Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-07
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 Che Common Council held lat wght in thc City Hall, all the members in cludiug Mayor Goldwitcr were present
 A resolution was adopted with but one dissenting vote, demanding of r. l.. Wright of the Prescott Street Railway company that his company operate cars on the streets of Pres colt within thirty days or the fran. chisc will bc forfeited.
 The Prescott Gas and Electric com. pany submitted s proposition to the council offering Co pump water from Del Rio for ten cents per thousand gallons for the first forty five million gallons in one year and s cents for each subsequent thousand gallons The electric company to install new pole linc, using the present wires of the city md maintaining the system nee. cssary Co furnish electric energy for operating the big pumps. By this
 
 save n large sum over the present method of getting water from Del | Rio The matter was referred to | committee of the whole to meet at | near date when the electric company | will be present through an agent and | inc matter gone into in detail.
 When the question of city printing came up and the bids opened it was found that the bid of the Journal. Miner was sl092 and that of the Courgr was sll30. However, because there was no certified check with the former bid the contract was awarded Co the Courier Councilman Heap dissenting in the vote. He held that the council could wait twenty hours and save nearly so but the other members of the board willed other. wise, though it was claimed such a postponement could be made. It is said that this is the first timo in the history of the city where a certified check was necessary for securing the city printing, as the lowest bidder nsually secured the work.
 Upon estimates being furnished by tho city engineer the clerk was in. stmeted to levy an assessment of s2.Oi per front foot against all prop. erty owners on Alarcon street for the proposed grading and improvement of that thoroughfare. The estimated cost of one block being s5,sil. l.
 Residents on West Gurley street applied through petition for an ex. tension of the water main; also A new lo fire hydrant and an are light. The matter was referred to the proper committees. One of the surprises of the meeting was the bill of the Prescott Gas and < Electric company for the thawing out of frozen pipes last month. The total cost was less than s25O. Judge E. W. WelM appeared and c asked for permit for the Christian Scientist church to erect n house of
 
 worship opposite tho plaza, which . would not he in strict accordance with tho ordinance regulating build. 'ngs within the fire limits The aues. sion wns put up to the Chief of the Fire department. Mayor Goidwater preached the question of purchasing an auto fire suek and his suggestion met with approval Clerk Robinson was ad. vised to look into the cost of a ma. rhine. It was brought out during the discussion that the present cost to the horses at the central station is nearly $500 per year.
 The Cosmopolitan Carnival com. pany was granted license of S2a per day for week show commeneinpl March ith. This aggregation carries wenty ears and 300 people. The ieense granted includes the payment co or one special policeman. m Henry Brinkmcycr was granted tho o ontract for feeding tho city prison. ce rs at 20 cents per meal. th Health Officer Southworth report CT d four deaths for the past month nd two births, adding that the city ca ms at the present time free from th ontaRious diseases Gi Water Superintendent Hall reported th hat he had collected s665.20 for NJ 'ator connections, meters and taps cx or the year. to Chief of Police Heisler reported arrests for the month from which ,c ecorder Robinson collected in fines <. a37. th Tax Collector Williams in his report fla afed he had collected ti,773s5 for pa ccnses. ,h,