Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1894-06-19
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Very Interesting Meeting of the City
Council Last Night.
Fire Department Controversy-Water
for Moving Wheels as Well as
Other Purposes.

The city council met in regular session
at s o'clock last night. Mayor Sloan pre-
sided and Aldermen Delgado, Victory,
Easley, McCabe, Andrews, Bartlett and
Conway we're present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Mr. Staab, in behalf of the gas COM
pany, submitted the following PROPOSE
tion to light the streets with gas:
TO the Council of the City of Santa Fe:
"We propose to furnish the city with
gas for the next year with ferty-eight
lamps situated on the mains of the COM
pany as per memorandum attached at
the following rates:
son moonlight nights lamps to be
lighted at the setting Of the moon and
extinguished at daylight, at the rate of
$1.75 per post per month.
"For all night lamps, to be lighted at
dark and extinguished at daylight, ~
per month, all lamps to be kept in good
condition at the expense of the company,
payments to be made monthly in cash or
its equivalent"
ESTIMATED COST OF GAS.
Mr.. Staab estimated the annual cost to
the city of lamps not used on moonlight
nights at 1908 and for all night lamps
at $l,152 per year. He also said that the
company would furnish additional lights
on the mains at the rates named in the
proposition.
The proposition was referred to the
committee on surveys and lighting.
Jose Duran complained that refuse
was being thrown on his property and
asked that it be stopped. The marshal
was instructed to abate the nuisance.
The street commissioner reported that
he had repaired the city bridges and that
the streets were in good condition.
The semimonthly report of the city
marshal was presented and referred.
Sundry bills were ordered paid.
The reports of the city clerk and city
treasurer for April and May were ap-
proved.
Jose Garcia was allowed IS damages
for having his stable near the 1st ward
school torn down and removed as a nuis-
ance by the city marshal.
The committee on streets and bridges
reported that DR.. Andrews had, at his
own expense, cut down and removed the
dead cottonwood trees on Lincoln avenue.
FEDERAL STREET OPENED.
Mr.. Bartlett, from the same committee,
recommended that the street in front oil
the federal building, to be known as
Federal street, be opened through the
property of A. Staab and Charles Probst
to the Santa Fe Southern depot, reported
that Mr.. Staab had already opened the
street through his property, and recon-
mended that a strip of land forty feet
wide through the property of said Probst
be appraised and condemned for the
purpose mentioned.
The recommendations were unani.
mously adopted.
Sundry suggestions touching the open
ing of new streets were referred to the
committee on streets and bridges and the
city engineer.
Mr.. Easley. chairman of the committee
on sewers, was empowered to confer with
the commanding officer of Fort Marcy
respecting the emptying of sewerage or
johnson street and was also granted full
power to direct the city marshal to cor
rect the evil so far as possible by clean
ing and flushing out the ditch on John.
son and also the one on Water street.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTROVERSY.
Mr.. Conway moved that the vote where
by $3.50 was appropriated to the fire de
partment be rescinded on the ground that
the fire department. was not properly or
ganized.
Gen. Bartlett said he was member of
the committee appointed to confer with
the fire department.; that investigation
disclosed the fact that the fire company
was not Incorporated; that it was mere
mob; that the insurance on its property
was worthless; that he had only consented
to the $3.50 appropriation on the condi-
ton that the fire department would re-
organize, incorporate and become legal
entity; that the property in the posses
sion of the fire company had been paid
for by the public ana really belonged to
the public; that the most important duty
assigned to the committee, the matter OF
arranging for additional hose, had not
been disposed of. He, therefore, moved
| to refer the whole matter back to the fire
committee with instructions to confer
with the fire boys and reach an amicable
agreement if possible.
Mr.. Victory said that the report of the
| fire committee had been finally disposed
of and he was opposed to re-opening the
sub ject.
Mr.. Easley suggested that it would be
out of order to refer back report that
had been disposed of and that the result
aimed at could only be reached in a
parlia anentary way by resembling the pre-
vious action.
REFUSED TO BEFER BACK.
| The council refused to refer back to the
fire committee the subject of the $3.50
appropriation by the following vote:
Ayes Messrs. Andrews, Bartlett and Con-
way; nays-Messrs. Delgado, Easley,
McCabe and Victory.
On motion of Mr.. Easfey the fire COM
mittee was instructed te confer with the
fire department respecting the subjects
of reorganization and hose.
The questions of sewerage and lights
we're passed over until the next meeting.
Mr.. Delgado, from the committee on
health, recommended the thorough Aush-
ing of the ditch on Water street as tenn :
porary expedient until suitable sewer
| ACE system was pleted, The report