Arizona republican., 1913-07-30
ENACTS SOME
 IMPROVEMENTS
City Council Gets Busy With Paving, Sidewalks, Water Mains and Sewers. Routine Session of Last Night

Last nights was a constructive session of the city dads. It embraces improvement work, and the things pertaining thereto to the near -eXclu- sion of the ordinary, every day, com monplace troubles of councilmen. The paving, sidewalks. streets, water and sewer connections and other minor sections of the business activity of the city received attention.
 The extension of city water mains was one of the chief subjects of dis cussion, it being requested by Super intendent Avery Thompson that he be authorized to hire an engineer to GO some Investigating. He was given permission to employ an expert to map out an extension of the water system. Then another water matter, that of the laying of mains in the Tclleson addition, came up and was talked over. It was decided to allow the new addition to use the two inch mains. providing it would pay the entire cost of enlarging later before it becomes a part of the city. Not the least of the water depart ment's business was the formal granting of permission to Chief Clerk J. F. Powell to take a months vaca- tion.
 Conference With U. s. R. s.
 The eternal town ditch question rose again last night. This time it came in the form of a suggestion to defer acting on the matter of paving North First avenue until the council has had it's conference with the reclamation service, water users and the board of trade at the Water Users building tomorrow afternoon will to a head the talk and discussion of many moons,, and may settle who is to pay for removing the Salt River canal-and how.
 In declining to take upon them selves any of the exepense of shift ing the canal, the water users are upheld by Secretary of the Interior Lane. The secretary is said to have based his action on the fact that the water users do not need the canal moved, and the city does-therefore should pay.
 Street Improvements
 Under the head of street improve nents, the council did considerable routine business, executing a resoIu- ticn or two and passing others till another time. Instructions were de- ltvered to City Engineer Holmquist to prepare to IlnlSn SlQeWalkS on the east of block 19 and the south of block IS. Resolutions to make the asSeSsme ents for the improvement of Roosevelt street were adopted This improvement contemplates sidewalk ing from Seventh street to Central avenue.
 Grades were established for First avenue, Mckinley and Fillmore streets also Van Buren and Roosevelt, as well as widths for the first named three. Specifications for bituIithic pavement on bituminous base con taining gravel were adopted in readi- ness for certain planned jobs of pay- ing.
 The motorcycle policeman who has had the owl shift will not more be held to the ignominious task of watching sputtery street lanterns. lighting holes and closed streets That was decided after Chief Moore had asked that his man be excused from further duty along that line The council provided for the filling of this position by the three departments of streets, water and sewer City Attorney Tom Prescott asked the council to instruct him about collecting licenses from the auto i busses, now running so numerously about Phoenix, and before the matter could receive action a motion to ad- | Journ had been passed.