The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-05

The city council in its regular
monthly session Tuesday night dis
posed of more business than has
been handled at any one meeting
since the new administration went
into Office. Mayor Stockard by his
gentlemanly, fair, quiet and business
like manner of presiding has finally
succeeded in breaking the new mem
bers to work with the old Ones-and
the whole team now moves along as
nicely as one of the Mayors big
Buick automobiles with very little
gas or noise. Instead of spending the
time wrangling and kicking at each
other and everything else in signt
the council gets right down to busi-
ness and pulls for the advancement
OF Roswell
All the members, except White
man and Kinsinger, were present on
Tuesday night, MIR. Whiteman having
been called TO Carlsbad Oh business
and DE-. Kinsinger being unavoidably
detained by professional business OF
an urgent character.
The report of the finance commit
tee was the first thing taken up, and
as this included a recommendation
for the a>.lual tax levy, had to be
passed by until City Attorney Scott
prepared an ordinance covering the
tax levy.
Chairman Wiseley of the streets
and alleys committee reported an or
FINANCE prohibiting The posting of
handbills, etc, which later was adop-
ted. Mr.. Wiseley said that the com
mittee could not make any further
report on the matter Of grading and
drainage until the city engineer had
furnished the profile and plat re
queSted at a former meeting. Mr.
Dills promised to prepare the com
plete profile in a few days.
Mr. Bell of the sanitary committee
reported favorably an ordinance re-
ferred to the committee, and men
toned the fact that weeds are be-
coming quite rank throughout the ci-
ty. There was already an ordinance
requiring property owners and ten
ants to cut the weeds on their prem
ises, and Mr.. Bell stated that City
Marshal RaScOe had taken steps to
enforce the ordinance.
Mr.. Wyllys, of the water and lights
committee, reported that for some
unknown reason the water the Smock
well no longer flowed high enough
for filling street sprinklers, and sug-
gested tnat the pipe, hose, etc., be
moved to the Sllipwith we'll on North
Main street, this privilege having
been rendered free by DIR. Skipwith.
This location would be more conven-
lent for filing sprinklers, saving a
trip of five or six blocks for re-hlling.
This matter was left to the committee
for action. In regard to@the applica-
ton for an arc light in front of St
Mary's Hospital, the committee fav-
ored and the council approved furn-
fishing the light if possible. As it
would be necessary to extend the arc
circuit in order to do this, however.
it was thought that a large incandes-
cent lamp would be the best possi-
BILE at present. Mr.. Bell suggested
neighborhood, standing like lone
highwayman," several blocks from
other lights and serving only to blind
people, that might be moved. The
committee was instructed TO ascer-
tain the cost of putting in the light
at the. hospital, and if it could be
done at reasonable expense proceed
to install the same.
Mr.. Church of the sidewalks com
mittee introduced two sidewalk ord
inances, and reported that several
walks contracted by Mr.. Petty had
not been built.
Mr.. Cottingham and Mr.. Kemp ap-
peared before the council to protest
in behalf of the retail lumber dealers
against paying an occupation tax of
$50 per year, which they considered
unjust in comparison with the tax
paid by other large retail Nestablisn-
siness as the lumber yards They
We're willing to pay reasonable pro-
portion of the occupation tax, but
now they pay the highest tax of any
retail business in the city. Referred
to finance committee.
Cashier III. p. Saunders of the Am
erican National Bank presented the