Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-02
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
Many Matters of Local Moment Trans.
acted by the City Council .
Last Night.

WAS signed by nearly all the propert
owners. 1t was referred to the city Ell
glneer to investigate and report.
1t was ordered that unless Contractc
Windsor signed the contract to compl
with his bid and begin construction {
the new Delgado street bridge before tt
next meeting, a call for new bids for r,
letting the contract will be made.
On motion of Councilman Conway tn
owners OF. the Exchange hotel pro pert
were granted permission to lay boar
sidewalk not less than eight feet wild
and OF two inch stuff. This was agree
to upon the strength of the statement O
the owners that the Exchange hotel wa
to be improved in the spring and 1t wa
not desirable to lay pavement stone O
asphaltum walk until after the com pie
ton of these Improvements.
On motion of Councilman Bartlett othe
property owners in the Exchange hote
block were authorized also to Law this
same class of walk unless they preferred
to use stone or asphaltum.
1t was ordered that the city prisoners
stralghten the Water street acequia neal
St. Francis hall SO that but one street
culvert would be necessary.
The secretary of the city fire depart
ment was called upon to furnish by Nov
20, full and detailed report on the con
dltlon of the two fire companies, mem
bership, equipment, the finances, etc.
The mayor made a special report on
the construction of stone street crossings
and culverts at the functions of Washing
Ii sn1r
avenue, and on motion of Councilman
Bartlett the work was directed to be
done. The city attorney to draw up the
proper documents and invite bids for
this improvement.
A resolution was adopted calling for
report by the city marshal showing the
number of days of work done on the pub
lie streets, the men employed, poll tax
collected or worked out, etc, etc.
Councilman Palen offered draft of an
ordinance providing for sewerage sys-
tenn and the assessment of IS cents per
front foot on all property on Palace
avenue, east side of the plaza, Shelby
street, Water street, to the Galisteo
street corner and thence to the Rio Santa
Fe.
This provoked some discussion, and it
was referred to the committee on sewers,
bitches and irrigation, composed of
Councilmen Romero, Palen and Bart
lett.
The care of the plaza was discussed and
the mayor was directed to designate one
policeman to have the plaza under his
care and to prevent vandalism therein.
On motion of Councilman Conway the
sum of $65 was appropriated from the
street sprinkling fund for the purpose of
constructing dressed stone coping sixty
i've feet in circumference around the base
of the plaza monument This is to set
eighteen inches in the earth and stand up
sufficiently high to hold in place the earth
that shall serve as tiny flower garden
about the monument.
A resolution was adopted directing the
city marshal to instruct business houses
and owners of dwellings to have their
garbage gathered in cans or boxes in
some convenient place for removal by the
city garbage cart at least uwice,a week,
and any neglect on the part of citizens or
the garbage man to attend to this is to be
by the marshal to the city coun-
Gil.
On motion of Councilman Bartlett the
city attorney was instructed to secure
from the district court proper order to
nave several insane women who frequent
the streets committed to the territorial
insane asylum.
A resolution reciting the removal of
Councilman j. W. Schotield from the CITY
and declaring his seat as councilman
from ward No. vacant because of his
continued absence from meetings was
offered, and all voted aye save Council.
man Delgado. Then the council called
on Mr.. Delgado to nominate some one
from his ward to fill the vacancy. Mr..
Delgado ramed J. P. Victory as Mr..
Schofield's successor and he was unani
mously elected by the council
The action of the mayor in naming
delegates to the Deming irrigation con-
ventlon was sanctioned and the clerk in
structed to issue the proper credentials.
The mayor stated to the council that
) uan Pacheco had complained that he had
been wDngfully arrested and fined on
the charge of drunkenness. Upon inyesti-
CATION it was revealed that the complain
ants claim was not good, and the council
declined to remit the fine.
A resolution was adopted directing the
clerk to call in and cancel the interest
bearing warrants inadvertently issued to
the Electric company and issue new nom
interest bearing warrants therefor, in
compliance with this com pany's contract
with the city that It's warrants shall not
bear interest.
The marshal and police were also in
structed to keep record on the Electric
,ompany's street lights and report any
failure to keep the lights in operation in
accordance with its contract.
The committee on police we're instruct
ID to report at the next meeting set of
Jules for the government Of the police
'orce.
The motion of Oct. 6, regarding the
'ale of the plaza fence, was reconsidered
md instead of stipulating the price at 10
'ents per running foot the resolution
authorizes its sale at the best price OBJ
The following resolution was offered by
he mayor and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That all that portion of the
led of the Santa Fe river living on the
forth side of said stream, from the east |
'rn to the western limits of the citv he |
md the same hereby is declared to be re-. |
'erved for the purposes of public park |
md alameda, and the city engineer and |
mayor be instructed to prepare plans,
notifications and estimates for the pro-
Der parking and laying out of such ala
media and estimate of the cost of riprap-
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