Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-16

be allowed a salary of $3.50 per
month. 1t Is humiliating to n man
in a professional capacity to know
that men working under him Will re-
ceive and do receive salaries greater
than his own. In addition to this his
responsibilities are great enough to
warrant the Increase in salary as the
t%council will hold him responsible 70.
the correct administration of detail
ed matters.
Second. In regard to the consult
ing engineer we have two propositions
before us. both of which are attached
| would advise the acceptance of Mr.
Gray's proposition as we have always
believed that the putting of a consult
ing engineer upon the work designed
by another engineer would simply
lead to trouble, and as long as we
have accepted the plan of Mr.. Gray
it is no more than common justice
that he should carry it out to a sue
cessful issue.
Third. In the matter OF the rail
road contract with the city. we would
advise the appointment of a special
committee to consider this with the
new general manager n ascertain
what can be done, As is well known,
in the enlargement of the yards ii
became necessary for the railroad to
take land under which the eve ran
The agreement, as | understand it
| was hat the railroad com2any should
and would relay the sewer upon 9TH
er land. They have been prepared
for the past year to carry out this
| contract and have sufficient pipe to
do the same and of a larger calibel
than the original sewer The railroad
company has been in correspondence
with the sewer committee for the past
six months requesting permission to
go ahead and finish this contract but
owing to the approaching bond cleo
ton they were requested to wait un-
til we knew the result of sale cleo
tion. In the consideration of this
matter ii must be borne in mine that
the railroad company have a water
treating plant using chemicals; that
the effect of these chamicals is to
throw out sewage in the form of q
sludge and this condition would bt
the same in either the old or new
sewer. | would therefore suggest iu
! view OF the fact that We intend to
abandon tho Third street sewer from
the upper end of the shops to the
outlet. that arrangements be made
with the railroad company to take
over this old sewer for such drainage
as may come from those treating
plants and give the city the pipe they
have already purchased for use In
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Of this. however, | leave entirely to
the special committee.
The engineering departI-c INT reports
that I'm the making of surveys they
find hat Marquette emu west of
the railroad tracks is blocked off by
coal sheds. 1t would be advisable to
refer this to the proper committee and
to ascertain by what right the streets
and alleys of this city are. taken pos
session of by private individuals or
corporations as It is impossible to run
a line across the railroad tracks on
Marquette avcnu owing to the block
ing of this street by structures that
we fail to find have been authorized.
, As a good deal of confusion and
delay has arisen from the fact that
there is no authority given chairmen
Of committees to contract for neces-
sary expense between the meetings of
the council, and especially has this
been the fact as regards the sewer.
There has been a demand to rush
this proposition. which should have
been done and the delay has neces-
sarily arisen and has come from the
fact that the committee has not had
the right to employ men In the en-
cheering department. The council
are perfectly ware that some two
months ago this committee requested
permission to add two parties to the
field. which permission was denied on
the ground that we had better wait
for the result of the election. Now
that the election has been suceesstul
II is absolutely necessary tina an IN
creased force be thrown at once into
the work. but in view of the fact h a
such contingencies are liable to occur
your committee would present
the following resolution. which we re-
quest should be adopted:
RESOLVED: That the chairmcn OF
shall-with the concur
renee of such committccs-have the
to incur necessary as wen as
expense. in such depart
nent. subject to the approval OF the
at its next meeting.
we feel that 1t can be safely left
to the discretion of the committee
no unusual expense will be con-
save only that which Is alb
vital and necessary for the
successful prosecution OF their work.
In conclusion permit US to say that
there has been a good deal OF
criticism regarding the slowness
with which this work has progressed
his delay has been caused by the fact
hat the committee hes had nc author
Is to hurry UP these matters. even
r ough their own personal opinion
ed them to the conclusion that the
money spent IN advance would really
De a gain in time.
We also feel that the engineering
as independent one. and
treets. sewers and buildings. should
De- placed in the hands Of = commits
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