Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-19
CITY COUNCIL.
Controversy with the Fire Depart
ment Disposed Of-Sewerage Prop
OsitiOn Rejected-C0mmit-
tees ReOrganized.

At the regular semimonthly meeting
of the city council Mayor Sloan presided
and Aldermen Andrews, Bartlett, Conway,
Delgado, Ortiz and Victory were present.
M. J. Nagel petitioned the council to
give him quit claim deed to certain
lands in the Santa Fe grant. The petit
ton was granted and the mayor and city
clerk we're instructed to prepare and sign
the proper deed.
The usual reports of city officers were
received and placed on file.
Sundry bills were audited and ordered
paid.
The account of the New Mexico drug
store, amounting to $30.26, was allowed
at 1924, and warning was given that
hereafter no such bills would be allowed.
The committee on streets and bridges
reported in favor of opening the pro-
posed new street north of the federal
building and recommended that it be
eighty feet wide. The report was adopted.
The committee on fire department re-
ported that, after most satisfactory
conference with the officers of the fire
department, it had been agreed that the
property of the department should be
held by them in trust for the city; that
they disclaimed any individual ownership
in the apparatus or other property of the
department., and they simply being the
custodians of said property, holding same
in behalf of the people of the community.
This report was agreed to.
Whereupon it was ordered that the sum
of $500, including the sum of $3.50 here
tofore appropriated be allowed to the
fire department for the improvement
of the hose house, as suggested in the
committees report, the money to be ex-
pended under the direction of the coun-
Gil committee on fire department.
The officers of the fire department, in
consideration of the compromise ar
ranged between them and the committee
on IRE department, agree to abide by any
rules and regulations that the city coun-
Gil might make for their guidance.
The city clerk was instructed to ascer
tain the cost of $50 feet of new hose.
The committee on public works sub
mitted lengthy and adverse report on
the petition of X. E. Twitchell and M. A.
Otero for sewerage franchise. The re-
port was adopted and the prayer of the
petitioners denied.
Mr.. Victory offered the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That the city engineer be
directed to examine the plans and speci-
fications and other data heretofore sub
United to the city council of this city by
Col. Gaynor, and to report with all con-
venient speed, under oath, what, in his
opinion, would be the actual cost and ex-
pense of constructing sewerage system
for the city OF Santa Fe to meet its pres
ent and future needs.
The res olution was unanimously adopt
ed.
Ordinances LvI and LVII were taken
up and passed.
The committee on surveys and lighting
WAS instructed to renew the contract fol
lighting the streets for the ensuing yeal
with the Electric Light company.
Gen. Bartlett asked leave to withdraw
his resignation as a member of the city
council, which was gladly granted.
Mayor Sloan announced that he hat
concluded to reorganize the standing
committees as follows:
On Finance.-Messrs. Victory, Bartlett
and Andrews.
On Streets and Bridges.-Messrs. An
| drews, McCabe and Bartlett.
On Fire Observation-Disclosures Delgado
Victory and Conway.
On Public Works.-Messrs. Victory
McCabe and Ortiz y Salazar.
On Health.-Messrs. Delgado, McCab'
and Ortiz Y Salazar.
On Ordinance and Licenses Messrs
Victory, Easley and Bartlett.
On Pelice.-Messrs. Andrews, Delgad
and Conway.
On Surveys and Lighting.-Messrs
Easley, Delgado and Conway.
On Sewers, bitches and Irrigation
Messrs. Easley, McCabe and Ortiz sala
gar.
Board of Health.-Mayor Sloan, Cit
Clerk Hill, City Physician Crosson, ant
Councilmen Andrews and Conway.
The meeting then adjourned.