Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
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stance, in tie water department, for said period there was pumped lUS, 246,000 gallons of water in excess of the number of gallons Of water pumped during the corresponding five months of the previous year.
 Answering the charge that there was an increase in the cost of op- elating the police department without benefit resulting to the city, Man ager Parish says that such increased expenditure was necessarily incurred; that soon after he took office, plot was discovered to exist in the clty and in the surrounding neighborhoo1 of the city, promoted by Mexican bandits and reVolutionists, which had tor it's purpose the enlisting and arm
 ing of MeXicans to take part in the revolution which was then taking place in the Republic of Mexico, and that the parties engaged in said plot had planned to take the city oi Phoenix by assault and sack the city. and thus provide themselves with arms and money to carry out said plot; and were endeavoring to per Suade Indians upon the Pima Indian reservation to join them in the en- terprise This information came to this manager through reliable sources, and not only was said information brought to this manager but was also given to the sheriff of Maricopa county, as well as to the governor of the state, and that the same in formation reached the mayor and members of this commissions that this manager was requested by number of business men of Phoenix, as well as by members of this com mission to take necessary precautions to forcstall the consummatlon of SaiG plot and to increase the police force for that purpose, which he dld; and that subsequently in the month of August, the persons engaged in sald rlot were apprehended by the county end federal authorities, and have since been convicted and sentenced; that about the time the said plotters were arrested, large number of unemployed persons arrived in tine city from outside points, principally from Ray, Arizona, and Fl Pasu, Texas; and that among these persons Nere many suspicious characters. ana that about that time and for some time afterwards, many robberies oc- cured in the city particularly in the residence district of the city, and also there occurred at about the same | |. z origin. and that it became necessary to retain the police force intact which this manager had heretofore called to his assistance to guard against the Mexican plotters afore- mentioned, in order to safeguard the residence portion of the city where said robberies and depredations were ! peace and good order in the city, and 1 by reason of the conditions and
 necessities above detailed, this man ager doubled the police force and maintained said police force at it's 1 increased number so long as neces- sity existed therefor and that, as soon as he safely could do so he re- duced the said police force, and is
 now causing the same to he reduced as rapidly as conditions warrant" | In answering the further items of
 tine charges the manager points ont 1 the apparent incorectness of the
 statements made, except wherein the
 increased salaries are mentioned, and which he explains are due to provi- sions of the city charter creating of Ifices and to the fixing by the com
 mission of the salaries of such off | cerS.
 | The formal answer concludes: l Further answering said preambles,
 and each of them this manager de-
 nies each and every statement there in contained not hereinabove ex- pressly admitted"
 The answer to the supplemental charges of misconduct in office goes
 fully into each item. expressly deny
 ing each and every one of them and leXplaining fully the causes actuatine
 him to the acts alleged, that is in those cases where admission is made
 that he did actually perform any of
 the acts, which the proponents claim
 aa grounds for the misconduct leharges
 It is expected that the hearing of the charges against the manager and
 the submission of his defense will oc-
 cupy several days. The hearing will
 be held in the city police court room the commission chamber not being
 sufficiently large to accommodate thC
 crowds that will probably endeavc, to be present.