The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-25
coUNciLMEN SHOW THEIR oPIN-
IONS ON IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS.
NOTHING FOR CARNIVAL
NJ the Carnival Company Comes to
Roswell II Must Pay Lieense.-No
Dog Pound at Present.-No New
Telephone Franehise.-A Proposi-
ton to Change Names of Streets.

With eight councilmen present and
Mayor Hinkle in the chair, the city
council met in adjourned session last
night. The following councilmen were
present: Wyllys. Ogle. Whiteman,
Church, Kinsinger. Brooks. Burns.
and Johnson. Councilman EUllery had
been called out of town ON business.
Councilman Brooks presented res
olution providing for the changing of
the names of various streets of Ros-
well. The streets that the resolution
would change are those of Spanish
origin. The changes recommended
are as follows: Las Vegas to Hend-
ricks; Albuquerque to Bayard; Mesil-
la to Bland: Ell Paso to Mathews. 1t
will be noted that the proposed new
names are those of eminent Ameri-
cans. all Democrats but one. Coun-
Gilman Brooks argued the patriotism
of the case. the difficulty strangers
have with the Spanish names and
several ,other points. On a motion to
suspend the rules and adopt the res
olution. it failed to get the necessary
rwo-thirds vote. and was carried over
to the next meeting. 1t was referred
to the street and alley committee. at
ter considerable argument. 49,.
j. ]. Davis. representing thee Dixie
Carnival Company. appeared before
the council and made a proposition
", whirh ho ofPlrad IN rive the R0a-
well Fire Department 10 per cent of
the gross receipts at all pay attrac-
tions and % per cent of monies re-
ceived from concessions, provided
the council remit the license usually
collected in such cases and permit
the carnival to conduct its street fair
on the streets of Roswell. He explain
ed that there are rs people with the
carnival and that all the shows are
moral and serve only for clean amuser
ment The council first. voted to adj
here strictly to the ordinance which,
provides that such shows pay a lic-
ense of s25 per day. When this decis-
ion was made Mr. Davis asked that.
the license be reduced to SO per day
This proposition found tie vote in
the council. and Mayor Hinlzle deci-
ded against it. Mr.. Davis stated that
he could not close the date here, and
that the carnival would not come.
A petition of numerous citizens
asking that a dog pound be instituted
Was read. The petition has been pub
lished in The Record. 1t was decided
that any action in this line, institut-
ing such pound, would be against
the Territorial law. However. many
OF the councilmen were in favor of
the petition. and the matterSwas re-
ferred to the city attorney with in
strnctions to investigate and If possi-
BILE devise some ordinance that will
abate the dog nuisance
The proposed ordinance No 237.
which II passed would give the Ros-
well Rural Telephone Company. with
W. r. Bayless as proprietor. free
franchise for use of the streets and
alleys OF Roswell in maintaining a
telephone system which would extend
to all the rural sections of the com
munty. was taken up The new compa-
nv proposed 10 charge one dollar per
month for phones and rs cents per
message to points In the country.
The local system charges - per
month and gives free use to country
phones The council emphatically vo
ted down the new ordinance. princi-
pally ON the ground that two. tele-
phone systems In a town are a null