Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-20
CITY COUNCIL TRANSACTED
MUCH BUSINESS LAST NIGHT
The albuquerque Gas, Electric Light
and Power Company Came in for
a Large Share of Animated
Discussion.
FIXING A WAY FOR SALARY decreases. F. H.
MITCHELL APPOINTED HEALTH COMMISSIONER

Rlectsis light meters and the /
chargca for plncing same, stringing
and Insulation of electric and tele-
phone wires. increasing the salaries or
the chief of police. patrolmen, tho hre /
chief. hremen and street commissioner .
with minor matters engaged the cltg I
fathers until q late hour last night
Tho report Of the city attorney Win
reference 20 complaints of alleged exc
ceesive charges for Installing meters
and for certain kinds of city lights,
was heard. The report also reviewed
che complaints about the cumpanys
reported refusal 10 supply lights 20
customers unlosa it furnished all the
ight the customer uses.
Tho city service light charge com
plalued ~ Us that the company
charges S. the an nlght rate for moon
light service scheduled nt -.
Passing upon the questions submit
ted hy the committee, the city attor-
ney declares n Is his opinion that y
she light company puts a meter upon
tho ufemiscs OF customer he cannot
DO compelled 10 pay q deposit for me
same unless ne requests the company
10 place h there when the charge
shan be q reasonable one. Tho pay
ment tor the meter Is optional with
the customer whether he chooses 10
pay By the hat rate as provided by
the ordinance or by the moter rate.
a is the opinion of ,he cily attorney
that the company must furnish what
over the customer demands. The a.
torney concluded his report BY de-
caring The company must furnish
tight upon moonlight rates o. the de-
mand Of the city
The attorneys opinion Was submit
ted t0 the huilding nght and fuel com
mittec. and nr Harrison In discussing
t asserted that the company was
charpins 81 for moonlight service.
Bone Of Contention
Alderman Beaven's Introduction OF
au amended ordinance prescribing
how wires shall De- strung on electric
light ana telephone poles aud the in
sula ION Of them IN such a manner as
10 reduce personal danger 90 mini
mum was fraught with much discus
sion rhe amended ordinance glyea
the corporation year within which
to have all their wires rcstrung ~
accordance with the prescription OF
the ordinance but provides that All
nov wires shall he strung as is set
forth Ia The ordinance,
Alderman Hanloy nlod objection 90
the measure on the ground that it did
uoi come up In regular form and asked
tha. % be- referred back TO the com
mlttcp fnr a now report.
THE ordinance has already been de
laycd sis months, responded the
f1rr.I 1t the measure in rotort, and
fbr wiring iE q constant menace ~
people Whu use the telephones and the
employees OF the company as the
wires are constantly becoming cross
ga aud the current from live wires
charges The telephone lines" He re-
fcrrCd 90 "a recent accident
Alderman wilkinson made s'roui
objection to the measure on the
ground that the proposed changes
would cost the public utilities compan
les a large sum and that be- would mol
consider the matter until the oine
side had hppu consulted with REGARD
10 a. Also be- int,mntcd that possibly
the bii was fathored Indirectly O.,
get even with somebody.
Boavon came back with the asser
tion that the Colorado Telephone com
pnny was rebuilding Ga lines and tha
sinco tho light company lEoposcs e
uYt rhaul iis service, che proposes
charges would not work $50 mucl
hardship upon the companies as M
wilkinson iutimated he closed b.
calling attention Go the importance q
the changes in protecting people iron
consequent dangers and stated On
coucll owed the immediate passage q
tho ordinance as a duty 90 the nubii,
Alderman Iearnard was Ot the Cpl
nlon that the ordinance should take q
regular course The committee n
port Ras adopted and then Aldorma
Heaven moved that the rules be suH
pendeu that the ordinance hc place
upon fa passage.