Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-18
CLUBS MUST CLOSE
ON SUNDAYS AND
PAY LICENSE
LIKE SALOON
City Council Instruots Attor.
ney to Notify Secretaries OF
Various Organizations, Al.
dermen Asked to Remove
Red Light District.
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TO
BE NEARLY DOUBLED

\ fisi cinss stca n are engine nu
automobile chassis tor one of thn
combination hose wagons now in rho
'iiy's possession ana q complete new
and greatly enlarged hrp alarm sys
iem are things for whose construe.
ton or suppN he tue COmuitiee was
instructed .o advertise toi bids 1T che
W,DinR of me civ council held last
night la tho council chnmbcrs ia Tho
kothor building The council consii.
cred petition ~ the Good Citizns
League OF Bcrnalillo County rcgard-
ing the abolition OF the rcdlieht dis
tFict. and sponi 20 miEuioa In oXccu
I've session. besides taking az mum
bcr of other matters
The IRE committee. through Chair.
man Coen, reported that The equip.
ment needed BY The city 10 lslaco It's
irr fighting force In proper condition
would cost about s2200o.
Dr Wroth then said that while 1t
was uudcrstoOd by all that the citv
could not stand that At present. he
believed there Vas way out OF tho
difficulty
There is NJ present an amount of
$1,000 lying In the city treasury as a
surplus from various funds. be-
liove some OF II has been there five
OF six years II we take that and add
100 N the sum OF $1,000 from the gen.
cral fund. we can buy the most ini.
poran apparatus, and. am inform
ID by the ere committee. will he on.
nhlci to get along for eight months
~ year without further additions
The question OF IN. legality of
transferring this surplus 10 fund for
purchasing mr. equipment came NJ.
and Hugh Collins. city attorney. was
called upon. He said that he believed
II might he done. II the funds when
were lying IN the treasury were
there for no. particular purpose, and
formed no par, ot sinking fund
Dr Wroth moved that the $1,000
be transferred, " II could he legally
done, Go iund Tor the purpose of
buying lire apparatus, ana that So.
600 rom the general fund bc added
10 H. This was carried
Nj Conu recommended that thir
money D. expended IN ihc purchase
~ firsi.class. hOrs.-drawn steali
file engine on automobile chassis
for one of the existing combination
trucks. and In the installation ol q
complete new alnrm sSslcm of about
twentN-luur stations He said this
would cost about ST. 900
Dr Wtoth moved that, pending the
legality OF the transfer. Mr Coen b.
authorized TO advertise tor bids Tor
furnishing The cqnipmen named
TINS was carried
Shortly after eight o'clock, Mayol
Elder called the council 10 order
the roll call showing Councilmou
Wroth. Cocn Augc COnroy and
Rotdy present Councilman Charlie
cdluo Ia few minutes later. and az
icr the reading OF the minutes the
council went into executive session
ON noiioI OF Mr Conroy
w. n. Berger Of the firm OF Berger
and Biachvogol. and Policeman Mon
tOya were called into HIS session
city Attorney Hugh J Collins ANA
CHIEF o Police Thomas McMiiin did
NOT leave tho room with the other
city officials and spectators present.
put remained close,ed with ,hc coua.
tl Throughout It's deub"ra ions
ON the rcsu Hptiou OF the open
session number ot bills we're al.
lowed ana "a petition from shameless
and Thmsi0n Tor the issuance of
rcH'l liquor license was presented