Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-21
BUSINESS
FEATURE OF THE
COUNCIL LAST
EVENING
Reports From City Officers,
Half a Dozen Small Bills, 9
Petition for An Arc Light,
Make Up Bulk Of Business.
CEMETERY PETITION
GRANTED BY COUNCIL

Routine was the watch word ai the
city council last night. the only item
az all aside from the usual guH OF
things being the petition Tot permits.
sion to open and operate cemetery
south OF the city, which the council
granted. and a petition for n light In
s,iartiheziOwn, which was referred TO
the building, HIGHT and fuel committee
The meeting Was called TO order BY
Mayor John w. elder, who announced
lhRi the petition OF g. Burkhari and
seventeen others, for the right 10 open
and operate u cemetery south at the
city. witch had been referred 10 the
board of hcalth had been fayorably
scsed upon. The council thefeupon
Rfantcd the petition. Under the
statutes. the city has Jurisdiction Ia
health matters. Tor one mile oo.s'Ie
the city llmita The northern bound,
AIRY Of the proposed cemetery IL 26io
feet south OF the city limits.
Mr. Burkhart, having been given
permission. then addressed the coun-
ell In regard 20 the arc lIsht Of Ninth
and Copper avenues. which he said
had not been burning since October
10. Mr.. y. r woy. manager OF the
electric light company stated that
complaint had only been made last
Thursday and that lamp trouble hal
prevented their getting II fixed bsicic
yesterday. but that he believed 4 was
burning las, night,
\ petition was presented By Frank
Sedilio and 20 others all resident and
taxpayers living IN that section OF the
lefty known ~ Martinextown, asking
that the council establish an are light
In that section. preferably at North
Arno stree, aud Monatain road. The
petition stated that the taxpayers he.
lieved that ilght there would lessen
the necessity Tor police protection.
and so be more economical 10 the
city. Isaac Earth, ny permission.
spoke 10 the council IN favor OF the
Hight. urging that the MartIhez,own
people paid taxes as do the rest OF
the ci,y's residents set had never had
any provision whatever made for
lighting their streets. The MISTER
was referred 10 the building, light
aud fuel cemmitses
A pesiiion from Waldo Watkins TO
open shoe shining place In car
AZ 3i7 Yves, Central avenue. by Az
vice OF the marshal and city attor-
ney, MAS referred TO the building IN
speetof, II was thought that the place
might be violation OF the IRE or.
dinances
The Non.Sectarian Benevolent so
clety presented petition asking the
city 10 pay for the connection OF their
property AZ Third street and Mountain
road TO the city sewer, which they
had been notified 20 do within ~ DAYS
I The natter was referred 10 che
finance committee rhe request was
made on the ground thar the society
lid charitable work IN AibuqueFqac.
aad was not able 10 pay Tor the sewer
connection without taking that money
away from work OF charitable char
nctcr
The reports OF the city officers wcse
read and referred 10 their respective
| port showed more than 400 feet of
cement sidewalks constructed during
October. and the city phyhicians re-
p0r, showed two scarlet fever quaran.
tines In eject. This official gave I,
as his opinion that the disease had
been contracted at the state fair.
No committee reports were pre-
scented
Half a dozen small bills were pre-.
rented aud allowed and the aged aues-
tl0n OF an adobe house blocking Noun
tain road again brought up. Mr.. Auge
al the committee on removal or the
house, stated that nothing definite
had been done In the matter.
City Attorney Collins reported thai
Ia the matter OF the aoeqnia which
the city was endeayoring 10 close IN
The southern part Of the city. that one
ease would likely como up at The end
OF the week. Ms soon AZ the jury had
been dismissed. ANA recommended
that the council settle the claim OF y.
Klelnwori Tor $3.50 instead OF the SEES
agreed upon as q maximum. for dam
age done By closing the ditch. rathar
than have the affair 10 into court.
This was carried. This leaves a suit
pending. sor an Injunction TO pre-.
vent the ditch being closed hroueh,
| By Porillo Chavez, and one to be
appealed by Tomas Apodaca. but
neither Of these with affect the clos
IRE. The suit 10 be tried Saturday,
| probably IL that of Mr Metz.
| Upon motion OF Alderman y. n
Coen. the building inspector was en-
rtrucled so lnspect frame and iron
shack usel hi VA. Futrelle ~ q gar