Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-19
CITY GUARDIANS.
Routine Business Disposed of-City
Finances - Condition Of the
Streets-Firemen's Tour
nament.

The city council met in regular session
at firemen's hall last night. In the alb.
sence. of Mayor Sloan, Acting Mayor Eas-
ley presided, and Councilmen Andrews,
Bartlett, Conway, Delgado and Victory
responded to roll call.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. ..
Mr.. Delgado announced that Rosario
street, near the Santa Fe Southern sta
tion, was in bad condition, rendered 80 by
the rapidly melting snow which had
caused several almost impossible pools
OF water in the street. The committee
on streets and bridges was instructed to
remedy the evil complained of.
DR.. Andrews said that the report of
Mr.. Delgado IN the condition of Rosario
street was most opportune. The same
report might be made respecting several
other streets. He said that, in spite of his
earnest protests to the city marshal on
the subject, people had been permitted to
throw snow from their roofs into the
streets and in many places it now lay
there in piles. II not disposed of these
snow banks were certain to cause bad
water holes in the streets. The commit.
tee on streets and bridges was instructed
to take proper action in tho premises.
Mr.. Victory, from the committee on
finance, reported back the accounts OF
the city treasurer approved ana they were
ordered filed.
The reports of the city marshal for
December and January, having been
examined, were referred to the police
committee.
The finance committee was granted
further time to consider and report on
the petition of city policemen for in.
creased pay.
In this connection Gen. Bartlett re-
marked that the finances of the city were
in deplorable condition, the present
floating debt being about $4,000, and
that the new tax law threatened still more
to embarrass the situation. If this act
became effective, instead of increasing
expenses, the time was near at hand when
the city must dispense with some of It's
functions. 1t might even be necessary
to cut off lights when the present contract
expired.
1t appearing from the complaint of
Charles W. Dudrow that General Hobart
had delivered car load of coal to vari-
GUS persons in the city, thus engaging in
the transfer bu siness without license, the
city attorney was unanimously instructed
to prosecute said Hobart for the Of
fense.
On motion of DR.. Andrews it was de-
cided that all moneys derived from poll
tax collections should be credited
to the street and bridge fund in
stead of the general fund, and the
city marshal was urged to use all possi-
BILE diligence in the collection of past
due poll taxes, which became payable in
cash on the 1st of October.
The following communication from the
Santa Fe fire department was read.
To the Honorable Members of the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Santa Fe:
"Gentlemen:--We desire to inform you
that at a meeting of the Territorial Vol
unteer Firemen's ASSOCIATION, held at Las
Vegas, August % and "a, 1884, it was de-
cided to hold the next tournament and
convention at Santa Fe, July 3, 4 and 5, of
the present year. This tournament and
convention will bring to the city for
three days. stay from 1000 to $500 peo.
pie. Therefore the local fire company
ash the aid of the city council and also
the citizens of the city in order to make
this tournament success. meeting of
the fire department has been called to
meet at the firemen's hall Tuesday even.
ing, February 10, 1895, to see what ar
can be made for the same"
On motion of General Bartlett the fol-
lowing committee of the council was ap-
pointed to cooperate with the fire de-
partment in the matter of the proposed
Messrs. Bartlett, Victory,
and Conway.
The city clerk and the city attorney
were authorized to procure suitable
safe for the use of the city clerk.
Touching the new method of assessing
and levying taxes in incorporated cities
and towns, chapter LXXII of the laws of
1898, the finance committee was in
structed to report at the next meeting.
The council then adjourned.