Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-05

ALWAYS In order. Had the council an
proper committee tried to learn II tn
now power company at Rockwoo,
would give Durango cheaper light
Could the city get out of the hand
of the local corporation?
Mayor Mcconnell Working.
Mayor Mcconnell replied that ht
himself was in thorough accord Will
the policy announced some time ago tc
secure lighting at lesser cost. The
mayor said he mad given the subject
much time, having secured abstracts
Iof records and begun conference with
other cities to learn what they are
paying for lights. His conference
with the management of the Rock.
wood power company had not been
satisfactory in that the company was
unprepared now to say what 1t could
| DO, as 1t appeared that the demand for
power would he so great that IL might
he some time before il could take IN
the Durango lighting question. This
aroused the ire of Mr.. West. who said
the power company had enough DOW
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| of San Juan county.
Same Old Subject.
a question almost time honored, that
ot the city scavenger, came up in the
old familiar way. and they were still
taking about Mike Tierney. Mike
was not there. Members of the coun.
cll had heard kicks and protests that
me city had no scavenger service.
The mayor said one OF the chief diff.
culues appeared 10 be mat ii requires
considerable capital TO equip for the
proper handling of the scayenger husI.
|COuNCIL-TWO
ness and that the city has no ord,n,
ance for the protection oil n scaven.
ger that everybody could enter into
me work and investing money would
not be encouraged. Attorney Reese
was asked what could be done and he
replied that the supreme court had
me last say and had said that ANYBODY
could contract for doing such work
ana that the city could pass no ordjn.
lhce winch would create and protect
'he oihce OF scavenger from others
engaging In the work, This will not
suggest a monopoly in the scayenger
business. Mayor Mcconnell said he
trusted the situation would hasten the
establishment Of a sewage syster in
the city.
alderman Rivers suggested that the
headgates of the Needle mountain req.
erVoir should be raised now to re.
huce the quantity of water and tn
avoid damage to the dam by freezing
Alderman West asked why they had
not Kept the gates up. He though,
mere was no use holding the water
mere Commissioner Schalles said 1t
would require nine days to empty the
reservoir without injury to the dan.
II was finally decided to open the
gates.
Alderman Logan reported that the
boiler at the fire house could be Low,
cred and situated for more thorouah
heating OF the building. inomding the
5au. Alderman West said he Thought
10 was good enough now, that nobody
would be around to keep up the fire
OF a poor prisoner anyway. The en-.
'erprise was killed and Dave Logan
miled; he had done all he could.
Third Avenue Situation.
Alderman West called attention to
me situation left by grading on Third
avenue, between the McNiel and
famsey corners, where there are
inmp-ohs of two feet from the side.
walks to the crossing streets. The
whole city council was at once in a
nix-up. VINO had to pay for grading
'own to the street level for side
walk? Attorney Reese said the city
owned the street from lot line to LOT
line everywhere and would have to
do the grading unless somebody oc.
casionally volunteered to do 1t. AL
derman West thought the lot owner
ought to do it, Mayor Mcconnell said
that while the situation at Third av.
"nue is as at present an arc light
would help. Engineer Wigglesworth
iald he was glad the question of
GRADES had been brought up, that he
wanted to know who was to pay for
establishing grades for sidewalks, and
- 'hN tiNs iHltuutu W nave PTHlCS
established -indiscriminately every.
where regardless OF assurance that
walks would be built before the grade
stakes were lost by neglect. Attor.
ney Reese said the city would have
20 pay for establishing sidewalk
| grades. Mr.. Wigglesworth had learn
ed that in Colorado Springs grades
are fixed by the city for permanent
sidewalks and that lot owners have to
pay where the walks are temporary
structures,
| Bridge Plans and Bids.
For his committee Alderman Casey
reported the propping of the bridge
-or the fair and having placed adver
Using in Durango. Denver and Pueblo
papers asking for plans and bids fol
the building of new bridge to tht
North side. The bids are required tc
be In by October II,
Alderman Dobbins demanded som,
attention to a deplorable situation a
, the Junction creek bridge