Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-11
By Board Of County Commits
sioners...Tax Levy Of 1904
I'll Mills for Interest on
New Refunding Bonds.
THE COLLEGE
STREET BRIDGE
Court House WaII...0Id Tax Suit to Be
Pushed to End...Construction Of
Tesuque Road.

An examination of the minutes o
the proceedings of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners Friday and Saturda,
last discloses the fact that much of in
b terest was transacted.
The plan for the new stone bridg'
across the Santa Fe River on Colleg'
Street, submitted, free of charge, b,
Walter Sharp, the bridge builder ant
contractor, were examined and upor
motion of Commissioner Seligmar
were approved and adopted. The levy
for the construction of the bridge was
placed at three mills on the dollar
which sum it is believed will bring
in thea mount necessary, the esti.
mated cost of the bridge being between
$500 and $4,000.
Bids for the construction of the
bridge will bea dvertised speedily.
The length of the bridge will be 70
feet, the roadway will be 18 feet wide
and the side walk five feet. The road
way and sidewalk are to be paved with
brick. There will be three arch spans,
1S feet wide, with a height from the
river bed to the keystone of the arch
of not less than seven feet six inches
EACH Concrete foundations for the
piers will be constructed on bed rock.
There will be two-inch iron ratings on
the bridge.
The piers are to be of limestone to
the water edge and above that of sand
stone. When completed, it will be an
other handsome improvement for
which taxpayers and propertyowners
can thank Commissioner Seligman,
whose persistent and we'll directed ef-
forts brought about the construction
also of the Don Gaspar Avenue bridge.
A resolution was adopted upon mo-
tion Seligman providing for the con-
struction of handsome stone wall in
front of the court house yard. This
is to be 80 inches high, to consist Of
four sections of s inches each and to be
be built of red sandstone and bush
hammered. Double iron gates are to
he put in. Ad vertisements calling for
proposals for this work are now being
published
The plans were furnished free of
charge by Contractor F. P. Crichton.
Special Attorney R. T. Gortner re-
ported to the board that in suit 4131
district court for Santa Fe County in
delinquent tax cases, settlements had
been made in the important cases and
requested that fee Of ten per cent be
allowed him in the smaller cases; in
those cases where there was less than
$4,000 at stake so that he might push
them to completion and Judgment. The
board concluded to allow hi mfive per
cent commission. and he was instruct
ed to bring the cases to speedy end
in judgment.
On motion of Commissioner Selig-
man, a levy of II mills on the dollar
for the year 1904 was fixed and made
to pay interest coupons on the new re-
funding bonds to be issued this year
in settlement of the refunder and judg-
ment debt of this county now in pro-
cess of arrangement between the coun-
ty and the bondholders. The present
bond and judgment debt is to be re-
funded into new bonds running 40
years at 60 per cent of the principal of
the old bonds and the interest Is to be
reduced from to 3 per cent per an
mum. This means that where the
county heretofore paid so and 60 dol.
lars per annum in interest on $1,000
worth of funded Indebtedness, it will
hereafter pay 1S dollars per annum on
each refunded bond of $1,000, which is
a reduction in interest of so per cent.
1t is believed that the levy of II mills
will enable the county to pay the in
terest on the new refunded bonds of
1904 in full.
A levy of one-half of one mill for the
construction of the new road between
this city and the Indian Pueblo of Te-
suque was also made upon petition
signed by 100 taxpayers, as the law re-
quires. Part of this road has already
been completed under the direction Of
Jose D. Sena. and when completed
will make a f1rst-class and beautiful
drive on level road with no grade be-
tween the two points. The construc-
tion of this road will also be conducive
to the comfort and wellbeing as well
as to the business interests of the
town.
The levy for the court house fund
was increased one-half mill and is for
this year four and one-half mills in
stead of four mills for the year 1908.
This was made necessary by the in
creased business of the district courts
of this county and it is thought. will be
ample to conduct full court terms DUR
ing the coming year.
The territorial levy is reduced one
mill and is fixed at IA 1-2 mills. The