Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-31
COMMISSIONERS N
A STRENUOUS
SESSION
NUMEROUS PETITIONS
VERBAL AND WRITTEN
Committees Ask That Appro-
priation be Made for Canine
Real and W, H. GilIenwater
Requests Prior Attention to
His Claim.

The board of county commissioners
of Bernalillo county held a strenuous
and an extended session in the court
house yesterday afternoon, finally ad-
journing at o'clock with quite few
| matters still to be considered when
the session is reconvened at 10 o'clock
this morning. The construction Of
good roads. the repair of bad roads,
the opening OF roads which 1t is claim
| ed have been legally closed. the build
| ing OK wings dams along the Rio
Grinde from Alameda to Pajarito and
| the consideration of dozen other
matters, more or less important, oc-
cupied the greater portion of the day.
The good roads proposition was in
tected into the meeting when A. Il.
Stroup, representing the Good Roads
Commission of the. Commercial club,
and Felix II. Lester representing the
Good Roads Committee of the New
Mexico Automobile association, ap-
peared befoe the commissioners and
presented certain propositions which
the petitioners stated had already
been approved by their respective or
ganizations. Mr.. Stroup, on behalf of
the Commercial club asked that the
county be arranged as one road dis
trict, with one man responsible for
the road work and that all work be
done by contract as far as possible.
Mr.. Lester followed Mr.. ,Stroup and
told the commissioners that the auto
mobile association. al a recent meet
ing, had passed resolution request
ing the county to. appropriate $4,000
for the purpose of assisting in the
completion of the Canine Real to the
county line, the territory having |
agreed to appropriate $4,000 toward |
the work.
After Mr.. Stroup and Mr.. Lester |
had concluded their remarks and had |
been asked by District Attorney f. |
A. Mann that the good roads commit |
tees meet with him and discuss the
various propositions submitted. w. Fl. |
Gillenwater gained The floor and ask
ed that the commissioners refrain
making any appropriation for road
work in the county until his claim OF
S12, 900 for work done on Central ave-
nue. be paid in fun Mr. Gillenwater /
stated to the commissioners that he
was road supervisor of road district
No 3 in 1908 and that he had ex-
pended $4,000 Of his own money in
constructing road at the time OF the
Irrigation Congress which amount
had not yet been paid to him. Mr..
Gfllenwater made much the same |
statement to the commissioners as he
did some three weeks ago at a meet
ing OF the Commercial club, when
the matter of building the Canine
Real was first brought to the public
attention of the people of Albuquer-
que.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Grunsfsld, sec
onded by Mr.. Springer, all the good
roads matters were taken under adj
visement. aafDt
o,,,,,,,4ttao o.f auprafsars conafet-
ng Of ID A. Macpherson, G.. L. Brooks
and A. B. Stroup. were appointed to
view and appraise certain property
on West Central avenue which it was
in a petition, Is obstruct-
Ing the road.
County Commissioner A. ID. Ogle |
presented a report recommending that I
pile wing dams be constructed along
The Rio Grande west OF old Albu-
luerque near the church In Ranches
ie Atrisco, above Pajarito, north OF {
Atrisco and above the town of Pa
illlas Mr.. Ogle said that the Inn
were urgently needed and
suggested that they be completed be-
fore spring. A motion was carried
hat bids for the work be advertised f.
ind that It be done as quickly as pos
Iible according to the plans contained
In the report OF the surveyor
resolution was adopted which au-
thorizes the leasing of court room and
,ffice room for the federal court for
one year at an annual rental of $3.50,
payable quarterly.
The commissioners named the cleo
ion judges and clerks for the election
20 be held on January 2. at which the
Justices of the peace and constables
viii be elected L. H. Inglee, Felix
3eca and p. Hanley were named for ,
precinct No. 2 and II. F. Aspinwall
Alberto Armijo and j. A. Miller for
precinct No. 26, both of which are To-
,ated in Albuquerque.