La Junta tribune., 1908-01-25
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Ieer lights. Good water supply and
Other Mstters co~sio.ss

utar s.nl-nonthly session al the CITY
hall last Monday night, Mayor Barr
presiding and all of the aldermen
being present.
Under the first order of business
the mayor called for communica-
tions and petitions. and looked some
what non pluss.d when the city
clerk informed him that there were
none. II is very seldom tina, some one
does not have a petition for some
thing. and almost equally as rare
that some individual isn't represent
ed with communication making d
kick about something.
The committee appoint to in
vestigatc the application If }. F.
Prinster for an extension Of the city
water mains to his slaughtcr house
across the Santa Fe tracks. reported
unfavorably The extensioH would
involve an expenditure Of about
81 400 for laying new pipe. and sufti-
cient revenue from prospective con-
sumers would not be derived in a
hundred years to recompenSe the
city for the outlay. The report Of
the committee was adopted.
Alderman Phillips, of the finance
committee. which was appointed to
investigate the prospect OF dispoSing
of city warrants for the amount
needed to extend the water system
across the river. about SO. go. re-
ported that the First National Bank
of this city would take them at a
discount Of five per cent. The war
rants draw six per cent interest.
Unless the city can secure a better
proposition this offer will be ac-
cepted.
The electric light committee
recommended that an are light be
placed at the intersection Of San
Juan avenue and Second street. and
that the arc ligh; near the railroad
hospital be removed The city nov
has thirty-three are street lights IN
service The committee was in
structed TO interview the powers
that be of the La Junta Electric
Company and make an effort 10
secure better quality of light
Notwithstanding the much yaunted
enormous expense of making eNten
sive improvements at the local plant
it was the concensus of aldermanic
opinion that the present light SER
vice was about the poorest ever ex-
p-rienced in the history OF the city
Some of the dads were in favor o.
having the wires tapped by AN ex-
pert for the purpose of ast,erta:ning
whether the light company was
delivering the goods for which the
city is paying.
Ordinance No. Isl vacating Ger
tain alleys in the Bradish addition
was placed on its first reading. The
alleys in blocks I, 10 and II in the
Bradish addition now run east and
west. and the city will exchange
these with Mr.. Bradish for an equal
amount of right-of-way through the
same blocks north and south. in
order to give an outlet for the sewer
which is about to be put in.
Ordinance No. lS2. making the
appropriations for the ensuing fiscal
year, was placed upon its tirst read
ing The ordinance in full will be
found in another column Of this is
sue. The estimated corporate ex-
penses of this municipality for the
ensuing fiscal year are $500 as
compared to S45 500 last year, an in
crease of so, 800. This increase is
occasioned by the proposed exten
sion of the water system across the
river.
Alderman lnge. of the special
committee having charge Of the pre-
liminary work of developing a water
supply across the river. reported
that the test well is twenty-eight
feet deep. three feet deeper than the
test well but down about a month
ago. the water from which analyzed
seventy-three grains of solids. The
analysis Of our present supplyshowed
$50 grains of solids. evidencing the
fact that the North La Junta water
is about 400 per cent better in quail
ity. The water in the new test well
is another flow and comes from very