Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-22

Central avenue be paved from the
Santa Fe tracks to Fifth street, and
the motion as adopted by the city
council, contemplated that Central
avenue east of the Santa Fe tracks
should be brought to grade. Your
Central avenue west or Fifth street
should be brought to grade. You
committee reports that in accordance
with said direction of the city coun-
Gil at It's meeting on May 18th, Gen.
trail avenue has been brought to
grade from the city limits on the
west and practically completed to
Sixth street and work is being rush
ed and is progressing satisfactorily,
so that within short time the ave-
nue. will be brought to grade from
the west limits of the city to Fifth
street. Your committee desires fur
ther to report that considerable work
has been done on Central avenue
east of the tracks, In the way of
bringing the avenue to grade, work
having been done principally in the
eastern limits of the city between
Hill street and Walnut street. In
this connection, we have attached
hereto, and marked Exhibit "a" and
made a part of this report. the re-
port of the street commissioner as
to the amount of work done by him
under the direction Of the street COM
mittee from the 1st day Of May, 1908.
down to and including the 10th day
of September, 1908.
1t is the intention of the street
committee to take up the work of
putting Arno street at grade from
the southern boundaries OF the city
to Marquette avenue, as directed by
the city council in their resolution
of May 18th.
Your committee further reports
that the work on Tijeras road from
l. E.ghth street to the city limits has
been completed, including the side
streets from Tijeras road to Central
avenue from Ninth to Fourteenth
streets.
(Fonowing is paragraph stricken
out):
The committee desires to call the
councils attention to the fact that
never since the institution of the city
was any work done towards putting
Tijeras road in a passable condition
until the work done by this adminis-
tration this spring on this street. And
on this street within the past few
years, a number of very substantial
| residences have been constructed,
anu before the work done by this
committee on this street, 1t was al
most impossible as a thoroughfare,
| because of the mud holes.
Between Fourth and Sixth streets
on Tijeras road. also, the street was
| brought to grade: this section of IT,
jeras road being a piece of street
that was a disgrace to the city be-
fore this work was done. We con-
slider now Tijeras road to be in good
condition, the work that has been
| done on this street being of per-
| manent character and nature.
Relative to the needed improve
ments to Iron avenue, your COM
mittee reports that we have given
this subject a great deal of consid-
Grafton and have requested the city
engineer to make estimates and
measurements as the basis of re-
port to the street committee. The
city engineer has not, as yet, COM
! pleted his labors in this regard and
pending the time of the completion
of his work, so that it may have ih-
! telligent information to go upon, we
l
! on the work necessary to be done on
this street.
In the report submitted to your
honorable body on May 18th, a re-
/ concentration was therein made that
| the opinion in writing, of the city at
| torney be requested "as to whether
OF not, under the law. it is in the
/ power Of the city to compel the
,s,fstNr IN ha
abutting the respective pieces of prop
! erty." At a subsequent meeting of the
city council, the city attorney, in
| compliance with the request, SUBJ
mitted for the consideration OF the
! council, an opinion in writing, in
which he states that 81 am firmly
! convinced that your honorable body
/ is empowered to take such steps as
| may appear to you to be necessary
! in the said question of paving, as here
| inbefore specified, and that In doing
so. IL the provisions of Chapter AZ
/ Of the Laws Of 1903 are followed, ex-
| cept as herein otherwise provided,
I the action OF the mayor and city
council in the matter of paving will
come within the provisions of laws
/ especially empowering them to take
: thu action"
/ BY reference TO the opinion OF
! the city attorney. submitted for the
| cor sideration OF the council. It will
/ BE found that the opinion OF the city
attorney Is to the effect that Section
/ 2s15 of the Compiled Laws OF 1887
/ is still in existence and is the law Of
/ the territory which provides: Quot
/ ing from the opinion of the city at
! torney.)
For the concurrence of a major
/ 'ty of two-thirds OF the whole num-
/ Der OF members elected TO the city
! council In the resolution providing
| for paving or other street improve
| .nents, unless there shall have been
| fled with the city clerk or city coun-
ell a written petition OF at least two
I thirds OF all property affected by the
| said paving or street improvements,
! by reason OF the cost OF the same be-
/ irg taxed against the abutting prop
! eIty owners" 1t will be seen, there