Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-09
COUNCIL
Resolution passes by Unanimous
Vote Relocating Library
in ParkE
Ia FULL ATTENDANCE
$1,000
Cnntract for Buildinglctto =. =.
Consaul. Time Extended
to Nov. First
MUST 7s.'l BUILD CEMENT WALK


The library question held the cente
Of the stage at the council meetin
last night. BY a vcte OF SIX 70 ="
the action Of the council at It's pre-
yious meeting repeating the ordinanc
locating the Carnegie library IN Mon
tezuma park was rescinded, and a III
tie later, by unanimous vote, q resolu
ton was passed relocating the librar'
In Hill Site park, and awarding tn
contract for the erection Of the librar!
building to J. q. Consaul.
Every member OF the council wa
present when, a little after s O'Clock
the mayor raped for order. Ate
the reading Of the minutes, a few pre-
|liminaries and a little skirmishing, thu
discussion Of the library question wal
launched.
Alderman Elwood opened the debate
by presenting an offer made by -four
public-spirited citizens OF the west
side to donate to the city the choice
Of two locations. or to pay for a
suitable site at reasonable cost that
should be satisfactory to all the peo-
ple. The sites mentioned were two
lots on the south side Of Main ave-
nue. and two lots at the corner OF
Douglass and Ninth.
Those who made offers were Jefer'
son Reynolds. Chas. 1lfeld, ], y. W
veeder and Cecilio Rosenwald. mr.
Elwood moved that 4 committee Of
three members Of the council be ap-
pointed to confer with those making
the gnerous offer.~O On the ground that
the selection OF another site would
cause much loss Of time and that al
ready much expense had been Is
sumed In securing plans for a building
In Hillside park, Alderman Elwood's
motion was voted down by an aye and
nay vote.
A resolution providing for the mp.
pointment Of a committee to confer
with the board Of regents OF the Nor
mai to ascertain II nm arrangement
might be entered into whereby the
library might become Incorporated
with the institution and this be sup
ported by the territory, was not press
Cd. when Mr.. Elwood's motion failed.
Alderman Mackel. in order that
the views OF all the members Of the
council might be secured on the II
brary question. several having been
absent at the last meeting. moved
that the action taken at the former
session repeating the ordinance locat
ing the library be reconsidercd. Mr.
Mackei's action In the matter has
been very generally commended. II
was generally believed that. notwith
standing the motion. Alderman Macke'
would vote against repeating the or
dinance. as he was known to have
been opposed to the park location
but with a view to securing, II pos
sIble, a final settlement Of the matter
he voted afnrmatively, as did Alder
men Van pctten. Robbins, McSchoolel
Dick and Martin. Forsythe and Ell
wood voted In the negative. Later
when the resolution. printed In an
other column. relocating the librar,
In th9 park and letting the contrac,
to Mn Consaul came up, the members
voted unanimously for Its adoption.
When called upon for a report from
the finance committee 10 which the
resolution Of the committee on public
works advising the letting Of the con
tract hal been referred at the last
meeting, Chairman Forsythe said in
view Of the sentiment expressed by
the majority OF the council he would
make no report and would not raise
objection to any action the body
might see At to take with the report.
Alderman Dick. from the finance
committee had submitted a minority
report, favorlng the adoption Of the
resolution Of the committee on public
works. but in view Of Forsythe's con.
ccssion, the minority report was dis
regarded and the majority report was
taken from the finance committee and
adopted by the council.
Upon the suggestion Of Alderman
Martin. the time for the completion Of
the contract was extended from Sept
goth to Nov. I.
The views Of the majority Of the