving that street sprinkling be i immediately dispensed with, that the municipal garbage service be discon- ! tinued and that the entire street de | pdrtment. with the exception of the 1 superintendent, be discharged COun- cilman Claud Cisncy threw d bomb 1 shell into the council last evening The session was half over when Cisncy rose, and without preamble en- ! tered into a discussion of the city's finances. He stated that there was only $32,0O0 in the treasury, and that sum must suffice until the first day of next July to pay all officers and the expenses of all city departments If the sprinkling is eliminated, gar bagc service is discontinued and the street department discharged. Codn- cilman Cisney declared. the S32 900 will barely suffice to pay necessary expenses.
 lt was intimated by MT. Cisney that the citizens themselves should be forced to pay directly for the removal of their garbage He did not say what the duties of the strece supeI- intcndent would be when he has no department to manage, but il is pre- sumcd that he will act as boss of Ih, chain gang.
 Do you make that as motion. Mir. Cisney?' asked Councilman McDer- mott
 "I do"
 There was no second. and it was finally decided to thresh out th,. mat ter in the committee of the whole.
 The council refused to sign con tract binding itself to purchase the system of the Phoenix Sewer ,S Drain age company. and F. A. Lack, presi- dent and principal stockholder of that corporation. refused to sign a con tract to withdraw the company's suit against the city until he has abso- lute assurance that the municipality will buy
 City Attorney Prescott presented two contracts. one was drawn by Thomas Armstrong, Jr., attorney for the sewer company, while the second was drawn by Mir. Prescott himself Councilman Hackett delivered him. self of a gem of wisdom when he de- clared that the Prescott contract was very good one for the city. while the Armstrong document was very
 good for Mir. Lack
 The Armstrong contract bound the city irrevOcably to buy the sewer system within two years. The Pres colt contract bound MT Lack to with
 draw his suit. brought to prevent the city building a sewer system parallel ing his own, and provided that Phoe-
 nix need not buy the old sewer un- ] s60, ,000 of the money realized from the sale of sewer bonds for that pur- pose.
 Mir. Lack was present and he de clarCd that the Prescott contract gave him no protection whatever He
 might sign, withdraw his suit and then the council, if permission were | not obtained from congress or the
 members did not happen to want to keep faith, could go ahead and build a parallel system. He said that what he wanted was to settle the trouble once and for all: he is in Phoenix for that purpose. and that is what he intends to do But he would not sign any contract which would give
 him no more protection than the one
 drawn by the city attorney
 A general discussion ensued. and
 the counclmen made it plain that they did not feel like signing the con tract drawn by MT. Lacks attorney Should congress fail to give the nee, essary permission. the council would have to pay out $6O. .OO0, and it wasn't in the least likely that Phoenix would have that much lying around loose.
 Nothing was definitely decided, but the mayor was instructed to telegraph