Arizona republican., 1918-05-02
IRVINE ASKS BOARD
 ID HAVE ADVISORY
 COMMISSION NAMED

Before he had been officially seated an hour City Commissioner J. A. R. Irvine made it apparent yesterday morning that he intended it should be known that he had been elected on the reform ticket" and that so far as possible he was going to work for the blanks of the platform upon which he went before the general municipal election recently.
 Just before adjournment of the ne" commission was taken, Commissioner Irvine announced that he desired to suggest the appointment of an ad- visory board selected from the minis terial association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants and Manu- l facturers' association, the Y. NJ. C. A., the Y. W. c. A., the Rotary club, | the Kiwanis club. the Associated Charities and other organizations. 1t was his purpose to have the board available for conferences with the commission on matters of grave inn | portance concerning the administra- | tiou of the affairs of the city.
 In addition to suggesting the ap- 1 pointment of an advisory board Con- missioner Irvine stated that the city charter provides for the naming of certain other boards by the commits
 sion. He felt that the spirit of the charter in this respect should be carried out In addition he was of the opinion that the time had come l for a material reduction of the city water rates and for the improvement and Identification of Eastlake park. The suggestions of Commissioner | Irvine were received by the commis- sion, Mayor Corpstein announcing l that it would be agreeable to him to appoint the proposed advisory board,
 provided such plan met with the approval of the rest of the commis- sioners. He thought, however, that all such suggestions should be made | in writing and formally presented. No | formal action was taken the matters covered being left open for further
 consideration.
 | Little or no formality marked the | induction into office of Commissioner
 Irvine and Commissioner Charles w. l Barnett, elected to succeed Commis-
 sioners Frank Woods. and James A. | Jones. Neither of the retiring offi- cials were present when the meeting was called to order by Mayor Corp stein. Announcement was made by City Clerk Frank Thomas that Mayor Corpstein and Commissioner elect IT, vine and Barnett had already taken the required oath of office and that nothing remained but for them to l take their seats. He said they were already in in their assigned places and that the commission was ready | for business.
 Following the reading of the min
 utes of the previous meeting, a re- port was received from City Engineer ! Hitchcock stating that the protest | against the paving of North Seventh street carried the signatures of 60 | per cent of the owners of property | ironing on the district it was pro- posed to pave. Upon this showing a motion carried accepting the protest. | No protestants appearing in the matter of the hearing on the as- sessments for the paving on West Willetta street from Third avenue to
 Fifth avenue, and South Third ave-
 nue from Jefferson street to Jackson
 street, the commission formally ap-
 proved and accepted these assess
 ments.
 An extension of 30 days in the mat
 ter of the paving of East Willetta
 street from Central avenue to Seventh
 street to cover the date for the hea, = | ing Of appeals, and or 45 days In the
 matter of the paving of East Adams street from Fifth street to Ninth
 street, for the same purpose, was
 granted on the request of the South western Contracting company. 4
 claim for $1,292.97 was allowed Elliott
 & Horne Company for paving laid
 along the frontage of Woodlawn park.
 The matter of the adoption of a
 new plumbing ordinance was referred to the city attorney and laid over to the next meeting, in order to give the
 attorney an opportunity to study the
 draft of a proposed substitute ordi- nance presented yesterday morning.
 An application for permission to
 maintain a news stand at Wall street
 and Washington street, was referred
 to the city manager with power to act