Arizona republican., 1913-05-13
KICK ON SIREN
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Residents Along Glendale Line Asks Council to Have Nuisance Abated. West End School Block to Be Bought Soon.

It is some time since a complaint developed in the city council against the street car company because since the arrival of statehood. the jurisdic- tion to which the street car com pany is -responsibie has been moved from the city council to the Arizona corporation commissions; but in spite of this last evenings meeting of the city council produced a complaint against the street car company.
 One of the cars of the company, the ear that carries the Glendale traffic. has a whistle on it with an unearthly screech, a whoop that would almost wake the dead. When the car is going to and from Glen dale in the city limits the whistle is blown great deal. R. C. Dyer, who lives out on the line and inside the limits, has some sick folk in his house and the whistle has been eX- ceedingly annoying to him, so last night he made his complaint to the city council asking that the nuisance be abated. The council heard the complaint and then referred the thing to the committee of the whole for discussion When the committee came out nothing more was said about the matter.
 A. W. Galpin appeared before the council to ask them not to press the suit for back realty licenses brought against him until such time as the real estate board could be called to- Sether into a special meeting, and decided upon the terms of an urdin ance dealing with the matter. which will be submitted to the city council with the request that it be passed. The council decided to stay the suit until the second meeting in June so that the real estate men can draw up ali ordinance on the subject.
 When the council however returned from the committee of the whole. Council McDermott moved that the action of the council in the matter be rescinded, which was done without argument.
 w B. Lount said that when the ditches in the alleys in his block where the sewer had been buried. were filled in they. were not properly tamped, filled and pubbled, with the result that the ditch was growing to be a menace to wagons and teams driven down the alleys. He also said tht the pavement in front of the Ford Garage had not been fixed when the connections for that institution were made The whole matter was referred to Superintendent Thompson to look after
 The city engineer requested the council to meet with him and ex- anime West Van Buren street with a view to plans for widening the street in the neighborhOod of the civic center. where the street at pre- sent is very narrow. This same street is the extension of the Tempe road and portion of the state highway system.
 J. L. B Alexander. addressed the city council in the interest of Harry Taffe, who owns the billboard fran chise in the city MT. Alexander said that when he investigated the sub ject he found that at the time the franchise was transferred from the Big Four company it had not been properly acted upon by the city council and was not legal. However he is of the opinion that if the bill boards are located upon private pro- perty and the rental duly-paid he will still have a right to hold the property. City Attorney Prescott agreed with AIf Alexander.
 In connection with the billboard matter, the city attorney was re- ouested to reply to the recent protest Of the Woman's club about the mat ter.
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