Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-01-11
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE

). Il. Cartwright OF the Cartwright
Davis Company: Il am emphaticall,
in favor of the speedy sale of the reser
walton because new school houses ar,
imperatively necessary and unless tn,
reservation is turned into cash l can
not see how the grant to Santa F.
would help the public schools. O
course, want a large sized lot reserv
ed to give ample campus for the pub
lice schools and site for library OF
city hail.
A. c. Ireland. the druggist, had moi
given the matter much thought, but
declared that the reservation should be
sold Immediately and the sooner the
better. In his opinion, three months
would be ample time to plat the reser
vation, to advertise it not only in San
ia Fe but elsewhere and to sell it.
A. j. Fischer, of the Fischer Drug
Company, member Of the city council
said that when the city council agreed
to turn the reservation over to the
board of education for public school
purposes, it was with the idea that
the reservation be sold in case the
grant was made. At least, consent
ed to the agreement under that condi-
tion. OF course, the reservation
should be sold, after being plated and
after the board of education has re-
served good sized lot or lots for pub
lie school purposes. Neither the city
nor the board of education have the
funds to keep the buildings on the res
ervation in repair, to make improve.
ments, to lay pavements or to put up
new houses to rent as would be done
by private owners.
H. B. Cartwright, the we'll known
wholesale merchant, was quite en-
phatic in declaring that in his opinion
the reservation should be sold and that
Immediately. If it is not sold it will be
constant source of corruption, strife
and expense and it's last state will be
worse than it's first. In few years the
reservation would eat itself up in re-
pairs not to speak Of possibilities of
political graft. 1t is much better to
turn the grant into taxable property
and to let private owners improve it,
for certainly, those that would buy,
would buy with the intention Of max
ing such improvements.
Frank S. Davis, of the Cartwright
Davis Company, is decidedly of the
opinion, that Santa Fe needs new pub
lie school buildings and that right
away. The only way to secure these
is to sell the reservation and to use
the proceeds toward the building fund.
From rents, the income would be too
small to be considered in any PROPOSE
ton to build school houses, in fact,
would be more than eaten up by neces-
sary repairs and cost of administering
the reservation, the rents would not
mean as much for the schools, as the
taxes alone if the property were in
private hands.
Jose D. Sena, member of the city
council: I'm my opinion the Fort
Marcy Reservation should be surveyed
~ the city and two streets should be
opened through it. After the survey,
sites should be selected for high
school building and for a city hall;
hereafter all property not needed for
public purposes should be sold by auc-
ion to the highest bidder at no less
han it's appraised value and the mon
" used for the construction of high
school and ward school buildings need
ID for the city. have spoken to sew
,ral members of the city council and
hey are in favor of this plan. want
o see the property get into private
as soon as possible that it
nay be made to yield revenue to the
;ity, to the county, and Territory and
,e improved"
Leo Hersch, member of city council:
There is nothing else to be done ex-
.ept to sell every portion of the Fort
Marcy Reservation not needed for
school houses and for city hall. At
east two streets should be cut through |
he reservation and ample grounds Sc
ected for high school and ward
chool buildings. The southeast cor
Ter, opposite the postof1ce should be
.ither donated to the city or sold for
city hall. The moneys derived from
he sale of lands and buildings should
,e used for the construction of new
chool buildings, repair and the putting
n good shape the now existing school
ouses. Get the property into private
lands and under the taxes, this is
vhat l, in company with other citizens
7ould like to see and that as speedily
s it can be brought about"