Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-04-17
WORK BY THE
BOARD Of TRADE
Tree Planting and
theSanta Fe River
Boulevard
DELGAD0 Street BRIDGE
Lively Discussion Of Matters
of Public Interest by
Members.

The Santa Fe Board of Trade held |
a we'll attended and interesting meet |
ing last evening in the offices of the
Santa Fe Water and Light Company.
Presidert Prince was in the chair,
Secretary Don W. Lusk at his desk
and Corresponding Secretary A. n.
Brodhead and Treasurer A. l.. Nor
rson were the other officers present.
j. P. Wagner was elected to mem
ership and was present at the meet
ing.
A. L. Morrison verbally rendered
his resignation as treasurer of The
Board and Carl A. Bishop was elected
to the position and accepted the Of
flee He will call on members during
the next few days for the payment OF
their dues.
The committee that had been APP
,pointed to consider consolidation OF
he commercial bodies of the city e.
ported through Paul A. +. Walter and
a. H. Brodhead, the basis it had pro
posed for such consolidation and the
unofficial answer given it through the
press on the part of the Commercial
Club declining to consider sI>h con-
solidation. The committee was
thereupon discharged.
Professor j. A. Wood. for the joint
committee on Chautauqua, 'eported
that a formal report had been pre-
pared, but had been sent to DOCTOR
Edgar l.. Hewett at Washington 1Qr
revision and would be ready for 1he
next regular meeting.
A. H. Brodhead, for the committee
oon tree planting reported the plans lol
1909 as outlined in a recent artlcle ~
the Daily New Mexican and laid es
pecial stress upon the proposed llah1
ing of trees along the River Boule
ward. Mayor Jose D. Sena on behai1
Of the CITY authorities, having prom
ised to grade, run line ara prepaie
The, holes for the trees.
River Boulevard.
Tn this connection. the followlhs
resolution was offered and its adop
ton moved by Frank P. Sturges:
"Resolved, That the Board o
Trade ask the Honorable Mayor AM
the Honorable City Council to pas
an ordinance declaring the river roa'
on the north side OF the Santa Fe rive
from the eastern city limit 10 III
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad brldg
"a public highway and secure the re
moyal of the unsightly and unsan
tary manure pile in full view OF tn
Executive Mansion and grounds,
necessary condemning such strips
land as are in private ownership.
r. L, Baca was appointed comm
tee to present the resolution 10 III
City Council at it's next meeting. h
assured the Board of Trade that Tn
city authorities are ready to co-ope
ate in every movement for the bette
ment of the city.
In the discussion OF the resoiutle
it was brought out that strips OF lar
for the river boulevard had been q
mated and taken by the city Wit
out compensation, but upon the g
press promise that the road shou
be completed; that any other strips
land needed are not near as vaiuap
as the land already donated ana IN
the construction of the bouleva
would increase the value OF aDuttn
lots to such an extent that a boa
of appraisers would assess no da
ages against the city for taking t
necessary land. 1t was pointed
that the adobe house erected at t
entrance of the Galisteo bridge W
built on made land, abutting on
street leading from Water street
the bridge, and was therefore on Ct
property. AS it was erected only
few years ago, no title mas vested
prescription in the squatter and the
fore now is the time to compel t
.squatter to evacuate the ground.
was also reported, that the owner
the Closson Livery stable Is ready
abate the nuisance caused by dun
ing manure on the river bank and Il
not much trouble or expense wo7
be incurred by extending the boz
ward over the ground now taken
by the manure heaps.
Return OF Donated Land.
Ex-Governor l.. B. Prince and II
b. M. Read were appointed conn
tee to confer with the New Mex
Central Railroad Company to sec
the return to the Board OF Trade
the tracts Of lands which the Bo
had given the railroad company VI
express condition that the comps
erect its shops thereon. The CT
s,.apy .hovinm failad to do this,