Albuquerque evening citizen., 1906-10-02
CITY COUNCIL DOES I"
MUCH BUSINESS
People viii Be Asked Again
to Sanction City Building
Bond Issue.
NO TYPHOID IN CITY WATER
Cops and LdddieS to Get a Raise
in Sdldry--OrdindnCeS Intro
duCed and Passed.


The first October meeting of the
city council was one of much work.
The mayor and every member of the
council was present and all seemed in
spired with an ambition to do things.
Probably the most important mat
ter 10 come before the meeting was
the city building bond issue. Having
failed to get buyer for the issue of
last spring, it developed upon the
council to call another election, and
last night the city attorney was in
structed to draw up an ordinance call
ing for a special election, at which
the people will be asked to vote on
the question again. The city attorney
is expected to have the ordinance
ready for passage at the next meeting
of the council which will occur Oc-
tober Is, and the election will be call
ed between mat time and November
Is. Buyers refused to take the bonds
voted at the spring election because
less than two-thirds of the votes we're
for the issue, many voters not think
ing it worth while to vote on the mat
A protest offered by merchants on
second street between Gold and Rail-
road avenues against the laying of a
street car track on that highway was
turned down, and the Traction com
pany was given full consent of the
council to proceed with the making of
the loop, which will remove the switch
on First street and put a track on
Second track.
A petition of w. V. Futrelle asking
permission to build a fight of steps
from his building on the south side of
Coal avenue to the east end of the
Coal avenue viaduct was referred to
the street committee.
City Chemist John Weinzirl made a
report on the city water made only
after several tests of samples taken
both from the reservoir and the mains,
and each test found she water pure.
special purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the water carried ty-
phoid germs. The city chemist says
that the typhoid prevalent in the city
does not come from the water, but
more likely from vegetables grown on
ground infected with typhoid germs
whether or not this theory is true
Is now in progress.
The council fully exonerated officer
Kennedy of the charge preferred
against him by Attorney Elfigo Baca.
Mr.. Baca charged that he went to
Kennedy to get check for $50, which
he had put up as bond for a client
and the officer insulted him. The
council found that Kennedy was not
the person to whom Mr. Baca should
have gone to get the check and con-
sequently vindicated the officer from
any misconduct.
The city attorney was instructed to
draw up an ordinance to be reported
at the next meeting of the council
providing for a raise in salary for
both policemen and firemen. The may
or sanctioned the action of the coun-
Gil in the matter and recommended it,
giving as his reasons that competent
men could not be retained in either
department at the present salaries
The police and fire committees will
concur and agree upon what the in
creases win be.
The committee appointed to confer
with the Santa Fe company regarding
the sale of the city dumping grounds
to the company reported that it had
made careful survey of the situation
and had found that, it would be policy
for the city to sell to the company if
the latter would agree to keep in good
repair a sewer outlet that happened
to be on the property. The clerk
was authorized to enter into a proper
contract with the company for the
sale of the property.
In keeping with a movement start
ed sometime ago an ordinance was
passed creating the office of sanitary
commissioner. 1t will be the duty of
the sanitary commissioner, who will
doubtless be a member of the police
force, to keep the city clean. He will
have the authority to carry out any
instructions whatsoever coming from
The board of health Or>have removed
any rubbish or filth that he may find
in any neighborhood within the CITY
limits that he deems a menice to
public health.
Ihe reports of the city officers were
then read and referred.
Inc city treasurer's report showed
balance in the treasury on October
l of $17,1S2.52.
The city clerks report showed IL
censes collected in September TO the
amount of $4,455.5O.
The chief of police reported police
court hnes to the extent of $575 for
the month.
Building Inspector Whitcomb's re-
port showed twenty permits granted
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