Weekly journal-miner., 1915-05-05
OF CITY CLERK |S
 TENDERED
1. M. AITKEN WILL GO TO PHOENIX WHERE HE HAS ACCEPTED A RE- SPONSIBLE POSITION.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

(From Tuesdays Daily.)
 After holding the position of city clerk and recorder for the short pe, iod of three months J. M Aitken rendered his resignation to the city council at its monthly meeting last night.
 After Aitken had read his rcsigna- tion, it was decided to defer action on it until man as competent as he could be found to take the position. At present four men are applicants for the position, but it is not known who will be selected by the council. The aspirants, according to Mayor Time5hoff are L. c. Sharpneck, Ed. ,. Wright, Fred Eckert, Jr., and Fred (. Moore.
 Judge Aiken is going to Phoenix where he will take over the manage nent of the w. H. Constable Co.,, Inc. ! $75,000 ice and cold storage con :ern.
 In his resignation he says that he
 s severing his official relations with
 he city for purely business reasons
 nd thanks the council for the ap- 1ointment and courtesy shown him since he assumed office.
 , Declaring that four shacks on city rroperty, in which people are living without paying rent or taxes, are a nuisance and detTiment to their To- ,ality, property owners in the 600 block on South Montezuma street lave requested the city to serve no
 ice on the inmates and owners and
 ca the huts down before the first of
 une. The complaint was sent in by \. M. Boss and Henry J. Beyerle. The matter was referred to Chief of oolice Robbins for investigation.
 On petition from property owners of North Summit street for grading of that street, the council ordered that the matter be turned over to the street committee with power to act.
 To have the alley between Cortez md Montezuma streets and ill the rear of Gurley street paved, property owners in that block filed a petition with the council to that effect. The only action taken was to order the city surveyor to make survey and estimate the cost of construction. The petitioners are the Bashford-Bur- mister Company, O. A. Hesla, John H. Smith, and Richards, Wells & Lawler.
 The question of fixing grade for South Marina street so that property owners can put in sidewalks on DOT lions of that thoroughfare was re- fcrrcd to the street committee.
 Chief of Police Robbins reported | that he had notified about 30 people | to -cpair their sidewalks which are in bad condition owing to loose and broken blanks. He also reported that 34 arrests had been made and $102 | had been collected on B dog licenses. Eight dogs were destroyed during the month.
 The city recorders report showed that 34 cases had been tried and of .hese four offenders of the law had paid fines amounting to $70; the sum of $110 was collected in bond for 7093.285 gallons of water we're received and disbursed during he month of April, according to the water department report. Collections or the month amounted to $2,059.S1; cn births and 13 deaths was the re- 'ort of City Health Officer South worth for the months of March and April. The t.casurer's report was as ollows: Cash paid out for the month or salaries and on warrants, $3.972; ash received, $3,773O5; cash on hand,