Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-03
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS,
Interesting Meeting of the City Coun.
Gil Last Night-Water Plant
Neutrality-suspicious.
Resolutions.

Resolutions.
The city council met in regular session
last night, Aldermen Delgado, Victory,
Easley, McCabe, Conway and Andrews be-
ing present. In the absence of Mayor
Sloan, President Easley presided, and,
Clerk Hill being detained at home by
sickness, Alderman Delgado officiated as
clerk pro TEN.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The reports of city treasurer, city
marshal, street commissioner and police
magistrate were presented and referred.
City Physician Crosson reported that
the general health of the city was good.
DR.. Crosson personally appeared before
the council and urged upon the body the
Importance of providing an efficient
method for recording the deaths and
births of the city. Fe read a letter from
the surgeon general of the United States
asking for the mortuary statistics of Santa
Fe and said that he was unable to make
an intelligent reply.
On motion of Mr.. Victory the report
and recommendations were referred to
the committee on health.
Sundry bills, favorably reported on by
the finance committee, we're ordered paid.
REFERRED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
The matter of opening Johnson street
was referred back to the committee on
streets and bridges. The alleged en-
croachments on the streets IN the LIST
ward, at the earnest request of Mr.. Vic
tory, were referred back to the same
committee.
The protest of Lehman Spiegelberg
against the opening of Fort Marcy avenue
through his property on Washington
| avenue was read
| Mr.. Victory said that as he understood
it the question of the opening of Fit Marcy
avenue was finally disposed of by the
former council. Ex-Mayor Twitchell
had assured him that such was the fact
and he saw no reason why the bject
should be re-opened. Mr.. Spiegelberg's
protest was accordingly placed on file
with the understanding that the gentle
man, if his rights had been infringed, had
his remedy in the courts.
Mr.. Victory, from the committee on fire
department, reported that it had been i'm
possible to hold the expected conference
with the members of the fire department
and he accordingly asked that the COM
mittee be granted until Friday night to
hold the conference. Request granted.
The committee on sewers was also
granted further time to mature its re-
port.
| ORDINANCES ADOPTED.
Ordinances ''relating to building with
in the corporate limits of the city of San
ia Fe," and another "with reference to
the removal of slaughter houses beyond
the city limits and prohibiting their
erection or maintenance therein" were
passed. Both will be found elsewhere in
these columns.
The committee on police was, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Victory, directed to make a
formal request of the county commissions
ers for authority to have the scare,
custody and maintenance of city prison
ers" passed over to Sheriff Cunningham
under proper restrictions.
The propositions for lighting the city
were referred back to the committee on
surveys and lighting with instructions to
renew the old contract with the Electric
Light company if more favorable terms
could not be secured.
bitches FLUSHED.
Mr.. Easley, from the committee on
sewers, reported that, with the co-opera.
ton of the officers of Fort Marcy, the
matter of emptying of sewerage on John
son street had been disposed of; the ditch
on that street had been flushed by the
marshal, and the committee would give
prompt attention to the open sewer on
Water street.
WATER PROBLEM SOLVED.
Mr.. Victory reported that during the
afternoon, upon invitation of Consulting
Engineer Howells and Supt. Day, of the
Senta Fe Water T. improvement COM
pany, the mayor and members of the city
council had been privileged to inspect
the recently completed and magnificent
water plant of the company named and
the verdict of the inspectors was unani-
nous that the work had been done in a
most creditable and satisfactory manner.
All we're highly gratified at the approx
mate perfection of the work and returned
home convinced that the vitality import
ant water problem had been solved so far
as Santa Fe was concerned. Mr.. Victory
thereupon offered the following preamble
and resolution:
Whereas, The mayor and city council
of the city of Santa Te having granted
the Water & Improvement company
franchise for water system for Santa
Fe under certain conditions; ana
Whereas, The mayor and the city coun.
ell have to-day inspected the new reser-
voir and other Improvements made by
said company under said franchise; there
| fore be it
Resolved, BY the city council of the
city of Santa Fe, that the work of con-
struction of the new water system as
required under the franchise granted to
the said company ty the city of Santa Fe
is hereby accepted as in all respects salts
| factory, and in full compliance with the
! terms of said franchise; and further that
the city of Santa Fe and the citizens
thereof are to be congratulated upon the
satisfactory completion of SO important
work involving the solution of the
water problem for the city of Santa Fe;
and that the said company is to be con-
graduated upon the selection of Mr..
Julius NJ. Howells and Capt. s. Fl. Day
as it's resident officials here, who have
honestly discharged their important and
delicate duties and by their courtesy and
geutlemanly bearing have won the con-
tidence and respect of all our citizens.