Arizona republican., 1913-03-17
MESA TOWN COUNCIL
 ORDERS IMPROVEMENTS
Appoints a Street Superintendent, Un- der New Law, and Names Mem
 Der of Water Board

At d meeting of the town council held Saturday night, considerable busi- ness was transacted All members Of the council were present except Coun- cilmen J. H. Barnett and F. c. Alta way.
 After the reading of the minutes. Dr J. r.. Nelson rose and took up the question of the present rulings made by the Mountain States Telephone Co in Mesa Recently the company dis tributed to a portion of the patrons q. telephone book. and issued instructions to the employees to require that the pa irons use numbers only in calling for q connection. The doctor said that owing to the fact that the book had been printed before many of the phones now i'll use had been installed and the further fact that many of the numbers were pencil written. requiring time to look up the same the company should be asked to rescind the order until the system was in better working or der. "Thc telephone employees would be put to little extra work and have more time to attend to that part of it than the patrons who are paying for the service And the doctor also expressed an opinion that while the new company had been prOfuse in promises of better telephone service, he considered the service now the worst Mesa had ever had. even in the old days when the Consolidated was in control While promised an up-to- date phone. the one he had was anti quated and altogether unsatisfactory He then introduced the following re- solution and moved it's adoption the motion being seconded by Councilman CrismOn:
 Be it resolved. By the Common 1 Council of the Town Of Mesa City: i That the Mountain States Tele- 1 phone Company be requested 10 dis i continue and rescind the order reQuir- 1 ing calls by number. and in the event 1 that such order be not discontinued and rescinded. then. in that event. that : said company be requested 10 install i a common battery system for the l town of Mesa City. and that the ToVp 1 Attorney be instructed to take any ac 1 ton that may be necessary in the premises.
 1 The resolution was unanimously ! adopted.
 1 Councilman Nelson then offered an | other resolution to the effect that all l dogs found running the streets without ! muzzles he shot with as little prelim 1 mary proceedings as those exercised 1 by Dictator Huerta of Mexico. Those | were not the doctors words, but the , substance was the Sam". Attorney l Dougherty spoke q good word fol 1 mans best friend. quoting a sentence i or two from Senator Vests famous , culogy. In view of the fact that sew eral dogs afflicted with the rabies had | recently been killed and that doubtless | many more were infected, stringent measures were necessary. A resolu- ton covering the matter thoroughly , was adopted. Dogs must be muzzlec or kept tied up at home until the dis ease has had it's run in this community The new ordinances recently adopted having now been legally published, il | was up to the council that q street
 superintendent be appointed. and or motion of Councilman Davis, seconded by Councilman CriSmon. Fred Maiel was unanimously elected
 Dr. Drane. health officer reported that so far there were no case of Spina meningitis in this section Of the val ley: but advised that care be taken 1 There had been several cases in Phoe-
 nix and one death. Suggested tha
 public gatherings should be discour-
 aged as the disease might be easily 1 carried bV that means
 The council adopted uniform wdtI
 of sidewalk at six feet two inches. ex-
 cept on Main street between MacDon-
 aid and Robson, where full width side
 walks were ordered.
 The town attorney was instructed tt
 prepare an ordinance prohibiting thu use of sling shots in Mesa and the run.
 ming at large of fowl.
 Paul F.. Fuller was nominated a 1 city attorney
 Council adjourned to meet Saturda, l night. March 22nd.
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