Arizona republican., 1913-11-19
GAS MAN ASKS
 LOAN FROM CITY
Says Company Hasn't the Funds Available Just Now to Make Extensions, But Offers to Make Refund Later On

l Shall the city of Phoenix advance to the Pacific Gas &, Electric com pany the amount of the cost entaiIed in installing twelve additional arc lights in locations already directed by the common council? This is the question the committee of the whole of the common council is asked to answer following the receipt of a re- quest from H. l.. Aller, manager of the lighting company, that the city pay for the installation of the pro posed arcs, the cost of the same to be refunded to the city as soon as the Pacific Gas & Electric company has fund available for construction pur- poses.
 T beg to advise" said MT. Aller in the communication read before the common council at it's meeting last evening, that, due to an unfortunate and, as we trust, temporary financial condition, this company is without funds by which to make extensions to it's lines" MT. Aller then calls atten-
 ton to the contract with the city, calling for the installation of four
 teen arcs yearly, and states that
 twenty-one have already been in
 stalled the current year. thereby
 more than fulfilling the contract with the city.
 It was a busy session of the com mon council, and a host of small mat
 ters were disposed of. In connection with the communication of MT. Aller, another was read, referring to the
 order of the city for an arc light at Seventh avenue and the Santa Fe tracks. As no poles would have to be
 erected to install this light, MT Aller says the company can do the work,
 but asks whether the city or the Santa
 Fe company is to pay for the Oper- ation. He suggests that the city foot
 the bill and then bill the service back to the Santa Fe. The city recorder
 was instructed to take the matter up
 with Santa Fe officials
 A resolution was adopted approv-
 ing the assessment for the improve ment of Second avenue
 $ H. Mitchell requested council
 to cause a grade to be established
 on First street which the Phoenix
 Railway company may follow in re-
 constructing it's tracks. The matter
 was laid on the table until the grades
 for paving that thoroughfare are es-
 tablished by the city engineer. The
 railway company also requested that
 the city ordinance permitting the maintenance of the present curves at Seventh and Pierce streets, First and
 Pierce streets, and First and RoOse-
 welt streets be so amended that the
 radius of these curves may be made greater. and the city engineer was in structed to permit the proposed new
 curves and the amendment to the or
 dinance authorized.
 Fred Pochen asked that he be ap
 pointed city florist, and presented let
 ters of recommendation. The matter was referred to the city gardener Joe F'ilsetti asked that he be granted saloon license for his building at Second and Jackson streets, and pre- sented petition signed by more than 50 per cent. of the immediate prop erty owners in that section. Referred to the committee of the whole. The city recorder was authorized to eX- ecute a contract for one copy of the Arizona state directory at $6, at the request of F.. D. Morrison of the Gazetteer Publishing company. The report of the street commissioner was read and approved.
 A request for the renewal of the bonds of City Engineer HOlmquist and Street Commissioner Carr, by the Southern Surety Insurance company, was approved, and the council direct ed that the mayor sign the appllca- | tion after the accounts of the respec- tive officials have been audited and l approved.
 1 The insurance policy of $500 on the ! fire engine house, issued through Will ! liam M. Fickas. was accepted. An arc light was ordered on North First ave | nue between Van Buren street and Bennett Lane.
 l Addressing his communication to the
 Town Clerk" w. N Bridges, su- perintendent of insurance in the of
 flee of the Arizona corporation com
 mission. stated that attention of this , department has been directed to a
 quarterly or yearly license which is
 being levied on insurance agents oper-
 atng in your town, and as it is creat-
 ing a hardship on these agents, mak-
 ing it practically prohibitive to do bus mess therein" he announces that it
 is not only unlawful, but unreason- able. and, asks that it be abolished.
 He sent along a copy of the new , insurance code to bear out his con
 tention. The city collects $2 per
 quarter per agent for each company
 he represents, and it is this S2 per , quarter that Superintendent Bridges 1 classes as unreasonable and prohlb- tive. The city attorney was instruct
 ed to examine the new insurance
 code effective on october 1.
 | No action was taken on the re
 quest of w. F. Murphy that he be
 appointed consulting city engineer
 Permission was granted the proprietor
 of the Evergreen grocery to use
 some stone slabs at the intersection
 near his store to provide cross walk during rainy weather.
 1 Vouchers for $350, representing city license tax for seven of the eight
 onarte ers of ia12 and 1913. were re-