Arizona republican., 1911-08-08
STATEMENT
 FOR JULY Of Money Spent in Con. ducting Affairs of CiIy COUNCIL IN FULL ACTION
Matters of Great and Small Import Considered Rail- way Franchise and Judi ciary Recall Both Con Sidered.

busy session of the rity council was held last night in the offices of the city recorder. All the members of the body were present with the exception of c. J. McElroy. council man from the First ward. who is stlll absent in the east. Owing to his absence the election of two com missioners to fill the vacancies on the city paving commission was not taken up. It will without doubt he held immediately after his return as the council is obliged by ordinance number 4S1, passed June ,, to fIIl any vacancies made on the commission through the resignation, or disdualifi- cations of any of it's members to serve The ordinance stipulates that the commission shall consist of five members.
 A statement from the Salt River Valley Electric Railway company. ask ing for franchise to build electric street railway lines through the streets of the city was read and filed for consideration by the council at a later meeting
 A telegram from Ned Creighton was read, urging that the council and other public bodies communicate with Hon. Ralph H Cameron, territorial delegate at Washington, and Hon William Alden Smith chairman of she senate cofnmittee on territories. urging that the recall of the judiciary he eliminated from pending statehood legislation. A resolution was pas sed in response to the request of Mir Creighton, which stated that the peo- pie of Phoenix are anxious for state hood, and containing a recommenda- tion by the council that the recall be eliminated
 Before the sale of the sewer bond issue, expense of s3,25O was incurred in engineers fees and other matters necessary to the preliminary work in- surfing the success of the new sewer system. This money, although charge able to the sewer fund. was drawn from the general fund. no sewer fund being at the time available, as the bonds had not been sold. Since the sale of the bonds the money is now on hand to settle this account, and it was moved and carried that a vouch- CT for the amount be drawn against the sewer fund. and returned to the general fund from which it was taken.
 The statement of t.,e expense of the various departments of the city for the month of July were read and approved. All claims were allowed except five of the 176 claims on the general fund The total amount of the 176 claims was s17.329.53. from which s105.60 was deducted for the de- mands not allowed
 The totals of the expense in the various departments was as follows: Inspector of Electricity. .....s 65.70 Building Inspector ... 56.50 Water Works ..-........--.. 2,O55.56 Library fund pay roll ...... ,194.24 Sewer Works ...........-.. 2OIOO General 1und ...-.-.--.. ld,oz5.53
 Eugene Harckett, chairman of the paving commission, presented two blue prints of blank forms to be used by the inspector of paving in systematic ing his reports, with the request that the council have several hundreds of each printed for the convenience of the paving commission in keeping it's records, and providing accurate dats to be referred to when the city makes further improvements. and for the protection of the city in case of future litigation The matter was referred to the commission as a whole.
 George D. Mullen, proprietor of the Wigwam theater on North First Ave. requested the permission of the coun? cil to hang two strings of electric bulbs across First avenue in front of his theater to furnich extra illumin- ation. He was permitted to make such arrangements, subject to the approval of the city electrician.
 Councilman Cisney will leave Phoe- nix tomorrow night to be gone some time. and in order to dispose of a number of matters which had been re- ferred to the committee as whole, a committee meeting was called for this to be held at o'clock in the city hall.