The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-05

After several days of consideration
of the evidence in the ditch-tili1g
cases. the Board of Arbitration, COM
posed of VIM. M Atkinson, E. A Ca
hoon and Nathan Jaffa, today return
ed a report to all the parties interest
ed, which will be read at the city
council melting tonight. The findings,
briefly stated, are as follows:
1. The city must pay half the cost
Of the useless" tiling already made
and payment must be made as soon
as the Hondo Stone Mfg. Co, the ma
kers. file a bond of $4,000 guarantee
ing said tiling and providing for its
storage, safe keeping. sale and &C
counting for the proceeds of said sale
for one year.
2. That the bitches shall be con-
creted as follows: The North Spring
River ditch from the west side of
Washington avenue to the Hondo
iume. and the North Spring River
Center ditch from its intake to the
railroad track. Further, that the city
and ditch companies shall snare
equally the cost of so concreting the
respective bitches, and of bridging
said respective bitches at streets and
alleys
3. The concreting shall be main
tanned and bitches shall be kept clean
at the cost of the companies. The
bridges shall be maintained by the
city.
4. The work of concreting said
bitches shall be commenced no lat
er than October Is. 1907, and finish
ed no later than February 15. 1908.
All materials for this work shall be
at the banks of the ditch or in stor-
age in Roswell by October Is, 1907
5. The ditch companies must give
bond for $1,000 each, signed by all
the Individual owners, guaranteeing
their carrying out the provisions OF
this finding, and the city council must
pass a resolution agreeing to do the
same.
Plans and specifications.
W. NJ. Reed shall make all surveys
and measurements and receive there
for a fee of $50.
(a) All work shall be under the su-
pervision of Fred G. Hunt, at a Sala-
ry of 81 per day. (b) The letting of
contracts, purchasing of material, ex-
cavating, etc, shall be in the hands
of the following coIsmittee: J. r
White, K. s. woodruff, Arthur Stew
ems. w. E. wiseley, ]. P. Church and
Sylvester P Johnson. The chairman
of this committee is K s Woodruff,
and the secretary and treasurer is
Arthur Stevens. If this committee
fails to settle any question, it snail
be submitted to and settled by w. Nj.
Atkinson. (c) Vacancies are to be
filled by the board OF arbitration (d)
The work of concreting shall be paid
for by the respective dftcnes and they
be reimbursed to half the amount OF
expenses by the city when the com
mittee has itemized it's expense. (e)
Bridges on streets shall extend from
curb Hae to curb line. Where the
bitches cross the street and alley
lines. the concrete shall be reinforced
sufficiently to form a foundation for
the bridge.
The bridges shall be made of lum-
ber or concrete, in accordance with
plans furnished by w. M Reed, and
the construction shall be under the |
direction of the committee.
The cost of the construction OF the
bridges shall be paid by the city and
the CITY be refunded one-haH by the
respective companies when ftemized
accounts are furnished.
II is directed that this award De
entered as a final decree in the cases
In court brought over the tiling ques-
ton and that the city pay one-nalf
the clerks cost and the ditch compa-
nies nav the other half.