The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-10-07


: that the debris from the flood be re
: moved as it was a menace to tn
3 public health. He also recommenle
that lime be distributed freely i
the many places where the water ha
settled and was impossible to drain
He recommended that the water b,
drained wherever possible from TN
der the houses where it had settlet
and lime be freely used where it We:
possible to get it under the houses.
At this point Dr. Kinsinger arose
and said that he had gone through
the flood here in 1901 and the 1ood
at Carlsbad, and that both of the
floods were followed by very heal
thy winter He gave as the cause
that all dangerous matter had been
washed away and only vegetable
matter was left after the food. lie
said that of course in many places
| there was a stencil, but all that was
! necessary was to use plenty of lime
and the stencil would rapidly disaD-
| pear and the city would be in more
healthy state than before the over
| flow, as the animal matter which
/ was dangerous had been washed
away.
The Marshal was instructed by the
Mayor to take a trip over the Town
and investigate all places where wa
ter was standing and order the own
ers to use lime Alderman Parsons
was Of the opinion that the city
should also use lime in the alleys
and streets as they had ordered me
property owners to do so.
Mayor Hinkle brought up the point
that many of the transfer men had
been charging outrageous prices for
hauling passengers and for transfers
of various kinds since the floods and
were intimidating the men who did
not have licenses. There was an ami
mated discussion on this subject, mi
it resulted in the unanimous consent
of the Council to remove all licenses
on all forms of transportation until
further notice. which will be at least
until the next quarter. This includes
everything on wheels in the passen-
ger and transfer line of every dos
cription, wagons for gravel hauling,
etc, even to ballons and airships. If
you have an old "one hoss shay get
it out and you will not be taxed one
cent until further notice Mayor Hin
kle wanted particular stress put up
on this matter, as he is determined
to break up the graft that has been
practiced in this line in the past few
days. Several members of the Coun-
Gil told of now they had been impos-
ed upon by the draymen. One of the
main reasons for this action was 10
get gravel into the city and get it in
quick
Mr.. Brooks brought the attention
of the Council to the fact that a great
amount of timber from the crossings
was mysteriously disappearing. True
he said that this wood was not of
much value, but it likely could be
used on crossings where the roads
not be used for this purpose it might
be sold for fire wood, and if money
was coming from it for any use the
ury At this point City Engineer
Dills explained that much of the wood
from the old crossings was taken to
the city lot in the rear of the Lea
marble yard, and that before a new
assignment of wood reached there
the previous lot disappeared.
Mr.. Brooks said he wanted it un-
derstood that he had nothing person
al, against Street Commissioner Pin
son, but he did not want the sale of
discarded timber to come to anyone
except the treasury of the city of
Roswell.
City Marshal Rascoe said that he
had not the least bit of feeling tow