Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-15
COUNCIL. MEETING.

ent M Jor Pro TEN BeFndt and Alder
men Casey, u ,bbins. 9gan, Hanno.
West, Balster and Rive ,. Announce
ment of the selection of election
judges was made as tolows:
First Booth-Mrs. q. w. Lewis,
Mrs. George McGregor and Charles
Fleck
Second-Mrs. Orr Hood, Tom Bal
lard and J. p. Airy.
Third-Mrs. M. j. Kelley, ]. j. Cor
man and Chas. Hilllker.
Fourth-P. C. Shannon Amelia Gal
loway and Mrs. Jonn ST. elcer.
Fifth. j. Biggs. F. j. Morris and
Mrs. Louise Morgan.
Sixth-C. A. Lennon, Kate Samain
and c. F.. Meuser.
The polling places will he as fol
lows:
First. Baird house; second. Ori
Hood. 6lO Fifth avenue: third. Mrs.
Kelley, 1854 Second avenue; fourth,
basement court house: fifth. Chas,
Naeglin wagon shop; sixth, North Du-
range hose house.
Attorney Reese announced tnat he
had deferred ordinance to govern
sewage until the council could have
time to determine on districts and
other detail. Engineer Wigglesworth
presented plat showing the prelim-
mary of lines and bounds. and called
attention to the right of way which
Mr.. Stilwell had procured for his pri-
vate sewer, saying 1t might be neces-
sary to see Mr.. Stilwell before com
pleting the detail. Mr.. Robert Nc
Nicholas arose to say that Mr.. Still
well would charge 800 per lot meas
ure for connecting with his sewer. AL
derman Hanno moved to have com
mittee see Mr.. Stilwell. the commit
tee to report at the next meeting OF
council. and the motion prevailed.
would be required, from Is to 90 feet
for trenches to get uniform sewage
system. Mayor Berndt suggested that
property owners might well he con
suited regarding their disposition in
the matter. Engineer Wigglesworth
templated fYe-foot trenches, saying
that II sewer proposition carrying
100000 had been presented to the
people they would have turned 1t
down. and that II had been better to
start with a five-foot trench plan: he
said tnat from the west side of Main
avenue there would be natural flow
to the Animas river; he admitted that
to start with the Ave foot plan at
Main avenue 1t would he necessary to
dig from Is to 20 feet in other sec
tions OF the city to get uniform sys-
TEN. Alderman West then said 1t
might be better for the business men
TO conform to the plan than to try
to fx a plan that would conform to
them. Discussion continued for some
time and tine matter was deferred.
Alderman Casey for bridges said
that the committee meeting OF the
previous night had not been so well
attended as had been anticipated ow-
ing to the failure OF some OF the
lodges to appoint their committees:
he explained the dilemma of the coun-
ty commissioners, saying that they
favored a good bridge, etc. but that
1t would require another year to Sc
cure an appropriation: the lodge com.
mittees thought $4,000 or $1,000
bridge good enough, that 1t would last
from fifteen TO twenty years; he
thought the council should proceed to
secure right of way from the Rio
Grande; that 1t would be better to
put city money In a permanent bridge
than to put 1t in pontoon bridge for
temporary relief: that all the com
mittees should be brought together
that all might have hearing. He
then asked for an expression of the
members of the council, that the COM
mittees would know how to proceed.
Alderman West interposed with an
objection TO tne procedure, saying
that the city had bridge on its
nands, and that approaching the high
water season would be a bad time to
begin on another bridge: that all the
labor Durango had would be other
wise employed. etc.
Alderman Casey said that II bridge
were to be built it would nave to he
built now. Mayor Berndt said that
the committees should he prepared by
the time of the next meeting TO deter
mine what they can do.
A number OF licenses were granted,
but the application of ozello & Co.
had been held up and was not pre-
sented tby reason OF request from
the frm).
Engineer Wigglesworth, asked IL he
had bridge estimate. said he had not:
Clerk Russell said that 1915 had been
paid on the last sworn statement of |
Contractor McKinnon, and that had
been the last participant action of the
'ity.
The bill Of Assessor ]. P. Coston
or extending the city taxes for the
irst time since Mr.. Bagby was as.
lessor was taken up Alderman Balls.
er OF the finance committee reported
avorably and explained the law to
alderman West Atty. Reese reiter-
ted that the bill was legal. and re-
erred to the statutes, saying that the
Ounctl must determipo ~, to a.. |