Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-07
MAYOR SPEAKS FOR BETTER
 PRESCOTT
NUAL ADJ D R E s s OF MAYOR IT M E R H O F F CONTAINS LOT OF REC CONCENTRATIONS.
(From Tuesdays Daily)

(From Tuesdays Daily)
 Before the new common council ot the City of Prescott, assembled for the first time last night, Mayor w. H.. Timerhoff delivered an annual mess age filled with optimism, and con- taining some interesting recommcnda- tions. His message in full:
 The Mayors Message. To the Members of the Common Council and to the Citizens of Pres colt, Arizona:
 In pursuance with the require ments of our city charter, herewith hand you resume of the work ac- complished during the past year, and recommendation for the conduct oi the city business for the ensuing year. \ number of the annual reports have not as yet been received by this office but any one can readily asccr- tain by looking over the report of the auditor that the financial condition Of of the city is better than ever before In this respect I wish to state that the present administration does moi take all the credit, much is due to our predecessors, who by their judgment and financial foresight, made possible the placing of Prescott in the position that she now is
 Water.
 From the reports you will notice that the city has used during the last year 94,4S5, ,44o gallons of water, oi this amount there was only billed ou' 506.OS8.49 this leaves the amount charged to the city for street sprink ling, flushing sewers and loss of 43,- S56,5S9 gallons, nearly one half of the entire amount of water that was bill cd to the city went for the sprinklinP Of the streets, flushing the sewers and loss, much of the loss was occasioncd by the leak in the north reservoir. We sincerely trust that this is now per mancntly rcmcdicd.
 In connection with our water sys- tenn, I would recommend as I have done in tho past, that the city build . system Of reservoirs between the Thorbcck ranch and the city, thereby conserving the water during the flood season that a system Of filters be in- stalled so that WIG would at all time have an adequate supply of water by gravity in case of a conflagration or for domestic purposes.
 It is costing the City of Prescott a the present time, overhead expense in terest on bonds and deterioration es- timatcd at ; per cent on our plant about Sl per 1000 gallons to obtain water from Del Rio. You will notice from the report of the city clerk that the cost of water from Thorbcck springs averages l215 cents per l,G0C gallons, and of this 10 cents per 1000 gallons is going toward the payment of the plant.
 l again urge that the city council will take such action as 70 conserve and utilize water that may be brought into the city by gravity, but at all times keep intact our Del Rio plant.
 I have understood that w. A. Drake and J. A. Jaeger, of the s. r. P. & P. Railway Company, have fairly accu- rate data regarding the water flow and area of the watershed that could be utilized by the city and l believe that in cnlisting their assistance in this matter we would do much better than we would by employing an out side engineer.
 Funded Debt
 In my last message l brought to attention of your honorable body the matter of our indebtedness 10 the State this has now been reduced to approximately SSO.5l045 but we arc still paying interest at 4JE per cent on the original amount, mainly S9l ,26l.@
 The city attorney has, as requested drafted bill that is in line with the recommendation made in the last annual message to you, this bill will be brought before the legislature. have asked Councilman <. l.. Smith to represent the city before the lcgis- lativc body and I have no doubt but that the relief asked for will be granted.
 Fire Department.
 For a city of this size VIC have as good a fire department as there is any place in the world Our volunteer force is second to none and I hope that in your wisdom you may find il possible to do more for this than ir the past.
 In this conjunction I think that NC should have d ire police with police authority. They 10 be members oi the fire department
 Boy Scouts.
 These boys are to be our future frcmcn and our future city adminis- trators, even as boys they are ready and willing to work in conjunction with the fire department, police dc pertinent and health department.
 nroDosc that we utilize them fOf