Arizona republican., 1912-09-10
LOTS OF WORK
 AND NJ PLAY
City Council Is Now Down to Hard Grinding; Rout- inc Legislation Necessary to Paving; Checker Play ing With the Offices

These are the days when the citv councilmen are earning the salaries that they do not get. They began at 5:30 and ran through until 10 o'clock when they adjourned to meet again to- night and as many more nights this week as may be necessary to catch up with the business There was nothing exciting as it was all more or less routine, but it was work that had to be done, most of it in straightenine out the kinks between the old system and the new paving law passed by the | legislature
 The first thing taken up was the new charter the publication of which was authorized by resolution
 Privilege for an auto stand in front of Lucas barber shop was granted to J. A. Parks.
 The Pettid bid for feeding the pris- oners was accepted.
 A joint letter from the state and citv veterinarians, setting forth the nre- | Valence of hydraphobia in the com
 munity and asking for the rigid en- II forcement of the dog tag and muzz-
 ling ordinance was read and the mar
 shal was instructed to comply with the
 request.
 At request of the city water depart
 ment J. F. Reynolds was appointed engineer.
 Also at the request of the superin- tendent of the water department the
 salaries of various officials were in creased to the following: superinten- dent, $2400; chief clerk, $18OO: assist ant chief clerk, s1200; pipe foreman. s132O.
 A communication from the state
 board of control asked if an arrange
 ment might not be made whereby the
 asylum for the insane might be con
 nected with the city sewer. No action
 was taken
 II A communication was read asking
 for the opening of the alley between
 Monroe street and the Yuma road and
 between 21st and 22 avenues No
 action.
 Street lights were asked for at Fifth
 St. and Roosevelt and at Central aven-
 ue and Rooseyelt. Referred Permission was granted Mrs. Hage-
 man to repair the shed burned in the rear of the New York store.
 Permission was given J. L. B. Alex ander to borrow the city flags to dec crate for the reception of Col. Roose- | welt.
 Then came the paving business and It's of it. An ordinance was passed creating the .office of city engineer to become effecfiye.as soon as published. | Also a resolution to the same effect was passed to give the engineer au- ! thority to keep in serving until the or 1 dinance becomes effective. The pres ent engineer will probably be appoint l ed as soon as the ordinance becomes | effective.
 The paving law requires that there shall be an office of superintendent of streets, created Dy ordinance. Also it was deemed desirable to retain the present superintendent of streets G. H. Carr in the same duties he is per forming without giving him the added burdens of commissioner of streets so it was decided to create by ordinance also the office of commissioner of streets Carr resigned as superinten- dent of streets the two ordinances mentioned were passed, Carr was then appointed street commissioner and the filling of the office of superintendent of streets was referred to the com mittee of the whole. It is possible l councilman may be appointed to this