Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-18

In session far too heated 20 DO
exactly comfortable and marked ~
exhaustive arguments. some hot tD
the boiling point, with the safety go
ing off at regular intcrsals. the city
council last niaht decided BY a vote
OF six to Two 60 award the contract
for the proposed paving OF Centruf
avenue from broadway TO Fifth aud
second atrcet frcm silver 20 Tijeraa
to the Texas Bitulithic company ard.
despite Mayer Elders veto. the
iongcd-for paving In assured. At an
other apecial meeting called for TO-
night for the confederation OF thc
mayors veto the motion will bo
pasaed over the veto by the xtr1r
vote and all viii be- over except the
pleasure afforded by the hnowieGgo
OF dry and snudiens feet.
Immediately after a rathsr harty
notian for eelenrnmsnt had peen
passed MhyDt Eidtr 1hnooneed hts
Intention 10 Vato the action and
called a special session for tonight
for the consideration OF the veto. IN
his action Mayor Elder should not bo
misunderstood. Primarily the veto
should not be taken 20 Indicate op-
position 10 paving. for such a view
would be incorrect. 10 say the least.
Mayor Elder n and has been IN
favor Of the general paving propoFi-
tion. Also. he IN not. In taking this
stand. attempting 20 place hlndfnnces
In the way OF the bituIlthic people.
when Mayor Elder vetoed the actlon
he naturally realised that II would stn
passed over his head and consequctEt-
~ u is perfectly evident that his OBJ
iect was not 90 cause the death %
the paving resolution. Instead. lsis
object was merely to register pro-
test against the mothod pursued -
obtain the generally desired result.
paved streets. k
by vetoing the councils action tht
mayor places himself on record as
favorlnR the administration OF tho
paving business by the people direct
~ concerned instead OF by this coun-
cil as a viii he done. while AZ the
same time he does not interfere with
the much needed paving. Mayor Hl-
ders favorable attitude TO paving N
evidenced by tho absence of delay
la calling special meeting rs act
on his veto, thus insuring the iiume-
diatc negotiation of the necessary
RA"NN'NNf
As "a result of the action taken
Tuesday night by the Commercial
club. Presldent simon stern and a
considerable delegation from that
body were present 10 urge the sfia
mediate paving sf the streets. and it
was 20 quite an extent due to the
commendablc action aud efforts of
,he Commercial rlu5 that the desired
result vas obtalned.
white the aldermen and several
others present contributed 90 the ar
gument pro and con. finally u was up,
60 r. V. LanhHm. representative OF
the Texas liitulithic company. to de-
tend his product. while n. 4. stamnt.
who has cuntinuaily ADVOCATED the
Barber product IA being just a. Bovd
II not hotter paving at q saving of
90 cents on the square yard. was
armcd with telesrams, letters aud
clippings alleging the inferlority of
tho bitulithic. AZ times the argn-
men, bceame quite warm. 90 such aIs
extent IN fact. as 40 caiA forth q
protest from one Of the aldermen.
A. soon as the session was called
TO order and tho ron called,
showing full attendance, Alderman
wroth presented a resolution seitiub
forth the depiorabie conditions OF ting
downtown streets aud. considering
the seemingly general desire for my
mediate paving on all sides, moved
that final action on the paving prop
osition be- taken without further dew
lay. Seconded by Alderman RsidS
tho resolution was carried all yoiln1
yes" with the exception Of Aidec
man Clark.
MIR. Clark agreed that the streets
are a disgracc 10 the town. but eon-
tended that nothing was TO bn gained
by letting the contrast last night Mr..
clark has always advocated . con-
sorvatlNe. look k-belofe-you-leap pol
Hoy, and II was his opinion that the
paving would be useless without the
storm sewer, and an ON obstacle 70
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