Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-04
PLAYGROUND FOR
BISDEE KIDDIES
IS NOW PLANNED
Commercial Club Takes Mat
ter Up with Countil;
Sec. Grey 70 Push
Matter

At the regular monthly meeting OF
the city council last night resolution
was passed accepting the $4,000 from.
the Warren company. which under
the terms of the street car company's
franchise, is due the city upon the
completion of the canyon road to the
city limits on the west.
This amount will be paid in war
rants of the city now held by the
Warren company and in cash. Under
the terms of the settlement the city
and the company each holds 10 its
Interpretation of the terms of the
franchise. The company contends
that when the franchise was granted
to it the western limits OF the city
was at the residence of the Reverend
]. G. Rritchard and in making a
tender of settlement to the city fig
ures the interest on the warrants up
to November IS. 1909. This makes
a difference of over $1,000 in inter
est in favor of the city.
The contention of the city, how
ever, is that the terms of the fran
chise contemplated the present west
ern limits of the city and maintains
that the $4,000 named in the fran
chise was not due until the canyon
road was completed as far as the
present western city limits, which
was pronounced complete on July /.
Holding this to be true the city con-
tends that it owes the Warren com.
pany interest of the warrants held
by that company up to July l, 1912, in
other words the city claims that it
owes the Warren company over a
| 81 900 more in warrants and interest
than the Warren company claims
| that the city owes it.
AS the question is viewed by the
| city, if il accepts the warrant inter
est from November IS, 1909 to July /,
! 1912 1t will have admitted that the
/ $4,000 was due the city on the
| former date and that the cOmpany's
| Interpretation of the franchise is the
| true one.
Warrants held by the Warren com
pany total approximately Sc 800. A.
cording to the computations OF that
company this amount, with interest
to November 1S,19O9, subtracted from
| the $4,000 leaves a difference in cash
due the city Of 81 ,522.63.
! According TO the computations OF
| the city, however. the balance in
cash that is due the city is $4S2.S9,
/ figuring the interest to July /, 1912.
| In compliance with the agreement
/ the Warren company will hand the
/ city today its check for s4S2.S9 and
! will also tender the balance, which
will be declined by the city, leaving
the issue, namely, the intent of the
| franchises, clear.
| Following the passage of the reso-
luton carrying into effect the agree
ment of settlement a petition from
residents of the canyon asking that
| the street railway company be com
! PEELED to extend the street car line
| up the canyon to the present westeT-
/ ly limits of the city was read As
under the terms of the franchise, as
interpreted by the city, the company
has nine monthe from the date Of
completion of the street to extend its
line the council decided that it could
not take the action requested by the
/ petition.
J. H. Gray, secretary of the Com
mercial club, appeared before the
council to request that the city con
vert the old cemetery west OF Brew
cry gulch into a playground, offering
to equip it with playground apparatus
and turn il over to the city for its
administration. Mr.. Gray was in
formed that such action could not be
taken unless it was requested by a
majority of the taxpayers of the city
and Mr.. Gray promised to circulate
such a petition.
The Commercial club secretary al
so took up the matter of conserving
and increasing the water supply OF
the city for fire fighting purposes
so that the club would be in position
to ask further reductions in the Bis
bee fire insurance rates.
Councilman Quick of the fire COM
mittee suggested that the chemical
now stationed at No 2 fire station
in front of the Central school be re-
moved and placed at some point less
accessible to the fire department
This was placed In the hands of the
fire chief and the chairman of the
fire committee, who will decide on
the location of the chemical.
Councilman Quick also asked the
council to sanction the placing of
seats at the head of Main street and
at the depot for patrons of the street
railway company! This will be taken
up by the street committee with pro
perry owners and with the street
railway company.
Applications for thirty saloon IL
censes were received and granted
there being no new applications.
The finance committee reported
bills for work on Naco road amount
ing to s1,125.90 and bills for repair
ing damage done by floods amounting
to S2.353.25.