Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-25
THE COUNCIL
Majority Repeats Ordina
Locating Library in Mon
tezuma Park
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INSTITUTIONS PERIL
Many Streets Ordered Repaired
and Many Sidewalks Or
dcrcd built
NEW CROSSING TO CO IN

| Hc Ntty 1ouiiNii HSiu u TcSutdT meet
ing last night The most notable
J achievement Of this dignifled body
was one that has caused very general
indignation in the city. In the face of
report by the building committee
advising that all conditions necessary
to the receiving OF the $4,000 donated
by Andrew Carnegie had been fulfilled,
and recommending the immediate let
ting of the contract, a majority of the
council repealed the ordinance locat-
ing the library in the city park, and
| threw the whole matter into such
condition that i Is now considered
extremely doubtful whether or net the
city ever gets the library.
Those present at the meeting last
night were the mayor. Alderman Nc
Schooler. Forsythe. Mackel, Elwood,
Van Petten and Robbins.
The first matter Of interest was the
reading Of bids for the construction
of the Carnegie library building on
the site selected In Montezuma park,
embodied in the report of the building
committee The lowest bidder was
]. r. Consaul and the committee re-
commended that the contract be let to
that gentleman. The report was sign
ed by Aldermen Van Petten, Mackel
and McSchooler. Mr., Van Petten
moved the adoption Of the report. MT.
Forsythe said, according to legal au-
thority in California, the library build.
ing could no more be placed In the
park than the park could be cut up
into town lots. He also said the con.
ditions made by Mr.. Carnegie had not
been complied with and the money
would never be forthcoming to place
the building in the park. Mr.. For
sythe moved the report be referred to
i the finance committee Mr.. Van Pet
ten replied that the bestlegal authority
/
the matter had been most thoroughly
gone into and that the decision had
been given that the park could De
used for such public purpose as a
public library. Furthermore, the al
derman said. a communication from
Mr.. Carnegie had been received which
said that all conditions had been com
piled with and that the money was
ready on demand. Mr. Forsyihe re-
stated his arguments. MIR. Van Pet.
ten said no other site was offered by
the objeet0rs. no other suggestion
was made the whole library propo-
sition would be killed and not with the
wish Of the people living in the city.
either Mr.. Elwood had sec
onded Mr.. Forsythe's motion and
the question was called for after Mr..
McSchooler had objected to referring
the report to the finance committee.
Mr. Van Petten and Mr.. McSchooler
voted in the negative. Messrs Murphy,
Maclvel and EIwood voted laffrmativey
Mr.. Mackel voting against his afiir-
nation OF the report. Mr.. Robbins
not voting was counted In the affirma-
tive.
The report OF the street ana alley
committee was then called for. Mr.
Forsythe said that each member Of
the council had something to say on
this matter and general discussion
was begun. The result was legislation
in favor of many new sidewalks and
much street Improvement. Cement
sidewalks were ordered on the west
side Of Eleventh street between Til
cen and Douglas, on the east side of
Twelfth street between Diamond AMI
National, on the west side OF Seven
th from Baca to Friedman and on The
east side Of Seventh from Baca 10
Douglas. The sidewalk on the solitl.
side Of Lincoln avenue between Rail.
road avenue and Sixth street was or
dered completed and raised to grade.
There was some objection to the rails
ing as IL would injurc the Wells-Fargo
building. but the objection was defeat.
ell Fifty feet OF sidewalk adjoining
the Henry property on Seventh street
was ordered built.
II was reported that twenty.four
crossings we're to be laid by the city,
and on motion, II was decided that the