Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-19
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Meeting of City Council Last Evening
All Members Present-ROutine
Business-Fire Department
RequisitiOn.

The city council met in adjourned req
ular session last evening with Mayo
Delgado in the chair and all alderme
present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
A petition of L. M. Larson, pray1u,
that certain roads leading to the deaf an,
dumb school be Strengthened and i'm
proved, was referred to the committee OF
streets and bridges.
In behalf of the fire department, Chic
j. l.. Van Arsdell made the following
requisition on the city council
For 1000 feet of new hose with cart
two new patent spray nozzels; five lad
ders, including extension ladder: twelve
new rubber buckets; two new axes: two
new hooks; one chemical fire-enpine
which can be used independent of the
fire-plugs. The chief also recommended
the employment of man on a salary to
look after the property of the depart
ment.
The mayor Joined Mr.. Wagner in urg-
ing as prompt action as possible on this
requisition.
In addition to filling the requisition as
near as possible, Mr.. Wagner earnestly
favored the immediate putting in of a
city water meter to test the pressure sup
piled by the water company with in
structions to the marshal to examine same
daily and report to the council.
Chief Van Arsdell informed the council
that every article named in the requlsi-
tion was needed by the department in or
der that it might render effective service.
lie said that the supply of hose was not
good and must be replaced. He thought
the requisition could be filled for $3.50.
1t was decided to refer the matter to
the committee of the whole and to take
action at once.
Ihe city treasurer reported as follows:
Balance on hand, May l, $469.O9; received
from the county collector, 1856; re.
ceived from the city clerk, $177.5O; war
rants paid, $1097O; balance on hand in
several funds, $622.64.
The city clerk reported that he had re-
ceived for licenses since his last report,
$l775O, and had issued warrants to the
amornt of $6350.
Both reports were referred to the fl.
nance committee.
The following bills we're allowed on the
of the finance commit
tee: Water & Improvement company,
Sl66,67; j. I. Sandoval, fire department.,
$3.50; 5. s. Beatty, lumber, $40 go; W.
A. Mckenzie, merchandise, Sc SIS; E. An
drews, feed, $l745; Francisco Gonzales
Baca, assessor, 1864; Tomas Baca, serv-
ices at sanitarium fire, 81; Marcus Cas-
tillo, services at sanitarlum fire, 81; j.
l.. Van Arsdell, nozzle and coupling,
SlL75; Candelario Martinez, services as
interpreter in Water street sewer cases
before police magistrate, SIS.
The finance committee also recon-
mended the passage of the following:
Whereas, Heretofore at meeting of
the city council, the city treasurer was or.
dered to keep separate from all moneys
coming into his hands from licenses and
fines, half of the money received there
from and to designate the same as
"License Fund.-" and
Whereas, The said treasurer has not
been instructed how to apportion the
balance of money received from licenses
and fines; therefore be it
Resolved, That the city treasurer of the
city of Santa Fe keep half of the moneys
coming into the city treasury from fines
and licenses and designate same apart
from the other fund as extra Contingent
Fund"
The foregoing resolution was unani-
mously adopted and the city clerk was in
structed to notify the city treasurer of
the action taken.
The balance of $685. in the engineer
fund was transferred to the ''extra con-
tingent fund.-"
The committee on surveys and lighting
reported that, under it's direction, the
electric light company had wired the
plaza pagoda and put in eight sixteen
candle power and one thirty -two-candle
power lights at cost of $3S, the lights
to be furnished free of charge by the com
pany.
The report was approved and the clerk
ordered to draw warrant for the amount.
The city attorney was directed to get
out njunctions against persons running
into the Water street acequla
within week or to show cause to the
council why he did not take such action.
The mayor announced that in all cases
where Mr.. Dudrow's name appeared in
The list of standing committees the name
IF Nelson Lewis had been substituted
therefor. The revised list of the stand
ng committees is as follows:
On Finance-Garcia, Holmes and Har-
oun. Streets and Bridges-Sena, Wagner
md Lewis. Fire Department-Baca, Hem
ngway and Lewis. Public Works -
Holmes, Sena and Lewis. Surveys and
Iighting-Holmes, Sena and Lewis.
1ealth-Wagner, Baca and Harroun. Or
finances and Licenses-Hemingway, Gar
ia and Harroun. Police-Garcia, Hem
ngway and Lewis. bitches, Sewers and
rrigation-Sena, Hemingway and Har-
oun. Board of Health-The mayor, city
Jerk, city physician and Aldermen Baca
nd Harroun.
The city marshal was instructed to see
nat licensed hacks, drays, ETC., were
roperly numbered and that the ordinance
equiring the licensing of such vehicles
as enforced.
The requisiton of the fire department
as then taken up in committee of the
hole, and, after an earnest and animated
iscussion, in which the mayor, Aldermen
wagner, Harroun and Hemingway, City
Jerk Andrews and Messrs. Van Arsdell,
andelario and others took part, it was
ecided to refer the requisition to the
nance committee and the mayor with
Ill power to act.
The council then adjourned.