The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-31

ditch-owners until the matter of get
ting the bitches tiled was settled
In his remarks, Mr. Bell made the
statement that since the work had
been contracted to be finished by Dec.
Is, and the ditch companies had aot
dried their ditch until Nov>nber, 1t
was evident they never intended to
tile them. Mr.. White responded that
| if the ditch people had not intended
to tile the ditch they would never
| have paid out $4,000 as their part OF
the pay for the tiling. Mr.. Slaughter
argued that the big snow of Decem-
Der had kept water in the ditch long
er than they anticipated and that this
was one thing they were not account
able for.
Smith Lea, as representative of vii
dy Lea, a ditch owner. stated in
maner not to be doubted that he mad
paid his part of the money toward til
| ing in good faith, and believed the
others had. He expressed confidence
in the council, saying he believed they
| would do the fair thing il the matter
After his remarks the joint meeting
broke up.
After the ditcn owners had left,
the committee il charge of the mat
ter expressed desire to hear what
| the other councilmen thought they
| should do in the case.
Mr.. Kinsinger said: Act with equi-
ty, justice and discretion"
Mr.. Whiteman said: Abandon the
old contract and make a new one"
| Mr.. Johnson said: From wnat has
been said tonight, the mistake was
all the fault of the ditch people. 1t
is not our fault that the tili1g is not
satisfactory. 1t is their mistake
| Mr. Bell said: eff the committee
| finds that the ditch people have vio-
lated their contract with the city, the
| city should not lose cent because of
their mistakes Under any new con-
| tract they may make the city should
not pay cent of the expenses of
tiling or repairing the bitches. Fur
| thermore, the city has paid out thou
sands of dollars bridging the bitches
wnen the territorial law provides that
| the ditch companies should do it.
The city has donated enough in this
manner to tile the bitches and, if for
no other reason, the ditch companies
should bear all the expense now"
Mr.. Wiseley, a member of the COM
mittee then suggested that an offer
| made by Joseph Carper & Sons as
settlement of this question be read
This offer was to drill enough wells
below the city to furnish as much wa
right of the company calls for above
the city, for $4,000. The offer of the
Carper firm is as follows:
To the Hon. Mayor and Council of
the City of Roswell, N. M. and to
the owners of the Pierce-Cunning-
ha Ditch in Chaves Co., n. NJ.
Gentlemen:-I hereby submit to you
the following proposition
will drill a sufficient number of
artesian wells any where on the right
of way of the above named ditch at
any point between the East bank Of
the Hondo river and the east line of
the City limits of the City of Roswell,
N NJ, to furnish Eight cubic feet of
water per second, Cor as mucn water
!. as said ditch owners are entitled to
under their appropriation) and case
said wells in a good workman like
manner for the sum of Twenty eight
Hundred Dollars, money to be paid
when the wells are completed ald the
quantity of water is supplied.
Roswell, N NJ, JAN 26, 1907.
JOSEPH CARPER & SONS.
1t was argued that since the ditch
is said to lose AZ per cent of it's flow
in passing through Roswell, the arte-
sian well scheme would be gain OF
AZ per cent for the owners and there
fore should be desirable for them
But DR.. Kinsinger reported that some
Of the ditch owners would not even
listen to a well proposition; that he
had tried them. With these facts and
figures, the matter was put in the
hands of the special committee.
Before adjournment the council
passed the following resolution, pro
posed by Mr.. Robinson. doing so by
suspension of the rules:
Resolved; That after the passage
of this resolution, no salary shall be
paid any city employee until he shall
have made good any injury to city
property through his fault, Or SO long
as there shall remain unexecuted any
order issued to him by the Mayor, the
council, or any of the proper com
mittees, thereof"