Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-19
THE OLD
AND THE NEW
Mayor A. R. Gibson and the 9th
er City officials Were Sworn
in Last Evening.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
Committee Assignments Announced
Resolutions Passed by the Out
going Aldermen Before Final
Adjournment.

The last and final meeting of the old
city council whose existence terminal
ed last evening was held in the coun-
Gil chamber. The following council
men were present: Baca, Castillo,
Dudrow, Fischer, Hersch, Rodrigues,
and Sena Mayor Sparks presiding
and City Clerk Facundo Ortiz being
present.
The reading of the minutes of the
previous meeting were dispensed
with. After acting upon some finan-
cial matters in respect to the refund
ing of the outstanding Indebtedness of
the city evidenced by judgments, a
form of deed was presented by Messrs.
Fred Muller, Kaune, Schumann, Sloan
and others for a tract of land within
the limits of the Santa Fe land grant,
and upon which Muller ct al, have
been working a coal vein for some
time, asking that it be signed by the
city council. A discussion ensued in
which Messrs. Sena, Dudrow, Sparks
and Fischer took part and the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, Messrs. Muller, Kaune,
Sloan Schumann and others have
spent considerable amount of money
prospecting for coal within the city of
Santa Fe and whereas the city council
considers the advantages to the city of
Santa Fe of the development of coal
within the city grant, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the city council
hereby agrees that if the parties above
mentioned will have spent the sum of
$4,000 within two years the city Off
cials are hereby authorized to give
them a deed for the land described
within the lease extended on the third
day of August, 1908, as per motion of
that date.
A resolution was also adopted as
follows:
Be it resolved BY the members of
the city council that the thanks of the
retiring members of the city council
are hereby rendered to the Honorable
Mayor l. Sparks, to the City Clerk Fa-
cundo Ortiz and to the honorable pres
ident of the city council, Jose D. Sena,
for the kind official treatment given lis
during the last two years.
Councilman Sena made an address
thanking the other members for the as
sistance given him in prosecuting city
improvements. Upon motion of Coun-
Gilman Dudrow vote of thanks was
then extended to Councilman Sena for
his work in improving streets and
bridges.
Certificates of election of the new
city officials and members of the city
council were then presented and the
oath of Office administered to the new
officers by City Clerk Facundo Ortiz,
the following being sworn in: Mayor
Gibson, city clerk, Conklin and the
following councilmen: Kaune, Baca,
Garcia, Hogle, Walker, Lopez, Castillo
and Anton.
The new city council then went into
executive session upon motion OF Coun-
Gilman Marcelino Garcia. Mr.. Garcia
was elected president of the council.
Mayor Gibson presented the following
appointments: City marshal, Richard
German; policeman, Pedro SandOval y
Jaramillo: garbage collector, F,ernan-
do Duran; city engineer John l.. Zim-
norman, and city attorney, A. B. Rene
han These appointments being rati-
fed unanimously. Mayor Gibson then
announced the following committee ap-
pointments:
Finance committee, Kaune, chair
man, Garcia and Walker. Fire depart
ment, Lopez. chairman; Garcia and
Kaune; streets and bridges, Walker,
chairman; Lopez and Anton; public
works, Kaune chairman; Walker and
Baca: health, Baca, chairman, Garcia
and Anton; police Garcia. chairman,
Lopez and Hogle; ordinances and IL
censes, Hogle, chairman, Castillo and
Lopez; survey and lighting, Castillo,
chairman, Walker and Baca; sewers,
Anton. chairman, Hogle and Castillo;
board of health, Gibson, Conklin, Baca
and Hogle. Before adjournment City
Clerk Conklin swore in William Griffin
as city treasurer, after which the
council adjourned.