Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-11
SEWER BONDS
60 EASILY
Other Things Fail 10 Slip
Along 50 Well
EVERYBODY WANTS BONDS
Council Votes to Take on a
Law Suit - Offers Water
Relief to Person and Gov
ernment- Adopts an Or
dinace, Postpones Others.

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dinace, Postpones Others.
It Is a long lane that has no turn.
even in the affairs of a municipality.
Those who have stuck SO persistently
by the idea of giving Phoenix a bet
ter sewer system had their innings
last night Everbo1y who bid for the
privilege of constructing the proposed
system wanted to take the bonds Of
fered in payment for it, and wanted to
take the whole issue. There was a
large crowd present to hear the good
news and carry it along.
| There were five bidders. Nearly all
Of them presented two bids to allow
for the alternative construction of the
sewer system in one of two ways, as
the council might eventually choose.
The firms or bidders were The Amer
lean Light and Water company of
! Chicago. at $S0S. $40 for an all-cOncrete
system and s26,4S3.4O more for a sys-
TEN with all the pipe of diameter from
Is to SO inches vitrified; Geo. W. Stur-
Itevant also of Chicago, who put in three
bids. one for all concrete piping at
( $3o5,5S with 1886 pipe of Nitrified
material at 1929. $50, and anOthe.' for all
vitrified piping at 1888. 9.626; J. c. Huff
of Phoenix, one for the combination
I
! Construction company Of Cameron
Texas, at 1926, ,sO6.SO for the combina-
ton system; and Sutherlin X Co. Of
Kansas city. at S319,99 80 for the
popular combination.
The council instructed the consult
ing engineer. Mr.. Gillelen of OimStead
* Gillelen. to take his time in figuring
lup the relative value of the bi6s, and
to be prepared to report to them at
meeting To be held this evening. at
which award will no doubt be made.
Electric Prices.
/ 4 resolution from the Good Govern
ment league. asking the council to pro-
ceed Immediately to fix the prices for
electric Juice" for the city and sug-
gesting the names of Councilman Cis-
ny ana w dlAfis .lbllll l. II III r ~
Jones. and G. II Akers as the person
mel Of a possible commission on electric
matters To he appointed by the coun-
Gil. was read and referred To the COM
mittee of the whole of the council.
Thaheimer Resigns.
A communication from Joseph Thai
heimer, asking the privilege Of resign
ing from the commission on paving, as
he would soon be absent from the city
for the summer. was accepted.
Petition Granted.
The council granted without debate
the prayer of the petition that il refuse
to grant license for any more saloons
on Washington street from Second to
Third streets. and ordered the city as
SCISSOR and tax collector informed of
its decision. and instructed not to issue
any license for a saloon in such loca-
tiOn.
Vacating Sixth Street.
Mr.. Z. a. Spaulding opposed the va
eating of a portion of North Sixth
street as a feature in the building of
the new high school building. saying
that if he could have found his attor-
/ ney. Walter Bennett. he would make
his protest in more definite way, and
the council, taking this as somewhat OF
a notice that it must meet a law suit
any way. concluded to order the vacat-
ing of the portion of the street as pray
ed for by the high school officials. Prin-
cipal Stabler having told them that the
plans as first prepared for the heating
having been modified so that the smoke
stacks referred to by Mr.. Spaulding
in his talk would be on high school
property and not across the line of
Sixth street. Councilman Warren vOt-
eda''nO." McDermot. and Cisney aye"
the mayor reserving his vote.
| The resolution offered for the high
school authorities calls for the yacating
of Sixth street from Van Buren, to Polk
on the execution of a deed in favor of
the city by the high school district
covering two strips of land each thirty
feet wide running from Van Buren,
north. one to be east and the other west
of the present Sixth street
| An Appeal.
| w. p. Lount gave the council strong
talk about how he had had t. pay 500
i'm the past two months for city water
with which tO'irrigate certain proper
ties of his, because he could not get the
irrigation water, and he wanted to
know If there was not some way in
which relief could be given him on this
month at least. The council very good
naturedly thought there was If he would
| confer with the superintendent of the
water department. which il authorized
him to do EnDaSSant Mr. IOuDt Tn1de
some remarks on the question which