Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-07-13
A Unanimous and Determined Ef-
fort Launched by City Council.
This CITY WILL HAVE Good WATER
Let All Private Selfish Interests Stand From Under
-The People Aroused.
A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS APPOINTED

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The Council evening every present
providing appointment of
building the ordinance committee
city that such
contemplated and for them cease building operations The
vii disposed of Friday evening.
the council embodied
proposing system the bust
part city. the ordinance committee
brought the attention of the Council was the first step
Vegas embodied
Councilman John Hill After Its reading
clerk of
depicted just before being put on its
addresses made by leave of the Council by Citizens Edward
Henry d. Thomas H. Wooster. The
gentleman paid high compliment D. Thomas referring
haired old sitting de him who ten
the of just such resou
and had lighting the battle of the city for municipal water works
dozen years and had lived to see the first step about TO be
The question was by H by Roseberry
Clerk Tamme called their names each councilman answered with
1t copy
WHEREAS apparent Council of
Vegas New Mexico
prompt taken for better protection
against rava by fire. and an ample supply OF pure and wholesome
domestic imperative neee Lis community; and
Council fully has realized that
adequate quiement Of this CITY and is standing menace the health
O ourcu impur. and filthy naue and
WHEREAS Council had during
pecy utterly mpoent Department
with
present furnished by snd Aqua Pura Company; and
retarded by the inadequacy of the works
besides and beyond question taxed the
water system OF said company Tar IN excess OF It's pac being Impossible
The said Agna Pura Company of their INSULT
wnr The buildings under course of erection on every hand in almost
modern plumbing
responsibility of devisng
for the heath community citizens as well
protection the
precision suitable requisite
City Council Importance a proper
supply City growing preliminary
work inquiry of committees having shown that greatly needed and
built
business portion of City particularly demanding this
constructing this subscription
haof
bring
stability too expensive to main
tain;
WHEREAS system be built throughout
the portions of the City that the
proper
future that this work should
cheaper the time the new system Of water supply being nsd
without SAID water supply thoroughly flush the
community
We
portance health community City
City City of Las
Vegas New Mexico That for the carrying out the aforesaid public
said exoco
Chairman oad appointed BY the Mayor a.
follows as member of such
Public Works during his of
the duty said Board proceed without delay obtain
and dv of plans of construction of works
sewer system
be owned operated ana maintained the City Las Vegas New Mexico.
the requisite
said City
meeting
notice thereof having given to ali
findings
approval report City
shall City,
he hereby authorized and directed in the of the
the said City Council of said Board
election whether the said conformity
Chapter
tive Assembly Of the Territory entitled
npal Corporations for the
system for the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico:
BE That
OF The Issuing OF bonds for The aforesaid
hereby
and approval Of
the City Council of said City Las The Pubic fur
h authorized and directed
of said
the paid into the
completion
and ratification Of the City Council Of the
of Cry No. Jnv