Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-30
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Santa FEES superb climate is attracting
great many visitors.
Bids for the sale of 100000 penitentiary
brick are advertised for in this paper
The Guild will meet at Mrs. Palen's
residence at 80 tomorrow afternoon. A
full attendance is requested.
Col. James A. Lockhart, OF Grant coun-
ty has resigned as member of the board
of regents of the New Mexico school of
mines.
Immediate steps should be taken by
the city government for the more COM
plete lighting of the streets. There is no
time to be lost.
Secretary Thomas is purchasing material
for the erection of brick carriage and
store house and the construction of cell
lar on his premises.
Felipa De Soto Barela, the aged mother
Of the unfortunate cripple MINIMUM,
died yesterday and was buried this morn
ing by Undertaken Gable.
Under the statute one of the justices OF
the peace now serving in the precincts
composing this city must be designated as
police Judge. This is wise provision and
will save the city money.
Scott Knight has received letter from
the secretary of the Hose company at
Santa Fe, asking information about the
tournament 1t is probable that the cap.
ital city will have team present during
the fair.-Albuquerque Citizen.
John Gray visited San Ildefonso yester-
day and closed with the governor of that
pueblo five years lease on the San IL
defonso grove, which is being converted
into picnic resort for the accommodation
Of Santa Feans.
1t is learned this afternoon that the
sldermanic committee on ordinances has
prepared rather complete report which
is to-day receiving it's finishing touches,
and that these ordinances will be laid
before the council on Friday or Saturday
evening.
H. H. Smith, of Washington, D. G.,
journal clerk of the house of representa-.
tives, who is special national bank ex-
amlner during the recess of congress, is
at the Palace accompanied by his son.
He is just in from Las Vegas, where he
To- I'D fp ttn 1f tha o;k
banks and found them O. X. in every
respect
The force OF carpenters on the Weber
block were employed on the building until
midnight last night. The structure was
aglow with electric lights for the purpose.
Thus the capital city's modern progress
continues to astonsh the natives. Who
ever thought the time would come when
there wouldn't be daylight sufficient to
carry on the building operations of Santa
Fe?
Section 1923, Compiled Laws, 1884, says,
in cities any and all justices of the peace
shall have jurisdiction in all cases arising
under the provisions of this act (city in
corporation law or any ordinance passed
in pursuance thereof, or the city council
or board of trustees Of any city or town
may designate one justice of the peace,
who shall have such jurisdiction exclu-
svely.
This thing Of passing ordinances by the
wholesale would be all wrong. City or
dinsnces should be passed as necessity |
arises and occasion requires. The first
thing to do is to provide for light, water
and police protection. The next thing !
for clean streets; the other matters neces- |
sary can be taken up more slowly and as !!
necessity arises. 1t is high time that the
mayor and city council were moving in |