Arizona republican., 1911-02-07
OFFICE OF CITY SCAVENGER
Contract With Reclamation
Service for City's Supply
of Irrigating Water Read
But No Final Action TAX
en-Routine Business.

Preliminary steps toward the hold
ing of the regular spring election
were taken by the city council last
evening The primaries. for the chOOs-
ing of candidates. were set for April
3 and an ordinance was passed pro-
viding that registration for the cleo
ton. 10 be held May ,. be commenced
April 4
The ordinance providing for the pri-
maries was rather long affair. only
once before did the city hold an cleo
ton under its provisions That was
last spring. when councilmen were
chosen from the second and fourth
wards This year two councilmen
are to be- chosen. as well as a mayor,
recorder assessor. treasurer and mar
shall
After auditing the regular bills the
council took up other business. much
Of il being OF Il routine nature. Bids
for furnishing pipe for extensions 10
the water department were opened.
They were referred To- the recorder
and superintendent of the department.
4 contract with the reclamation ser
vice. by which the government agrees
10 furnish water for the irrigation of
the city for two years. was read and
deferred until Thursday evening. when
IL viii be taken up in the committee
Of the whole. Under the terms OF this
contract the city agrees To pay Sl-25
per acre foot for water. FOR not more
than four feet a year 10 each acre within
the corporate limits. Payments will be
made twice yearly. There seemed 10
be- disposition on the part Of some
members of the council not To accept
the contract until some means can be
devised of collecting from all the prop
ertv owners for their irrigation water.
Under the present SYSTEM or lack Of
system. there are many lot owners
who get their irrigation water free.
The warmest discussion OF the even
ing was precipitated by an ordinance
which was presented and read. pro-
hibiting the conduct Of any hide house.
or place where hides are dried, cured
or kept" within the city limits. 4 mo-
ton was made To suspend the rules.
read il by title the second and third
times and Immediately place it before
the council for its final passage.
Councilman Hackett objected. Such
an ordinance. he believed. would be
contrary TO the custom prevailing in
every large city of the United states.
There was no city, he said. with such
an ordinance as the one proposed. He
cited the Newmark establishment IN
Los Angeles as an example Of one big
hide house right I'm the heart of the
city.
Councilman Cisney declared that the
Kaufman Davidson hide house IN tine
fourth ward. had come To- be such
nuisance that drastic means had To
be taken to force its removal. Mr..
Hackett Thought that the way To get
at that particular establishment was to
invoke the police department and the
city nuisance ordinance.
The motion to pass the new ordi-
nance under a suspension Of the rules
failed of passage, as Councilmen
Hackett and Stauffer refused their
permission. The ordinance was re-
ferred back to the ordinance commit
tee. to be taken up at the next meet
ing
Recorder Thomas presented state
ment from the Overland Telephone
company showing it's gross earnings
during the three months OF 1910
WAS doing business. The statement
was accompanied by a check for $46-23.
the one per cent Of gross earnings
due the CITY under the terms of the
company's franchise. The councll
decided to accept the check.
A petition for electric lights IN
East Collins addition on Washington,
Adams and jefferson. streets, was read