Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-02
CITY COUNCIL.
Some Contention With DaiUmen Over
New Inspection Ordinance.
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.

At a meeting of the city council last
nirht 1t developed that the propfietors of
the larger diaries In Albuquerque are at
arms with the city council, resulting from
the refusal of the city council to pass an
amendment changing the tax clause of
the recently adopted milk inspection ordi~
nance.
They claim that under the existing tax
OF Si.5O per COW per annum, the business
will not pay and they will not stand for
1t.
The dairymen were represented by At
tcrney Summers Burkhart and he intro
duced an amendment to the tax clause
of the ordinance, by which the tax. was
to be SIPS per month for each COW from
which milk is sold, where from one to five
COWS are kept; ana so cents per month for
every additional ten cows kept; thist to re-
place the straight tax of $3.50 per year
for each COW from which milk is sold.
Mr.. Burkhart stated hat there are 115
places in town from which milk is sold
and where from one to five cow are kept.
and that II was as much trouble to in
spect premises where five cows are kept
as II is to inspect the premises where 100
cows are kept, and that in case of the
former, 1t was possibly more trouble since
1t might be more difficult to obtain sam
pies of milk.
The straight tax of $50 per annum per
cow was claimed to be unjust and later in
the discussion which followed the intro
duction of the amendment, Mr.. Burkhart
stated that If 1t were not passed the
dairymen would go out of business and
would not deliver any milk in the morn
ing. 1t was pointed out that the amend
ment would force the men owning from
one to five cows out of business since the
profits could not meet the tax.
Alderman Hubbs to meet this difficult
ty, proposed to make the amendment read
50 cents per month for from one to five
cows and 10 cents a month for every addi-
tional ten cows kept.
The milkmen accepted this change, and
on motion the rules were suspended and
the amendment put on its ina passage.
Councilmen Rogers, Hubbs, Grunsfeld
and Mckee in the affirmative, and Coun-
cilmen Harrison and McMillen in the neg
ative; Beaven and Harsch absent. The
amendment was declared lost by the may
or on the ground that 1t required a ma
jority vote of the whole council to amend
an ordinance.
The dairymen do not favor the. action
of the council and state positively that
they will not stand for it.
Street Car Line.
The council were requested by Hon. II.
E. Ferguson. attorney for O. e. Crom-
well, to reconsider its resolution requiring
the company to move it's line to the mid
die of the street and bring the track to
the street grade within sixty days. Mr..
| Lrary,cSnp BALLAD attention IN tho foot
that he had introduced a bill granting a
franchise to Mr.. Cromwell for an electric
road; that it had been turned down ow-
ing to the outstanding franchise held by
Gleason & Co.; that Mr.. Cromwell still
proposed to ask for the franchise when
the Gleason franchise expired on March
16, n that considering these conditions
1t would be an injustice to seek to force
the horse car line to lay new track when
ii proposed to build an electric line in a
short time.
Mr.. Ferguson did not say, but intimat-
ed that an effort to enforce the car line to
do as requested would be met with a legal
fight.
A hot discussion followed. Mr.. Metcalf
addressing the council made reference to
the dangerous condition of Railroad ave-
rue and the long time which had already
been spent in waiting for the street car
company to do something. Something
definite was wanted by the council and
some of the councilmen were not dis
posed to reconsider.
A motion was passed that the street car
company be given thirty days additional
time in which to secure some definite
statement of their purpose from Mr..
Cromwell In regard to the building of an
electric line or the rebuilding of the pres
ent line.
The grievance committee were present
ed with a communication from Ed s.
Houghton, who stepped off the end of the
Coal avenu viaduct and received a sprain-
ed ankle. for consideration. He wanted
so for doctors bill and s22 for eleven
| daVs' wages lost