Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-04
For First Time in History Com
misSionerS LiQuidate all Bills
for Quarter In a Bunch.
STRICTLY BUSINESS Is
ADMINISTRATION MOTTO
Board Holds One of the Busiest
Sessions on the Calendar at
Court House and Pays Out a
Big Sum of Money

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Nothing could prove more clearly
TO the taxpayer the emancipation of
Bernalillo county from gang rule thar
the meeting of the board of county
commissioners held yesterday at the
courthouse. At the meeting all the
bills for the quarter ending Septem-
her 30 were taken up like clockwork
examined, approved and warrants or
dered drawn.
Every single bill has beer paid"
said President Alfred GrunsfeId. after
the adjournment of a strenuous all
day session last evening, IAN the
county begins the quarter with a clear
slate"
This state of affairs has not existed
before in the past twenty years of
Bernaliilo county's history. 1t is a
state OF affairs which should be a
source OF the ~reatest satisfaction to
every business man in Bernalillo
county. 1t means that instead of the
county's money being spent for the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the bunch" IL is
being devoted to the running of the
affairs of the people.
For the first time for many weary
moons the county of Bernalillo is be-
ing run as any live business man
MOulu run MS DuHiltsSs anu llSltdu OF
buying school desks at $50 apiece, the
taxpaver knows that every cent of
taxes he digs up is being spent for his
own interests.
Every cent spent by a county Off
cial must he accounted for by a for
NAL requisition. and the commission
ers know where the county is at"
financially. to the fraction of a cent.
1t is hard for the officials to get
. hopatnhIx ,,ga1 70 the raut praaaIYra
and even Assessor Grunsfeld was
l~aughingly called on the carpet" by
Probate Clerk Walker this week for
a trifling expenditure made without
the necessary requisition. All bills not
thus authorized are promptly thrown
out by the commissioners with a me-
.chanieal precision which is agonizing
to members of the old regime.
A Busy Day.
The commissioners met yesterday
morning with President Alfred Gruns-
field. Commissioned NJ. X. Springer,
Policarpio ArmijO, Probate Clerk
Walker and Interpreter Seferino Crol-
lott present. After adjourning for
dinner the board r~econvened in the aft
and concluded its session
about 4 y. m.
The petition to open a bubble road
from the Rio Grande 10 the sandhill
road to Isleta, filed by Tom f. Phe-
n others was approved. and
bond filed and approved. j. D.. Tor
lima. w. H. Burke and A. V. Tegner
appointed viewers. The road
viii be just south of the city and will
along the section line.
Road Supervisor Rafael Chavez, of
precinct s. was ordered to open a pub
ic road alleged to have been fenced
NJ by NJ. Montoya and Antonio Jose
Montoya.
The road supervisor was ordered to
widen a road made by Juan Sanchez y
from Padillas to the noun
providing same is found to be a
public road.
1t was voted to grant the request
If the Colorado Telephone company Z
be allowed to place fixtures and s
itring wires on the Barelas bridge 40 {
AIRY its lines across the river to Pa \
rito. Atrisco and Ranches de :
A~trisco. !
Felipe Herrera and Mateo Chavez a
we're ordered reprimanded for fast {
across the county bridge with
promise of prosecution If they re-
the offense. !
II was ordered that twenty gallons .
# vermicide in one gallon cans be !
purchased for use in the county jail ;
nd on other county premises. r
The commissioners received h GER q
ificatc Of r. ]. Palen. of Santa Fe. ;
ecretary of the territorial board Of =
ducation. as to the disposition of tax !
assessments appealed to the territorial a
All the appeals were rejected u
nd the commissioners sustained with
ne or two small exceptions. G
The bonds Of the following road y
supervisors were ordered approved: .
Felipe TrujillO. precinct l. Jose u
'enito Griego. precinct 3. Eugenio
'havez. precinct 4; Fidel A%podaca, :
5: Rafael Chavez, precinct 6;
)ario Chavez. precinct Z; Juan OIL y
uin. precinct 8: Filomena Mora, pre- a
10: Cleofas Sanchez. precinct II; ;
alvador C~andelaria, precinct IA; y
fanuel Gonzales V Nuanes, precinct !,
9: Anastacio Gutierrez. precinct "a. =
The butchers bond OF Epitacio Z
andoval was ordered approved. =
The following reports from justices !,
( the peace we're received: From !,
'enigno Anaya. precinct j; Felipe n
,omero. precinct 4: 7. A.. Gurule. pre- !,
r: lose r. Romero. precinct ID J,
,onaclano Garcia, precinct %, and !,
r. Craig. precinct 20. 81
The most of the day was spent in y
ding over the stack of bills which =
ad TO be attended to. About $4,000 =
as paid out II the general fund on .
he quarterly bills. and large amount. =
Of this. The financial affairs !,
T the county have been systematized
to a fine point, and for this rea- 81
the big batch Of business was at !"
ended to much more quickly than =,
nocSfhie a wear or two ago.