Arizona republican., 1914-03-25
CITY COUNCILS
 BUSY SESSION
Vote of General Election Is Canvassed, Permis- sion Given Amusement Promoter and Railway Company Turned Down

The common council in special ses- sion last evening before entering into discussion of the graft charges growing out of the opening of bids for fire fighting apparatus and the ap- proval of several, handled no end of important matters.
 As required by law the council first canvassed the vote of the general election of last Thursday A resolu- ton was adopted fixing these as the official figures of the votes cast for the respective candidates: Young, 2336; Lewis, 1883; Cope, 261S; Corp stein, 2131; Dameron, 1917; Diehl, 1461; Foley, 1950 MacBean, 1744; Norris, 1873; Woods, 1933. It was shown taht there was a total of 4216 votes cast
 A resolution was adopted approving the application of Frank P. Reed for permission to establish an amusement park upon the Lount property and fixing the quarterly license tax at $25 A committee consisting of Messrs DamerOn, Stabler, Loper, Ceilings and
  propriation of $100 from the city council to assist in preliminary sur vey for the proposed public play grounds. motion carried grlnting the appropriation. This $100 com- pletes the fund of $400 the Board of Trade, :ne public schools and the High school wish to raise to bring here a 1f.lt Of ha lot ln grounds Association to undertake the survey.
 Park Superintendent Sharp asked that City Water Superintendent | Thompson be instructed to extend the | city sewer system and the water l mains to Eastlake Park, recently ac- quired for public park purposes by the city. The city engineer and Sharp and Thompson were named a ! committee to make an estimate of the 1 probable cost and report at the next meeting.
 | A communication was read from s. F. Mitchell of the Phoenix Railway Company asking that grades be given 1 him for the double tracking of First Street from Adams Street to Roose- welt Street and of Monroe Street from First Street to Second Avenue, and that the paving of First Street be des layed one year. The delay was asked on the ground that the Street Railway Company could secure paving credit the money at this time to; take care of the tracking and of the paving at l the same time.
 H. B. Kersting stated that this de- lay would not be to the liking of the property owners of First Street who had been trying to get that street paved for long time. E. P. Conway stated that he believed one years credit and even longer could be ar ranged for the railway company A resolution was adopted authorizing the city engineer to furnish the grades desired and denying the request fol delaying the paving.
 The bid of Herbert J. Mann for the | improvement of the district near the Federal building. amounting to s54s was approved and the contract award ed to him.
 City Electrician W. D. Copson, Fire Chief Sullivan and City Engineel Holmquist. a committee named to in vestigate the bid of the Gamewel Fire Alarm Company for the installa tion of a fire alarm system recon mended the acceptance of the bid, bu action was deferred to the next meet ing of the council on Monday evening next.
 The matter of the claim of Cla. Morrell. injured by falling from sprinkling wagon nearly a year ag was referred to the city attorney wh
 was instructed to confer with Morrel and endeavor to arrive at some fai
 settlement and to report at the mex meeting.