Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-02-18
TWO SIDES.
\. &. collier iMN Defends II
Certain Measure.
while " T.. Stamm ior,thh l'i,scnt~
the other side
o,nftrLrlars,L REQUESTED

lditut tiit,u
IA lui CIiiyIs iag requested q ~" u
statement IN reference ~ 1.-THE " u.
Hamilton hill" Wmrh PROPERLY received
,mmeudatlpn ~ IT, columns recently,
he utully comply with th" tequrrt |
hnva been sumeNhgt tutpr sed Ut the
m,-corrtturtIou paced 90 Mr. llnm.l
tou'r most excellent hli, but ! anu at
surprised that there Its opposition to-
from c,ttuu quarter.
The true rousru u thus ppp1e,ttuu hH-,
huN.vrt. not been Il -clueri, aud N IT,"
statement showing Vita, | conceive to
lee some ~ IT." eNrrII"nrt"s II the "llnm.
dtou blll." will alsp s'rk To- hnt ut the
reason FOR npporlt,on.
Ny immediate connection with the
bill c'mcS from an eSpress direction Of
our city council to confer with Mr.. Ham
IltDu, ctty attorney - Sucnrtu, about ia
PROVISIONS. Thus conference resulted ~
the mpkI'g - u t.w verbal alterations 10
tie hlll, winch had bcru hirca ~ proper
81 10y Mr. llnwll'uu, and turs II stated
there expressly b.c,urr | web TINT to
him shal hrlune Toll credit Tor the prep
hratiuu - what | CONSIDER most rhlu
try measure. \ previous ct! council
nnNtrg rNp"uiyl more thnu sl,rr ~ AT
torr"l i,r- aud r>rrur" Co Hy" IT," rIlI r
tl,l" cnuii m"l, the Hamilton h.l seem
rd g. present IN upplttuurt! g. sr' come
81 tina, money back, aud M the same
time prove that the deere" ~ Cu''irut.
ton 10y the court Of private lard claims
grant. Every Mt rru"y IN tina city
, kuowa, Mat ~ Offering property Tor
loans. especially Il eastern mun,! al low
rates IL sought, titles have been frequent
ly q Ircted 70 because the! cuU,d not ne
traced back e. their origin. This bili
onvlates this difficulty. There Is not IL
citl2'n owning property ia Albuquerque
west ~ tho foothills, Who Wl.l, perhaps,
offer the slls objection t. this I'LL.
II any other claimant ~ lanl offers any
objection u pertinent query would be-
"Nhy." In order 10 bring diacrrdIt up
On the mll, It ~ sDusht a. make II Rp.
pear that there war secrecy connected
with Il, and that Il ~ scheme Tor fees.
Our clty conucll ~ open regular meeting
directed i,s city attorney To take action
III regard 10 It, 1t was introduced at
the re1urat ~ ia author, MIR. II. Is.
Hamilton, N the urdlnar! way, WIS duly
printed ~ other bills, and ~ attempt, as
FAR IA know, has been slught 10 "tail
road' II through. Az 10 the fees a. come
from II, Will say, that whoever desires
may apply 10 the city council For deed
and no on. else need. Az TO there being
such being even desirable, there IT. no
suggestion % such IN the bill. Deeds
may he applied for 10y "lots, blocks, Ill.
monsious, boundrries and quantities
thereof 80 that the tgime can be- identl.
fled" IL Mr.. NJ. i. S,nmnI, for instance,
who appears To have helped tho Demo
crat man To make city attorneys and
city clerks rich, or the Terrace Addition
Improvement company, has title To "A
hundred or more blocks up in the foot.
hills, one little five dollar bill and one
dollar and litty cents Tor recording will
be the total 81 all fees To public officials
he or the company will be- taxed Tor. II
he or the company has no title to those
numerous blocks he or II cares To sub.
nit 10 our city council, the procceds
realized from Il sale by the city will make
u neat sum 81 money, as this bill pro
vldes, for schools on the grant, aud for
improvements thereon.
As to the criticism about posting no.
tice Of application. | believe it IL some
what just, but Mr. Hamilton disagreed
with me on that score, and Tor the reason
that there should be as little expense ~
possible, aud publicatior through the
newspapers could not be obtained with q
tive dollar expenditure Tor all costs.
suspect. however, that the gentlemen
who thus criticlse this bill do not ser.
lousy object 10 as small notoristy az
possible being given to any application
Tor title they may wish to make to the
city council for deed. In conclusion
will ask, II there 10 any lot holder west
of the foothills, who il AFRAID Of thu bill,
and TO suggest to any citizen listening 10
an o5jsctor "to scratch him" and see IL
he does not claim property in the foot.
hills. Respectfully,
| n g. COLLIER CITY Attorney