Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-15

the city was concerned. He said in
conclusion that he believed the coun-
ell was bound by It's previous actior,
IL the American Light and Water
company made good it's promises. II
the bonds were passed and IL the
proper contract was agreed upon.
Mayor Lester said he id not see how
the city could suffer IL 1t employed
its own engineer, inspectors and time
keepers and kept business-like
check on the expenses of building the
sewer system. The matter of re-
considering the previous action of the
council then came to vote and Mr..
Hanley's motion to reconsider was
defeated by a vote of five to two, Mr..
Hanley and Mr.. Learnard voting in
favor of re-considering. Those op-
posing were Neustadt, Beaver, Coen.
Wroth and Ague.
DIR. Wroth said that while he had
voted with the majority of the coun-
ell for the sake of mointaining har-
mory, he was in favor Of re-consid-
Grafton If the council could do 1t le-
gally and that the only way for the
sewer to be built was to vote upon
the bonds and then throw themselves
open to all bidders and accept the
best proposition. ITS the only
square deal" said DR.. wroth.
The talk mace before the council
oy Mr.. Rogers. of Los Angeles, threw
some interesting light on the subject
of sewer construction. MIR. Rogers
told the members of the council that
his company would submit lower bid
than the Kansas City company If CIV
en- a chance. He also said that he
had talked with California brokers
and ascertained that Albuquerque
sewer bonds could be sold without
trouble at a premium. Mr.. Rogers
also said that his company was thor
oughly reliable and would give any
bond required that it would carry
out its contract to the letter.
He said that If given an opportun-
ity to submit a bid, his company
would make a proposition along lines
similar to the bid submitted by the
Kansas City company for the same
work at less money
The council, however, did not re-
consider its action and after a busy
session, adjourned at $3.50 O'Clock.
II am heartily in favor of a sewer
system and will do anything l can
to help get it," said a large property
owner today, but l am afraid that
the action of the council last evening
in not leaving the question open to
competitive bidding may prejudice
the voters against a 0ond issue which
would be a misfortune. / would not
only favor and work for a bond issue
to build a sewer system but 1 would
also support a bond issue for street
paving and general municipal i'm
provement, were l given a chance.
am in favor of building up greater
Albuquerque as quickly as possible
and of using our credit to do it with.
"In the present case, however, the
people will not vote for a bond issue
unless they are assured that the work
is being done at the lowest price con-
sistent with good work and that there
is NO Joker in the deal anywhere.
think that the city council should re-
pair the harm its action may have
done by asking the Kansas City com
pany TO release II from further obli-
cation in the matter. / believe that
the bond issue should be submitted
to an election OF the people and that
thereafter bids should be called for
and all bids received should oe given