Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-25
CITY COUNCIL.
GRUNSFelD SCORNs THE MAYOR.

The city council acid lively meet
ing last evening. The principal sub
ject of discussion was the expenses
connected with building the dyke
nortn of this city during the recent
flood excitement Alderman Gruns-
field, as chairman of the finance com
mittee had chance to score on Mayor
Myers, in the following report from
his committee:
Finance Committees Report.
Albuquerque. n. NJ, jury 20. 1908.
10 the Council OF the City of Albu.
querque. Albuquerque. n. NJ,
Gentlemen:
Your committee to whom certain
bills were referred, reports as follows:
The principal bills in the hands OF
the committee are relative to expenses
on account of dykes. etc, north of
the city We understand that the
bills are to be presented under the
claim Of liability o. the city.
In order to show the expenditures.
we have made a tabulated statement
OF the bills presented so that the
council and those interested may
readily see the items and cost in de-
tail, ana we hereto attach and make
a part of this report, such tabulated
statement
The first item Is for sacks, a total
OF 1o.932. at a cost OF s1,16l.75. The
most OF these sacks were charged to
the city at $50 for the small sacks
and $3.50 for the large ones. We are
informed that such sacks are worth
but s6.75 and $500 per hundred re-
spectively. This bill seems excessive,
both as to number OF sacks and prices.
The bills presented for lunches fur
nlsh no means OF .scertaining the
reasonableness Of the charges.
The twelve tickets accompanying
the bill OF +. u. Sturges show three
for lunches, one for one quart OF
Monogram and the other eight for
I. o. u & OF various individuals.
Before the latter bill is allowed, 1t
should appear definitely Tor what pur
pose and on what authority the sew
eral bills were contracted.
II has been the practice of the city
for years past TO allow the purchase
of material for the city only upon
requisitlon of the proper officer. and
an |. o. U. of person In no way con-
nected with the city Is at least prlma
facie evidence that is Is not a bin
which should be paid by the city.
Among other items, we have the
sum of s1y6.5o for sacks, teams and
Surveys. saddle horses. tally-hos and
buggies. This does not include $16.7b
charged for i.auling laborers to work.
We do not think that there can be
any question that these are not proper
charges against the city, as the per.
sons VINO did the riding should pay
the bill IL will be observed that the
principal item of expense In the bill
OF Trimble and Company is for pleas
ure carriages. These were not needed
for making dykes. and we recon-
mend that the bill be not allowed.
There are some items In the bill that
ified as to exclude the Objectionable
items.
The bill OF r. J. Post ana Company
Is Objectionable both because OF the
nature and on account OF the prices
charged. We call attention TO a few
items for illustration:
There was $23 worth OF baling wire
at ~ per hundred pounds. Any indi-
vidua) could have purchased II at
$500 per hundred pounds, and we do
not understand how there could have
been any use Tor this amount oil wire.
There Is an item OF ninety-six spades
and shovels tor which charge OF $50
was made.
There is Sl2 charged for nine axes.
It does not seem ossible that there
could have Deen any use for that
number Of axes.