Arizona republican., 1914-02-14
SEWER BIDS OPENED;
 ARE UNDER ADv|SEMEN7
Municipal Ownership of Lighting Sys-
 tenn Considered-Other Matters

Bids on a complete sewerage system
 for Tempe ranging all the way from
 $29,6S361 to S41940.00 were opened by
 the common council at it's regular
 monthly session held at the city hall chambers on Thursday evening. All the bids submitted were taken under advisement to be acted on at an ad- journed meeting to be held Monday eV- ening of next week. Aside from the sewerage question, there was up for attention the work of equaliZinS the tax assessments for the fiscal year, petition from the citizens of Tempe asking that bonds might also be voted for the Municipal ownership of a light ing system, a gambling ordinance, and the regular monthly bills.
 The council session opened with the board of equalization on taxes in charge Several kicks against high as- sessments were made by various prop ertv owners of the town and satisfac- tory alterations made. The board has now completed it's equalization work
 so that within a week or ten days it is quite probable that the levy will be llldub ana lOl lllt 6tiiliA'ti
 collection of all town taxes completed. The sewer question occupied but
 small share of the evenings time, noth- ing beyond opening the bids being ac-
 complished Claude Fisher of Phoenix submitted a bid on the construction of
 the sewer complete with Vitrified pipe for $35. .34O70. The American Light X -o n. of ('hiPa submitted two bids. one for the sewer complete with concrete pipes for s35, 5,SS3.93 and one for the sewer complete with vitri- fled pipe for 41940.00. Doyle Bros. of Tucson also submitted two bids, the first for the sewer complete with Vit- rified pipe for s32.050.03 and the sec ond for the sewer complete with con- crete pipe for $29,6S3.61. All of the bids were taken under advisement to be acted upon at the meeting on the coming Monday evening.
 Considerable time was devoted to the nuestion of the municipal ownership of i the lighting and electric power system of Tempe Three or four hundred
 names of the leading citizens of the town appeared on the petition. The | council members as well favored the | idea of Tempe owning it's own lighting system but for lack of knowledge as
 10 the best way to proceed to call the
 bond election. no definite action was i taken. Aside from the legal steps re- | nuired. the amount of bonds required 1 and half a dozen other matters, make 1t | clearly plain that it takes time to call | a bond election. The discussion of the proposition eventually wound up with i a committee of citizens appointed to T figure out the best basis on which tt l call the election and to what amount | bonds will probably be required. Thell report is due to be submitted on Mon day evening.
 II An ordinance introduced at the las session of the council and passed a the session Thursday night. as soon a'
 the required steps by law are taken
 will once more make the playing o
 cards and shaking dice for cigars, mer
 chandise or checks. which represent
 their equivalent permissible in the To- 1 cal amusement resorts.
 Taken as a whole the session of the
 common council on Thursday night was
 one of the busiest held in months. AS
 well as busy, it was one of interest
 Close to fifty citizens om Tempe ant
 number from Phoenix were in at
 tendance at the session, some partlcu'
 larly interested in one proposition ol
 another that was up for attention or
 that evening. With the business sched- uled for the meeting next Monday eV' ening. that session will as well attrac
 attention from the general public Wh'