Arizona republican., 1915-02-20

and show you where the city could in , stall q plant to light the streets and , did he tell you he could light the city for 2ls cents per kilowatt?' Asked I Alexander.
 1 Aler admitted that the manager had i shown him some figures which he did not consider at all accurate but he couldn't remember whether any speci- fife figure was announced by Manager i Parish as that for which he could light i the city.
 Well. you seem to he afflicted al times with surprising lapses of memory so guess well excuse you" concluded | Alexander.
 Before Allcr left the stand Commis- sioner Woods wanted to know of him i if it wasn't q fact that he (Wood) had objected to tine purchase clause.
 q don't remember whether you did or not" answered Aller.
 Corpstein wanted to know if it wasn't a fact that others of the commission i objected to the clause. and Mayor ! Young asked casually where the con 1 tract had been discussed before being | brought bttOIt the tOillIlllSSlbll III piltIl meeting. Aller said that it was discus | sed at conferences at which the com m:ssioners had been present and at which Mayor Young had been request ed to attend.
 Allcr was by no means the first wit ness of the day Fritz Holmquist was recalle,, to testify as to the condition of the pavement between the street car ttracks. which he said was bad and should be repaired. He said that orig inally d row of Vitrified brick shouM | have been laid along the rails. but now the only remedy was to repair. Asked if. while city engineer he found any provision in the charter or city ordin- ances or in the franchise of the rail- way company compelling them to re pair the streets. he admitted he knew of no such provision.
 Building Inspector H. J. Mann was | called and said there were PAT permits issued from July to December 1. 1914, representing construction valued at $259,637.20. while for the same period of 1913 there were 5i7 permits repre- senting a valuation of SSS6,S42. 90. He said he used his own automobile in
 making inspections and that the city pays for the upkeep.
 On cross examination he said there
 were plumbing, gas, electrical and sew
 CT permits issued from his office in ad-
 dition to the building permits. For ev-
 cry permit issued an inspection was
 required while the work was in pro-
 gross or when completed and before
 being covered. He said the duties of
 the office with increased inspections
 and with the introduction of q complete
 card system record. had increased
 about four times over that of the of
 flee of the building inspector at the time the new administration came into
 office. He said the work done by his
 office was now proportionate to the ! number of permits issued and not to
 the value of the work done. He said
 that from the records of his office the , collection department of the city was
 able to base it's charges for sewer and
 water service He said too. the un-
 derwriters have access to these records
 something that did not obtain, to the I pest pt ltiS h1ONleuSe, pTloT lo flS ldh - ing the office He said that since No
 Vemher he had made the plumbing in , spectiopS and that he had one assist %
 ant to take care of electrical inspcc- . tions and one stenographer who gives
 part of her time to his office and the
 remainder to other departments. . Auditor Cooper was recalled and ask ed to state when the new fire stations were installed. He said the Five Points
 station went into commission on No jVemher l. 1914. and the Ninth and Van
 Buren Streets station on october 27 1914 Asked to give the fire depart .
 ment payroll figures for the five
 months from July 1. 1914, to December il. 1914. as compared with the same
 period in 1913 he gave the following !, 1913 1914
 July ..... ........... $513.65 $S250C