Arizona republican., 1918-07-04
TWO COMMISSIONERS AWAY SO BOARD TO
 MEET NEXT FRIDAY

When the city commission met yes- terday morning to consider, among other things. an ordinance calling a special election on August 6, of the property tax payers to determin. whether the city shall issue bonds of the city of Phoenix in the aggregate of SlOO000, for the purpose of acquiring additional pumping plants it was found that two members of the commission were absent. The proposed ordinance carries an emergency clause and in or der to pass such an ordinance the law requires that at least four members of the commission be present. Because of the importance of the proposed cleo ton it was decided by the members of the commission that a special meeting Of the commission be held next Friday morning at o'clock. when it is hoped that the required number of commis- sioners will be present.
 A communication from the Mckee Investment company of this city to the commission in which the Mckee com pany protested against the approval of the paving of North Seventh avenue between Fillmore and Roosevelt streets and the payment therefore for the req sons that the work was not done in a workman like manner, that the mater lals used were not in accordance with the standard rules of paving, that the pavement was not completed according 10 the plans and specifications for d good substantial pavement and not ac- cording to law, as there were not enough signatures to the petition to Justity making the order to go ahead with the improvement. The matter having been referred to City Engineer Hitchcock at the previous meeting, he appeared before the commission yes terday and stated that the work was done in accordance with the plans and specifications and that the petition of the Mckee company was absurd.
 The spur track and plumbing ordi- nances were again laid over as they have been for some time.
 A report on the Culver street protest from l.. B. Hitchcock, city engineer was read by the secretary. The report showed that the total frontage of the proposed improvement of Culver street is 9,15251 feet. The frontage repre- sented by the signers to the petition which was filed June 25, protestinl against this improvement is ABS! feet. The frontage represented by the signers of tte petition of protest ot June 25, filed letters with the city clerk. requesting their names be stricken from the petition of protest is 657 feet.
 This leaves S,4s3.5 feet or SS per cent of total frontage that has proteste, against the improvement of Culver street.
 It also appeared in Hitchcock's re. port to the commission that the law provides that when the cost of a pro posed improvement has been made chargeable upon a district then tn, owners of the majority of the frontag, of the property fronting upon a pro. posed improvement together with tn, owners of a majority of the frontage O the property fronting upon the stree or parts of streets within the limits O the assessment district, may make written protest agains the imphove ment.
 The total frontage within the distric is l5.S5451 feet. Frontage within tn, district represented by the petition O. protestors filed June %. is 7,476.5 feet The frontage represented by the sign CTS of the petition of protest who fileC