Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-12

Considerable Business Of Moment Transacted al
the Meeting, Inst Evening.

The city council met. last evening, with
all members present except Member For
sythe.
G. O. Gise was present, Ia the Interest Of
u. A. ManEanares, and asked the city
council to vacate the Mora road through
block 8 Of the Raynolds& Harold addition,
Ia consideration OF the land claimed by
Ilfeld being donated the CITY for the pur-
pose Of strengthening out and opening up
Eighth street to the city limits. This will
bring the Mora travel Into the city over
any Of the opened streets, and enable the
parties in charge Of .the matter to donate
q full block mo. 81 to the Sisters OF Charity
for the erection Of their proposed santa
rum, which was done by resolution OF the
council.
The committee on parks, shade trees and
| irrigation, made a report and recommend
"a the purchase Of a number of shade trees
for the parks. The prices on white ash,
white elm, soft maple, box elder and
| silver leaf maple, delivered here, will be
about twenty-five cents each. Amy one
desiring to purchase trees for planting will
| please leave their names aud the number
OF trees wanted with the committee at
once. Members J.. K. Martin, L. H. Hof-
meister and A. T. Rogers constitute the
committee and will send Off their order In
a few days.
Member Hollingsworth asked a donation
OF six or eight trees for the public school,
to be set out on Arbor day, Friday,
the 18th prox. A collection was taken up
from the members and others present, and
the money sufficient to purchase that num-
Der of trees, handed over to the committee,
to purchase trees for the schools.
A resolution was passed, providing for
submission to the voters at the election on
the first Monday in April, Of the question
Of issuing SIC, 900 In bonds of the city, to
take up It's floating Indebtedness, 1t being
| thought that 0 per cent. bonds can now be
disposed Of, while the floating indebted
ness now bears - per cent.
The following named were appointed on
| the board of registration: First ward, Ell
Cald veil, John A Ross and w. T. Trever.
| ton; second ward, H. 8. Wooster, +. x.
| Wimber and Thos. Holmes; third ward,
| H. P. Brown, h. K, M. Cullen and Guada.
lupe Campos; fourth ward, r.. J.
| Hamilton, G. w. Allen and Barney Dialy
for officers of the election, first ward,
judges, Eli Caldwell, w. T. Treverton,
J.. W. Christal; clerks, Earl J. Holdings
worth, Royal Prentice; place Of election,
DR.. r. H.. Atkins building, on Douglas
| avenue; second ward, judges, H. s. Woos.
ter, w. L. Boardman, John Shank; clerks
William Wood, N. B. Roseberry; place ol
election, Judge Wooster's Office; third
ward, judges, H. p. Brown, j. M. D. How.
ard. John Hill; clerks, 81. W.. Brown and
ID. W. Condor; place of election, Jchr
HIPS splaning mill; fourth ward, judges
r. j. Hamilton, J. G. Schlott, ]. W. Han
son clerks, Barney Daily and A. w. Cav.
anaugh place of election, seminary build.
ing.
On motion, the board OF registration wal
requested to make the registration In al
economical q ann as possible, and H.
r. Brown was instructed to prepare the
registration books for the DIFF erent wards