Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-01-06


h0n. w. h. ChildeFs rendered CON.
W the street. committee. The cOm2lAint
feada ~ i0il0ws.
Il desire 70 enter protest against the
placing of nigns on tbs two vorneFs Of
the fence In front OF my residence on
Twelfth street. IL 10 She signs on
TilerAa aud RAtlFOpd avenues I make no
Obieclloa. II the clty council will change
the spelling | will withdraw my Oblec.
ton 10 the other two. | would prefer
Ihe word spelled with an "t' instead
Of ~"
The monthly report Of City Marshal
McMillln for the month Just ended
showed q total amount Of tais0O; mum.
ber Of arresia made, %, and 100 meals
served.
The report Of the city treasurer showed
a cash balance on hand January I. 1900
Of sIO.s0s Od.
FOR the month Of December t4a6OC
was She amount Of collections ~ shown
by this repor. OF tho city clerk.
The Dire committee recently appointed
for'the purpose Of looking Into the ad'
visibility OF establishing paid flre Do.
partmenl, after having thoroughly dis.
eussed the matter, made their report
which II ~ f0ll0ss:
"Gentlemen, rhe flre committees have
Ia rOugh way looked into the matter OF
adopting paid hra department.. and sub
init the following:
"we do not aas how sg would be poaal.
bic 20 keep up anything that would 70.
semble a paid department without thf
services Of AZ least four fully paid men.
The salaries Ut such man range Ina othsl
towns from 500 down 10 f75 per month.
The chief Or man In charge, say tl00 per
month, and this other three t7b peI
month. This would amount 10 ea.B0i
pef year We believe that this services OI
twenty volunteer lraInsn would also be
necessary. IL would probably cOat a. q
% t3 foF each man every time he attend
I'd a tife, ~ We cannot Tell how NAM
tiTes would occur Ia n year We eAnnO, ~
timate the expense.
"S1itable quarters would Also be nsces.
sary and would cost ia the naighDofhood
OF $1,000 Teams suitable for IRE trucks
viii cost $500 and upwards. Thare
should Be . team f0F One hose wagon and
also Tor "a hook and ladder truck II vii
cost between tlH0 ana $500 per yeAF u
feed each team. The highest grads
steam Ore engines eaat $1,000. Should 1
steamer bH purchased all OF the cltj
hYdfsnt8 viii hAVs 10 b. Femodeled OF
new ones pnt In; the cost Of this W
could not estimate.
we ought 20 have. whether wo adOpI
a paid department. OF not, 800 fesI Ol
new hose, Which will coat about si,l0O
II the same hose II purchased that Il
now Ia use, We should also hAve = lOl
OF new gum coats a. the present depart
ment u almost entirely without them
There are probably many other EXPENSES
which W. havs not enumerated that vii
come up n We adopt paid department
I'm conclusion will say that II thi
present department IL 10 DO She lirl
/ lighting fuf the clty IN the future WI
bulieye that the city should employ
man thoroughly familiar With 81 ap
pafatus, aud the working OF same, arIt
zee thEt II IL Nept Ia ffst Glass condition
and ready FOR he Nc ali times By y
d0ing and with the purchase oi the sup
piies suggested we hellevs our Dresen
department fully Abls 10 handle al Ore
that vii occur In Albuquerque iOE SOM
time ~ come"
The report Of the water committee o.
the petition OF seven property 0wnofs q
North F.fsl street, wh0 asked Tor en- ca
tension n lhe water main from Railroal
10 Copper avenues. li appears that onl
tEo Of TOE petitioners would b. bsneiite.
BY ths sxtsnalon OF the main. while %
ave other petitioners would continue q
take the watsg fgom lhe Copper aveau
mn,n. lhs wster company declined h
30 70 ihr axpaase ~ extending a mali
from which only two people could be ben
eGled. Alter duu consideration, the com
nittee mlfe an adverse report 10 the
granting Of tbs petit n. Ths Waio
COMPANY WA given more time 10 whiel
70 report "a the proposed kdilh stree
main extension,
The city engineer made hls report
which was highly sommeHded, and con
sists Of tne following;
Il be- - report that during The Yea
Just clca.d there haa bsan eOnatruetsl
Nithiu iha corporate limits Of tbls rltl
about niles of sidewalks. on 81 81
square ~. Oi bslek walks 8 7eef wids
I5 Ilnef 'aot. ~ pinnk Na ~ 8 faat III Z
l.fe0 4 ~ fnrl: ~ oemunl walks q ise
Wid8, G.blo linear f68l, OF eensnt walks
ieei VIDE l,ts5 linear f1eii u csmen