Arizona republican., 1922-03-31
DEFINITE PROGRESS
IN CITY PAVING IS
SHOWN IN FEBRUARY

Paving OF city streets made con-
siderable progress during the month
OF February, according to the month";
~ report which City Manager
". A. Thompson has submitted to the
city commission. The following work
is reported:
Paving: Portland street from Sew
enth to Eleventh streets; Van Bu-
rem street from Twelfth to Sixteenth
streets; Sixth street from Washing
ton to Roosevelt street (curb and
gutter completed finish grade % per
cent completed and paving 40 per
cent completely; Seventh street from
Washington to Mcdowell road (curb
and gutter completed, finish grade 80
per cent completed and paving 10
per cent completely: washington
street, from Fifth to Sixteenth street
concrete paving 15 per cent COM
pleted. finish grade completed, curb
and gutter so per cent completely;
Buchanan street, Central avenue to
Third street (curb and gutter COM
pleted); West Moreland street, Third
avenue and Fifth avenue (curb and
gutter completed, finish grade COM
pleted): Jefferson street. Eighth
street 10 Madison street (curb and
gutter completely; and Polk street,
from Seventh to Ninth streets (curb
and gutter grade completely.
Street Improvement plans COM
pleted: Brill street from Eleventh 10
Fourteenth streets; Fillmore street
from Grand to Fifteenth avenues;
Twelfth avenue from Monroe street
10 Woodland avenue; alley in Block
r, woodland place and Eastmoreland
street from Tenth to Fourteenth
streets.
Vital statistics detailed by the
health department in the monthly re-
port show that the stork outdis-
tanced the grim reaper during Feb
ruary, there being So births ana 90
deaths. Thirty eight OF the new ar
rivals were boys and 81 girls.
During the month the health de-
nartment Investigated 81 complaints
and abated unsanitary conditions IN
So cases. There were five cases OF
chicken pox quarantined. three OF
diphtheria. two OF typhoid fever Two
or scarlet fever and one OF 1allpox
Clarence f.. Ice. city dairy tnspec-
tor, successfully prosecuted 10 dairy
naen who failed to deliver milk meet
inE with the requirements OF his de-
partment. A fine OF $40 was as
sessed in each case.
February building permits show a
I0JAl N0IuAltQA VI 94@Vf Vs. fttAt ~ 49,
nits issued. Included in this num-
her were 12 residence buildings, enc
apartment and one church.
one hundred and seventy-twof ar
rests were made by the police de-
partment last month, including SO
held for investigation. This result
ed in az fines paid: 1s served time
and 10 suspended sentences. Seven
forfeited bail, and 10 cases We're dis
missed: nine cases were transferred
Ia the county. il to federai author
tiles and five to the juvenile depart
ment
Ten fires last month resulted IN
property loss of $2.152. The total
insurance involved was $6S,0O0. One
of the features of the fire depart
ment during the past month was the
series OF talks and drills at the va
rious schools Of the city given un-
der the direct supervision OF Fire
chief William D. Simmons.
or 20,S12 who patronized the pun
lie library last month, 14.7T are des-
irnated on the report as readers at
home and the remaining 6,O20 as
readers AT library" There We're
1913 fiction books drawn, S,l20 non-
fiction books and 2,l52 juvenile
books.