Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-27

Eo later consented to- discu ho mat
ter.
E told how tho reopu h.i c1-ui7.
aacs or tle prOpc Il r15se through
tla medium Ci the uewsuEpCrs and
tlat the raises went through The couc
ell regularly on a petition from the
men themselves. Taking up the fire
department he said the city had had
three sets of firemea within a year.
Every member of the city council
who voted for the raises thought he
was doing his duty" he declared.
And want you TO compare their sal
aries with those of the county COM
missioners.''
Mayor Mckee was on the floor
shortly after DR.. Harrison resumed
his seat. Replying to statements of
Gov. Stover who intimated that the
use Of cement in the construction Of
sidewalks was brought abcut by infiu-
eDce of the cement trust, ~ larad:
"A brick sidewalk viii be laid When
m j9rity CT the property owners in
a block request il by petition; the
kind OF walk is optional"
Taking mp the matter of the police
men and fremen quitting their jobs
because of the insufficient pay he
ccntrastci the salaries of the county
Officials with those Of the city Off
GERS and employees why the chief
Of police only gets q fourth of what
your sheriff gets" he said "l2d just
compare the efficiency Of the two Off
ciais"
The mayor expressed himself as
being heartily in favor of the santi-
ment expressed for putting the coun-
ty officials on @ .alary basis and thus
reduce taxes about $4,000 or $4,000
a year AT this pui>t some one has
tened TO the defense of Sheriff Per
fecto Armijo, whose record was
l2uded to the skies.
Anti-Gamblng Resolution.
An anti-gambling resolution was
passed as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that gambling of every
kind he prohibited in the territory of
New Mexico, and that saloon licenses
within the city limits of Albuquerque
after the first of January next should
not be less than one thousand dollars
per annum, and that the territorial
law on this subject should be so
amended that all saloons located out
side the city limits, but within three
miles thereof be required to pay the
same amount of license as those with
in the city. a So
A lot of discussion resulted when
the Rnti-gambling resolution was
sprucg. f. G. Pratt wanted to know
how much of the gambling licenses
went to the school fund. He was
informed by the mayor that most of
the gambling license went to the city
He seconded the above resolution
which was adopted. Gov. Stover is
the father of the resolution.
Mr. Field opposed it on the ground
as he put it. that it Is written in the
hook of fate thet gambling will go
when the Litleheld resolution gets
through congress end that to abolish
it at this time would create a deficit
in city revenue for which Albuquer-
que is unprepared at this time.
t. j. Passmore presented a resolu-
tion favOring the adoption of a reso-
lutiOa recommending the creation by
Legislative act of a city police and
fire commissioner; a joint affair to
have charge of both departments and
to be appointed by the mayor and city
council. Mr.. PassmOre believes that
Albuquerque has about reached the
stage where metropolitan system of
management of thess boards is need
ed