La Junta tribune., 1905-11-08
CITY counc,l.
Considerable 0usiness Transacted
usu water Plant New Ordinances.

session Monday night. Mayor Bonn
gardner presiding and all of the
aldermen, without a single excep-
ton, being present for the first time
in many moons.
That Improvements are the order
of the day in La Junta was attested
by the fact that the council acted
upon FIVE petitions for sidewalks, all
of which were granted. L. E. Bagg
and others petitioned for sidewalk
on the west side of San Juan avenue,
between Kansas and Illinois streets;
petition for a sidewalk on the east
side of San Juan avenue was also
granted; J. c. Talliafero and others
petitioned for sidewalk on the east
side of Colorado avenue, south of
the Columbian school building, and
j. p Bradish and others petitioned
for sidewalk in the Bradish addi-
ton on the north side Of block five
on Grana la street, and on the west
side of block five on Lewis street.
The petition of V. Albera to re-
build the kitchen and warehouse in,
the rear of the Bon Ton restaurant,
which We're recently burned, was
granted. The new structure is to
have brick walls with a metal roof.
Police Magistrate Clark reported
/ fifteen cases in court during the
month of October. The cash fines
and costs aggregated S6i.75; cash
Z fees paid over to police. Sll.25;
fines and costs of vags and drunks
having no money and put to work
on the streets, SS7. Total cash and
work. Sl63.
The petition of Dad Stephen
son for a license to engage in the
peanut and popcorn business on the
streets of La Junta was referred to
the street and alley committee and
the city attorney. There is no ordi-
nance providing for a license for
popcorn merchants. but Dad" says
he is willing to pay S25 per annum
if the council will permit him to
have an enclosed wagon on the
streets in which to house his ma
chine" and afford him some protec-
tion in stormy weather. Dad" is
a patriotic citizen. You don't find
many that insist upon being taxed.
The petition Of the La Junta The
atre Company asking permission to
erect an unsightly billboard at the
northwest corner of the court house
park was very promptly denied.
The city marshal was instructed
to notify property owners who are
addicted to the habit Of enclosing
the parking in front Of their resi-
dences with wire fences to ring
off" instanter.
The La Junta Mill was granted
permission to connect with the city
water mains for fire protection.
The council then indulged in a
brief discussion of the drug store
question. As none of the drug
stores have taken out a permit to
sell booze for medicinal or any other
purpose the council came to the con-
clusion that they had either ignored
the ordinance for reasons of their
own or had gone out of the business
altogether. As there was no evil
dence as to which was the proper
view to take the council decided to
make it horse and horse and ignore
the drug stores.
In the matter of establishing a
new water plant, which has been
under consideration In Q quiet way
for some time. the council decided
to take the initiatory steps. The
site selected is on bend of the
river west Of the Wickham addition
and near the new state bridge. II
is owned by Ed Marshall and G. J.
Garvin. Water Commissioner Brown
has made some practical tests on the
site and is of the opinion that there
is an inexhaustible supply of water.
He engaged a team and scraper and
dug a channel seven feet in depth
10 feet from the bank. The water
came in so fast that work had to be
discontinued. A further test was
made by boring into the. bottom of
Of the channel with an augur for a
distance of six feet and nothing but
sand and gravel was encountered.
Mayor Bomgariner appointed Al