Arizona republican., 1915-03-01


 ing ordinances and regulations; and has likewise written out, at the request of individual members of the commits sion, the minutes and proceedings of the committee appointed by the com mission upon charter revision, for which services said stenographer has been paid a salary of $120 per month and all has been charged against the office of the city attorney and as an expense in the maintenance thereof, and which said services rendered by said stenographer have been actually necessary and beneficial to the city, and that said services thus performed by him were reasonably worth at least Sl00 per month.
 Answering preamble V of said form of resolution. this manager says that he has heretofore fully aEwered the matters contained in the first para graph thereof.
 And answering the second para graph of said preamble this manager says that the office of building in spector shows an increase of $405. .9S; but denies that, in spite of said in crease, the work of the office of said inspector has become negligible, due to the decrease in building operations in the city; and in that regard says that the increase of $4059S in the office of the building inspector during the five months ending December l, | 1911, over and above the expenses of l operating said office during the five months ending December 1, 1913, was occasioned by the payment of salary of the building inspector, fixed by ordinance of this commission, which amounted to $250 more for said five | months ending December 1, 1914, than the salary of the building inspector for the five months ending December l l, 1913, and that the remainder of the increased expense of said office 1 ($155.gS) was for necessary supplies for use in the office of the building inspector and for upkeep and opera ton of automobile used by him in performing the work of his office; and further says that, since this man. ager has been in office the work in the office of the building inspector | has increased, rather than decreased | owing to the fact that the building | inspector. in addition to his duties as such, has also had annexed to his | office the inspection of plumbing and the inspection of electrical wiring and, moreover, under an ordinance of this commission, he is required not only to approve plans for the ! construction of buildings, alterations 1 and repairs of buildings, and removal | of buildings, butt in addition, he is required to superintend and approve the installation of plumbing and of electrical wiring, and to supervise and l approve the erection of buildings, for the protection, not only of the city, but also for the protection of the per sons having the same done, which additional services thus rendered by the building inspector during the five months ending December l, 1914, and now being rendered by him. were not performed by the former building in spector during the five months end ing December 1, 1913.
 Answering the third paragraph of said preamble V. this manager denies that the expenses of operation and maintenance of the department of pub lie health for the five months ending December l, 1914. show an increase l-of $197.63 over and above the the cost of operation and maintenance of said department for the five cor responding months in the year 1913 And the manager further says that instead of there being an increase ir the cost of operation and maintenance of said department during said period there was a decrease of $191.16
 VI. %
 This manager. answering preamble VI of said form of resolution, says that sanitation and promotion oi cleanliness, including sewers and sew age disposal, street cleaning and re- fuse disposal, shows an increase o $496.9G more during the five month: from July 1 to December l. 1914, ovei the same period for the previous year but denies that the conditions under said department are generally no bet ter than for the previous year, ol that they are noticeably worse a: regards the cleaning of streets anC ditches and disposal of refuse; ana further says that said increase O $590.15 was occasioned for remedyint conditions in the sewage septic tank: and the disposal of sewage discharg' from said tanks at the end of thu cty's sewer system, which had beer