Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-02-14
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE PROPOSAL FOR
sewer SYSTEM FOR LAS VEGAS

the committees plan. He said it wa
equitable because the man who get
the benefit pays the toll. He said
sewer system is an absolute necesst
ty because of the fact that seepag
from the higher part of the city OF
the north is communicating tn,
flats.
F. H. Pierce, a member of the com
mittee, spoke in favor of the plan
He cited the same reasons as Mr.
Kelly for the necessity of a sewer
system. Mr.. Pierce, on being ques
toned by councilmen, said the Aqua
Pura company has an abundant sup
ply of water and can keep the sew
ers well flushed.
Finally the meeting became entire
ly informal. Committee members
and councilmen, with the business
men present, gathered about the
room in groups and talked about ev.
cry phase of the situation. The
buzz of conversation sounded like the
hum of talk at church social.
When Mayor Goodall called the
meeting to order Alderman Bacha-
rach introduced his resolution. 1t was
adopted in hurry and the meeting
adjourned, in complete harmony. The
meeting was called especially for
the purpose of discussion of the sew
er situation. The call was so ar
ranged that action taken last night
is legal and binding. The resolution
was passed under a suspension of the
rules, which made it unnecessary to
lave it read three times, as is the
egular procedure.
Following is the resolution in full: |
Resolution No. I.
A resolution declaring it to be
necessary and proper to have
constructed and maintained a
sewer system in certain part
of the city of Las Vegas, New
Mexico.
Be 1t Resolved by the City
Council of the City OF Las We
gas New Mexico: That the re-
port of the special committee OF
citizens on a sewer system recon-
mending that the portion of the
city to be covered by the sewer
be that portion which is describ-
ed as follows: The main line of
the Santa Fe Railway company
on the east; the Hot Springs
track OF the same company on
the south and west; and San
Francisco street from Twelfth
street to Mora avenue. Fried
man avenue from Mora avenue to
Sixth street, Baca avenue from
Sixth to Fourth street, line
midway between Baca avenue and
Washington from Fourth street
to Grand avenue, and Garfield
avenue from Grand avenue to the
main line of the Santa Fe Rail
way company on the north; be
and the same hereby is approved
and adopted, and that the thanks
OF the city council be and the
same hereby is extended to the
said committee; and that the
said committee be given further
time to pursue it's Investigations
and submit a further report.
Be 1t Further Resolved by the
City Council of the City of Las
Vegas, New Mexico: That in the
opinion of the city council of the
city of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
it is necessary and proper to have
Immediately constructed and
maintained a sewer system in
that portion of the said City OF
Las Vegas which is described as
follows. The main line of the
Santa Fe Railway company on
the east; Lincoln avenue to
Tenth street on the south; on the
west by line from the center
of the intersection of Tenth
street and Douglas avenue east
along Douglas avenue to the
center of Ninth street; thence
roughly north to Columbus ave-
nue., thence along Columbia east
to Eighth street; thence North to
Friedman avenue; on the north
by Friedman avenue from Mora
avenue to Sixth street. Baca ave
nue. from Sixth street to Fourth
street, a line midway between