Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-08
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Meeting of the City Confederation
of the w. B. 7. Respecting
the Plaza Improvement
Granted.

The city council met in regularsessloE |
last evening. In the absence OF mayor
Sloan, President Easley presided Alder
men Delgado, Victory, Ortiz, Cartwright
and Conway were present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
A committee of the Woman's Board OF
Trade, headed by Mrs. E. l.. Bartlett, APP
peared, and, under suspension OF the rules,
personally petitioned the council to take
prompt and definite action touching the
matter of rendering available the funds
provided for completing the plaza i'm
provement.
Mr.. Victory thereupon introduced the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That all moneys that may
come into the plaza appropriation rama
during the fiscal years 1S94-5, be and the
same are made payable to the Woman's
Board of Trade of Santa re, and when
moneys are available in said plaza fund
to the amount of $50 or more that the
clerk be and he is hereby directed to pre-
pare proper warrant to the said Board
of Trade.
Mrs. Bartlett said that she had pre-
pared a resolution which more nearly ex-
pressed the views of the Woman's Board
of Trade. Thereupon, at her request, Mr..
Cartwright offered the following as sub
stitute for Mr.. victory's resolutions:
Whereas, By former resolution of this
| council, the care and management OF the
public plaza In this city was turned over
to the Woman's Board Of Trade, an incor-
porated body of this city. which has ex-
pended large amount of time and money
upon said plaza in manner approved
by former administrations; and
Whereas, The former city council turned
over to such body the entire approprla-
ton for plaza improvements which was
expended to the approval Of such council;
| and
Whereas, The appropriation bill for the
present fiscal year appropriates for the
maintenance and improvement OF the
public plaza, the sum of $3.50; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the custody and man
agement of said plaza be continued in
the hands of said Woman's Board of Trade,
and that such organization be authorized
to receive, and the city treasurer Is d.
rected to pay to it, all moneys that may
come into such plaza fund so fast as they
accrue to the treasurer, the same to be ex-
pended under the direction of the said
Board of Trade, it making report to this
council of such expenditures from time
to time as it may be requested SO to do
Mr., Victory said in effect that he die
not think the council should abdicate In
favor of any board of trade or other out
side association and hence refused te
accept the substitute.
The substitute, however, was adopted
by the votes of all aldermen present ex
cept Messrs. Victory and Delgado.
The matter of deciding upon the STYLE
of the stone coping around the plaza wa
left to the Woman's Board of Trade.
, At the suggestion of Mrs. Bartlett tn
CITY marshal was directed to decorat
, Frank Bowers, plaza policeman, with
star.
The usual monthly reports of officer
, were presented and referred.
The marshal was instructed to stop bal
! playing on public streets.
Mr.. Victory, from the select Commute
q in charge of the contest between MessrE
Cartwright and McCabe, asked for furthe
V time, which was granted.
A proposition of Mrs. Sena, Offering t
. furnish the city with suitable. counc
: chamber on Palace avenue for $12.5O pc
0 month, was read and referred to tn
4 finance committee. Similar action wa
:, taken on verbal proposition to rent tn
city quarters in the room formerly OF
d cupied by Paul Wunschmann on the wes
side of the plaza. :.
Supt. Rivenburg, of the electric ligf
company, asked that the number of sire,
v lights be reduced so that the cost woul
:. come within the appropriation. Referre
~ to the committee on lights.
/ The bond of the city marshal was r.
<, ferred to the city attorney as to form an
k to the finance committee as to sufficienc
# A resolution offered by Mr.. Victor
e appropriating $75 for repairing MAJ
10 haitian avenue between College street an
10 Canine de los Garcias, was adopted an
l. the street commissioner was directed
do the work at once.
A motion was made togo into executi'
session for the purpose of acting upo
the mayors appointments of Francist
Rivera and Tomas Smith as policeme
u but it was concluded to defer the matt
l. until the mayors return.