Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-07
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
A Rather Spirited SessiOn-Cut Down
the Police FOrce-After the
City Attorney.
Quit claims Ordered and New Streets
to Be Opened-Running Shsrt
of Funds.

on MONDAY evening" i0sono' A""! W
Twitchell, Councilmen Bartlett, Conway,
Delgado, Antonio Ortiz salazar, Palen,
Romero and Victory.
The monthly reports of city officers
we're read and filed. The city physician
reported the general health of the city as
very good, and urged that something be
done toward sending two insane people,
now confined in the city jail, to the
asylum for the insane at Las Vegas. A
resolution was adopted that the sum of
$3.50 day be appropriated to defray
the expenses of these two people at the
asylum.
The city engineer submitted plans and
specifications for the proposed sewer i'm
provement; also plans for proposed
new street running through the cienega,
from Palace to Marcy avenues and the
Alameda. His report was read and re-
ferred to the committee on streets and
bridges. This committee reported that
the new bridge on Delgado street was
about completed and that $75 had been
received from the commissioners as the
portion due from the county for the
building of the same.
The committee on fire department re-
ported that they had looked into the
feasibility of bringing the fire depart
ment directly under the control of the
city officials, but as the firemen did not
desire this to be done, it was so recon-
mended
Councilman Victory as subcommittee
of the finance committee reported that he
had examined the reports of the city
marshal and police magistrate, together
with the bills for feeding the city prls-
oners and found them correct. A reso'
luton was adopted stating that whereas
the government of the United States de-
sires to enlarge and extend the present
military cemetery, now located in the
northwestern portion of the city, etc.,
the city quit claims to the United States
all its right, title and interest to the pro-
posed extension which it now has or may
hereafter acquire by virtue of the Santa
Fe land grant, when the same may be
confirmed by the court of private land
claims, or otherwise, to hold the same as
a military cemetery forever.
Councilman Antonio Ortiz y Salazar
called attention to the fact that over
three months ago, the police we're in
structed to report all the city lights not
burning properly. A resolution was
adopted that the city marshal should in,
struct the police to report every morning
what lights were not burning this previ
GUS uight, and the expense for such de
linuuent lights should be deducted from
the monthly bill of the Electric company
A motion was adopted to appropriate
800 to defray the expense of filling II
the approaches to the Delgado stree
bridge with earth and rock.
! A resolution was adopted that stree
be declared opened sixty feet wide, be
ginning at the north side of Palac
avenue, $50 feet east of the southeas
corner of the county court house, theme
running north to Marcy avenue to poin
opposite the southeast corner of th
property of Donaciano Ortega. theme
east sixty feet on Marcy avenue, theme
south to point sixty feet east of tn
point of beginning. The considerable
of the deciding to the city of this land TO
! street purposes is that the city quit
claims to the owners of the propert
known as the cienega, any rights whic
the city may have thereto.
Notice having been served on the cit
council that no further meals could b
served to city prisoners until some pre-
vision is made for payment for the SAM
it was directed that whenever the appre
priation available for the care and Gu!
tody of city prisoners for the preser
fiscal year is exhausted, the city marsht
shall discontinue all further expenses fo
the care and keeping of prisoners.
In executive session the mayor ar
nounced the names of the following q
policemen for the coming four month
and they were confirmed: Tomas OUR
tana, John Harris, Juan Garcia, PAUL.
Garcia and Frank Romero.
The mayor said he was sick and tire
of the manner in which the city attorne
. has neglected the duties of his ofic
and that for one he was about ready t
nominate someone to the Office VIII
, would attend to business. This matte
came up in connection with the laying c
! tagging on San Francisco street, to pro
vide for which the city attorney had bee