Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-07
THE MUNICIPAL GUARDIANS
Regular Meeting of the City Council
Last Night-TransactiOns of
Interest.
new ELECTRIC COMPANY In The FIELD
President of Woman's Board of Trade
Reports Regarding Maintenance of
Plaza - Measures Taken to
Abate Nuisance.

The city council met in regular session
last night with Mayor Easey in the chai
and Councilmen Andrews, Domingue2
Harroun, Holmes and Sena present. il
The minutes of the previous meetin,
were read and approved.
The city treasurer reported as follows
Receipts for December, $119.6S; warrant
paid, $198.S8; cash ON hand to the credi
of the several funds, $559.o4; warrants
outstanding, $11,788.o1.
The city clerk reported licenses col
lected, $2l.25. The police magistrate re-
ported twenty cases before him DURING
December, but the city marshal reported
no fines collected.
The committee on surveys and lighting
reported that the city attorney was ir
error in reporting that the Santa Fe Gas
company had Gisorganized, that the com.
| pany was really in existence ard could
start up it's works at any time.
| Referring to the contract between the
city and the Santa Fe Gas & Electric com.
pany, the committee said: SIN considera.
tion of the said company having failed to
furnish the proper quality of light since
September last, and in further considera-
tion of the poor quality of light they are
at this date furnishing, we would recon-
mend that the finance committee of this
council be instructed to deduct from the
bills to be hereafter presented by the said
company the sum of $166.66," this being
the company's monthly bill against the
city for lights. Referred to the finance
committee.
The Capital Electric company solicited
franchise and submitted the form of a
proposed contract containing the follow
ing provisions:
PROPOSED CONTRACT.
Witnssseth: That the said City of
Santa Fe party of the first part hereby
agrees and contracts with the said Capt.
tai Electric company that hereafter and
for period Of five years from the LIST
day of April, A. D. 1896, that the said
Capital Electric company shall light the
streets, thoroughfares and byways of said
City OF Santa Fe with electricity to be
furnished by said Capital Electric COM
pany by arc lights at locations and
streets as shall be by said City of Santa
Fe designated at the following fixed rates
and charges, viz: For the sum of $40
per month for each arc light of 1900
candle power go furnished by said Capital
Electric company.
It is hereby further agreed that this
said Capital Electric company shall not
charge higher rate or price for lights
furnished by it to consumers within the
limits of the said city than the following,
viz:
For 16candle power burner all night,
per month, rs cents; for 16.candle power
burner, II O'Clock, per month, so cents;
for 16.candle power burners 10 O'Clock,
per month, 40 cents; for ~. candle power
burner, all night, per month, $1.40; for
32.candle power burner, ~ O'Clock, per
month, 90 cents; for SO candle power
burner, 10 o'clock, per month, 10 cents.
Residence rates 20 per cent off of the
above where five or more lights are used.
Arc lights all night, per month, $l.25
per 1O0.candle power. Arc lights 10
O'Clock, per month, 10 cents per 100
candle power. Arc lights IL O'Clock 81
per 100candle power. Meter rate 20
cents per 1000 Watt hours; provided
however that the said Capital Electric
company may in its discretion place
meters at its own expense in the houses
or places of business of consumers to as
certain the amounts of light by them
used.
And it is hereby further agreed that,
for the purposes of carrying out the
aforesaid contract and agreements en-
tered into by and between the said City
of Santa Fe and the said Capital Electric
company, that the said City of Santa Fe
gives and grants to the Capital Electric
company for the period of twenty-five
years from and after the 1st day of April,
1896, the use of its streets avenues and
byways for the purpose of erecting it's
poles and stringing its wires necessaly
for the construction aud maintenance of
its electric light plant.
The proposed contract was referred to
the committee on surveys and lighting.
MAINTENANCE OF PLAZA.
Mrs. Ida Rivenburg, president Of the
Woman's Board Of Trade, submitted a
report touching the plaza appropriation
for 1895, which showed that the board
had disbursed 1904 cash during the year
for maintenance of the plaza, had derived
81 from warrants drawn against $500
plaza appropriation, had used 1927 for
plaza purposes out of it's own funds, and
had on hand city warrant for $163, be-
ing amount available in plaza appropria-
tion upon which warrants could be drawn.
The report showed that 200 feet of new
hoss were needed and the hope was ex-
pressed that provision would be made
for putting the finishing touches on the
plaza coping.
Tho report was referred to the finance
committee.
The mayor referred to the complaints
that were constantly coming in regarding
the nuisance, growing out of the fact that
Arthur Bischoff had spread offal from his
old slaughter house over his land south
of the river, and asked the city marshal
what action had been taken to abate
same.
The marshal replied that City Physician
Sloan had recommended the use of lime
on the land as disinfectant and that
Bischoff had already used 5000 pounds of
lime on the land.
The council then adjourned.
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