Arizona republican., 1915-09-21
Return Of Commissioner Corpstein lnstills New
 Life into City Governing
 Body Which Proceeds to
 Transact Business .\
LA FRANCE PUMP
 IS PURCHASER
Rotary Engine to Be Con- tracted for Under Condi- tion Bond Be Furnished That Efficiency Remains During Life of Machine

When Mayor George r. Young de- clared the meeting of the city com mission under way yesterday after noon and the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and approved, he nearly threw a bomb into the camp when he began dissertation on the follies uf dilatorY tactics. fear to advance, and the thousand and one things of which the city com mission has at one time or another been accused. The mayor pictured he countless thousands who are urging attention to eugenics and who are proclaiming to the world that natural selection of life mates should be by rules of health. physique and contour.
 'NVe have with us this afternoon a commissioner who has spent the best part of rhe summer on the coast making careful study of the mar riage question" said the mayor. He has returned a this time to indicate Co us that far from being failure. marriage js not failure. His studies and his accomplishments the past summer have considerably tied up the business of this commission. but now he is again with us and has promised to be good and get down to business here l voice the sentiment of all the commissioners when I eX- tend heartiest cougra tulations tn Commissioner Corpstein"
 And then the commission did get down to business. Tn the succeeding hour fl accomplished more than it has in all the meetings held since Con- missioner Corpstein stole away to California to bring back a. bride. Be- fore adiournment was taken a 1000 gallon fire pump had been purchased. ordinances passed directing calls fo: bids for many blocks of paving. an ordinance providing foI the city to take care of the sewage from the state hospital for the insane rejected. authoriZa tion given for q contract with the reclamation service for ir- rigation water for the West Capitol addition, and announcement made that plans and specifications for large amount of additional paving were about ready for the cOnsidera- ton of the commission
 The meeting started off with the presentation of the report of the city manager. IL was lengthy report and was ordered filed. A cnmmuni- cation from C. W. Tolleson, one of the bondnolders of the Phoenix Port land Cement company. announced that the bonds of the company are about to be foreclosed, and intimated that it might he good business pr0posi- ton for the city to own it's own paw ing plant including a plant for the manufacture of the cement 10 he used for paving.
 Commissioner Corpstein said that some WAY might be devised if the plant resumed whereby the city might enter into 2 longtime contract for the purchase of the local cement that would be advantageous to the city and at the same time help local ln- dustry. He said that cement was now selling at about s2.66, whereas it could be manufactured for about S.10 He said that when plant like that of the local concern started up the big companies proceeded to lower the price in the locality from Which the smaller company might expect to secure business. and in that way crowded the small concern out of business. Then the prices We're again raised tie said that when the Phoe- nix Portland Cement plant was oper- ating the outsiders lowered the price to about si.90. aid raised it imme- diately when the local plant closed down Mayor Young said he was in favor of patronizing home industry whenever possible.
 An ordinance providing for the city to enter into a contract with the eclamation .- service for irrigation water for West Capitol addition, was upon motion of Commissioner Mac Bean. unanimously adopted.
 A proposed ordinance for a con
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