Arizona republican., 1915-02-18

the commission. The salary of the | health officer had been doubled, but 1 the duties of the health officer, the sanitary officer and the physician for the care of injured city employ ees are performed by the one man at salary of s200 as compared with
 the same salaries paid two men pre-
 viously with no care for injured city employees, an item that in the five months of 1913 amounted to $333. It
 was shown. too. that Manager Parish had nothing to do with the appoint-
 ment of clerk to the commission at $10O per month. This clerk also acts as clerk to the city attorney. l It was shown, too, that the fines and balls of the police department in 1914 , exceeded these of the same period in 1913. The additional expense of
 a man to take care of the Outfall of
 the sewer plant, was shown to be | the development of condition that tampered the council in its last days
 and which was forced upon the man.
 aeer as d new situation shortly after he assumed office. The increase in street cleaning expense was shown to be due to increased pavements and to increased efficiency in perform
 ing the work. The increased cost of operating the city pumping plant
 was attributed to the fact that over
 ore hundred million more gallons of
 water were pumped to the city mains
 curing the five months of 1914 than
 in tho cavna pario6 of 1Q1o
 On general basis, eliminating the
 increases of salaries created by the
 charter or the commission, and the
 additional cost of operating increased equipment, the auditor believed there would be shown a decrease in the actual expenses.
 Former Chief of Police Brisbois succeeded Auditor Cooper on the wit ness stand He said he had worked up to the office of chief from tht } humble station of traffic officer Ht ? said he was chief of police iron l April l5 to January 22 and as sucf p was supposed to be at the head O. 7, the department. He claimed that O the men appointed he had recon
 mended but two or three. Other e were appointed by the manager with 3 out consulting him. Some came t Q him with slips that read, Put thi r man on. Some men, he claimed l were appointed without having beel !. sent to him at all. The policeman n named to be on duty at the pump l irg plant at night, he cited as one O l. those of whose appointment he ha = no knowledge until the man was ac r tually at work. He said he had no y been consulted about the appoint . ment of woman policeman. As t r complaints relative to the depart ). ment. some came to him. Brisboi Q admitted. but others went to tn If manager. Some discharges wer v made by the manager, and one wa d made by Brisbois upon orders fro1 ). the manager. He said that two me e were fired" by the manager afte = being charged by Mrs. Chalmers wit
 beating up a Mexican. Brisbois pro = duced butcher knife and said tf 'r policemen were defending themselvt 1T against attack by the Mexican. wh r. was armed with the knife. He sai 'e investigation of the charges befoI ,r Manager Parish brought out tn
 fact. but that the men were dis
 charged nevertheless.
 P Brisbois said he never really WE 50 the head of the department althoue DO the manager had once told him l 5l was going to turn the departmei 50 over to him and let him run it. Bri. at bois said the manager had issue le permits for automobiles to stand
 the site of the ruins of the Bus ,n Drug Store. while. he Brisbois. pr order to keep traffic uncongested ha 36 6irected that the machines be move ,d He said Policeman Duncan wou to support him in this charge. The e, se chief also told of the appontme, th by Manager Parish against his a, en vice. and of the man later going
 Prescott getting into trouble and b, st ing sentenced to thirty days in u mt Prescott jail The manager di l. charged him when he returned al or the incident was reported to hii or He also referred to the appointmel of lof another man. whose characte ve BrisbOis had told the manager hs as not been good in the past. The mai m aeer. Brisbois said, replied he did n m care about the mans character n- long as he did his work. and didr e. care what he did while off duty. 1g The appointment of Policema of FeatherhOff his subsequent assaul
 ing of young man and his fatht he while neither was under arrest. al he his subsequent discharge by Ma ey ager Parish. was also related re Brisbos The former chief said in had had nothing to do with the al he pOintment of FeatherhOff nor wi i'd his discharge. BrisbOis said the re: CT son he had not arrested Featherho he for striking the young man and h e. father, was because he did not S ar, the assault, that no warrant had be, es issued and that neither the assault' re parties desired to swear to con IFS plaint. He said the assault was con nd mitted in the presence of Night Ca n- tain Fraley, an appointee of tl re manager. Brisbois said he som es times gave orders to Fraley and tn 10. sometimes they were carried out al IA sometimes they were not.
 n- City Water Superintendent Thom
 son was the third and last witnes ad He said the largest consumption t. water came in the month of June. I D. said the peak load came between }: te, o'clock and S:30 o'clock each day, b ms he could not specify the exact mi n- ute for any given day. He sa SC. there and been an increase of los OU0 mn of