Arizona republican., 1915-04-10
SESSION
 0F COMMISSION

Various Reports Are Re- ccivcd and Other Matters
 of Importance Taken Up 1 The city commission in session that | lasted pretty nearly all of yesterday i afternoon transacted host of business. i listened to the first report of Manaer l Robert A. Craig, refused to take hand in the proposed censoring of local nov ing pictures, started the ball rolling for paving about the Central school and the Federal building. as well as the frontage of School District No 1 on . Mcdowell road directed the city attor- ney to draft new ordinances to take the place of Ordinance No. g and No. "A. known as the city license tax ord 1 inance and the traffic ordinance, which ] never became operative as referendum petitions were filed against them be- 1 fore they could legally go into effect. gave two readings to a proposed ord inance fixing a corral district and d. rected the extension for thirty days of l the period in which the last half of the | city taxes due on April 1 may be paid. After the minutes of several previous ! meetings had been read and approved. and the reports of the city manager and the auditor had been presented and ordered filed an ordinance granting 1 the santa Fe the right to lay track on Harrison street between Ninth and
 
 1 from Andrew Downing of the library committees to be permitted to eXpend 1 $50 from the library fund for the | printing of 1000 copies of history of the library recently completed by Mir. |, Downing was refused A report on the | condition of the Jones sbuilding was submitted by Manager Craig who said i the building cOnformed with the re uuirements ef the present building ord ! finances except that a paperbOard cell l ing was being installed in the basement and the awning supports were being i set three inches inside the curb line in 1 stead Of upon the curb line. A report | was made that showed the Columbia Theater now has an asbestos curtain | \ petition was read asking for the re-
 moval of the Salt River Valley canal | from the property between Second ! street and Second avenue. to Van Bu- ren street. The matter was deferred
 until an estimate of the probable cost ! can be secured from the Water Users | Association. The widening of Van 1 Buren street and the paving of the ! thorouShtarc are to be taken up jointly with the matter of the moving of the | canal
 l There was discussion of the propo = | sitiOn to change the license fee for au- tos running from the city to Riverside ] pard. the fair rounds and other out of
 the city points. from $eo annually to Sl5. There was no action at that tine Mayor Young called attention to Ord 4 inance No. 23 which he said was not
 repealed by the vote of the people. the vote simply being advisory. He sait l there should be drafted a new ortin ance- to take it's place before the ole ordinance is repealed This was als. | his view With relation to Ordinance No 24
 claim of Captain Georc B. Wilco,
 for guarding the city vault for clever days at s3.00 per day was allowed Prop erty owners of Wentworth addition
 asked that the city take care of theil
 streets and maintain irrigation Ther,
 was no action it being pointed out tha the city Was required to do this ant I that no action was necessary
 Manager Craig reported that h'
 found there had been q double assess
 ment for storm sewers to the amour
 of s121.32 and recommended that thi
 amount be refunded
 : report was made that J. L. Wake l has refused to sign an agreement witt the city that the city may use the DOT tion of the sidewalk frontage at the sit,
 of his new building for conduits. etc It was decided that Mir. Walker shoul,
 sign the agreement or not occupy tha
 portion of the land abutting his build ing site.
 {, Mrs. Ryder who said she was tn chairman of a comuttee of cighteel
 women asked permission to censo moving pictures. The commission fel 
 and no action was taken
 The Arizona Exhibitors League re , quested tha: Riverside automobil drivers be not permitted to Occup
 prominent places up town nor call ou
 for passengers. If was decided tha
 the city manager should endeavor L
 arrange suitable stands for these aut
 drivers. It was also decided that tn city should make a test case of tn
 right of the county to collect an Occu
 patton tax from merchants and other
 who have been assessed such tax b,
 the city. petition was referred to tn
 city engineer that asked that side
 walk be laid on the north side of M
 Kinley street from Tinth to Tent
 street
 Adjournment was taken to Monda,
 evening al o'clock when q sessio
 will be held devoted exclusively to con
 sideration of the general paving situa |