Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-19
RESOLUTION FOR
PAVING ADOPTED
BY COUNCIL
Definite Action Taken Last
Night When City Clerk Is
Instructed to Advertise for
Bids for Improvement.
MAYOR ELDERS VETO
PROVES OF NO AVAIL

street. and SECOND street from IT
i.ras road to silver avenue was
pounded into d,gnIt, shape hstl
night 1s the result Of resolution
adopted by unanimous vote ~ the
city council providing for the i'm
! proyomcut ana asking for bids to be !
! u.d With the city clerk not later
! than August Tho council adopted
o. resolution providing for the paving
over the veto of Mayor J. ". Elder
! jh. following aldermen voting yea,
! when the clerk read tue roll call;
, Nug,. Coon. Cunruy. sherwood,
Thomas. R,dy snd Wroth Alderman
CLARK, ls out of the cits. The rcsoiu-
uuu provides that ih, paving shall be-
done on Central avenue and second
street under the law ot 1908, as re-
lqucstcd by majority OF the prop
I'rty owners uu thoss streets. Who
took ,lc uItiitN, ~ asking the couu-
| 100 Co designate a paving district
Tho mayors veto ON the PROPOSE
| lion Go pave under the 1908 law. WAS
recorded Monday night when the
mayor iu explaining his action. said
that iu his opinion th, law of 1903
was not the proper one under which
90, Improvement work should be- at
tempted
Mayor Elder last night read quite
Il l,ngthy message tp the aldermen,
saying among other things that he
was anxious to see tho streets of NJ
huuuorlu, paved at the earliest pose
sihlc date, bet thut fos many reasons
iu connection with the law OF 1898,
ana 100 view ut the complications
which attended the building of the
sewer. ~ believed that t would be
Cor The hest interest ot gll concerned
| that tho work be done under tho law
To- 1903 Tn, mayors message In
part follows.
Gent mon of the Council NJ IN,
sp,eia meeting Of the council held
on Jun, -, 1911. a resolution wa,
passed tlat the paving OF the streets
Doe done under tho law Of 1919. Al 10.
Irregular meeting held ON July ~
i9il, the following amendment -
Ithi, resolution was adopted.
Resolved. ThHt an paving shall 10,
performed under The territorial law
of l9ea providing th, citizens iu hay
ing paving laid whose property is ~
roctlv affected may by petition solec
the law under which they prefer q
have the sncfnl work dome
This amendment dlsnpproycd e
once and for the reasons which Wil
now boz giycu
Under lbc law of 1908 tho decision
a. o. the material used. m, letting %
the contract. the aportioninR 81 IA
asS' ssmruts, In short everything per
tanning To- the laying of an. pavcmop
ana provision fur tho payment, b. dt
cidDd ana ordered 20, council 40 ad
vi~urN commission Us provided tor uu
der this law and non, created woul
have any authority which counc
would b, bound to follow or r,Spoc
Under the law 90 1909 eyerythin
pertaining 20 the paving is decide
upon and carried out by 4 commits
sion eft thr,c appointed from m
~ ahuuing property holdcrs-that
- from those who viii pay The bin
- The two laws are practically m
no sumc 49, 20 the method of nnaucn
an the work except that the law of 100
nt gives little more latitude and allow
no the commission to issue bonds %
he so desires The paEt OF section
n. which Is applicable To- this qucstio
he reads.
ne I'm order TO hasten The work. an
TO To provide FUNDS to PAY the contrac
l;a or tIo board may borrow money.
IN a sum not exceeding the ostimat,
'k cost OF said work, at the lowest ra
ng OF interest obtainnblc not cNccedii
Ter eight per ccutum per aunum, a.
may pledge all uucollcctcd asses
an mcuts for the repayment thereof.
loi la fun a number ct provisions of II
he law ~ 1908. after which he quot
Iol several sections uf the law 81 1870
Is outlining tho procedure for pavi
l'S under the act
- Following the reading of the ma
~, or's message. Alderman Roldy intr
~, duc"d the following resolution. pr
~, yiding that an bids for pavi
shall %, in the hands OF the Ell
clerk ON or before August .. tho res
ution being adopted by ununimo
.. vote.
whereas. tho city council OF I
IN city of Albuquerque has complied
~ AN things vita an the roquircmci
Of section !, 2 and 3 of chapter
Of IN" nets of The Legislative assent
Of 1908. and.
NH'I' as on iNe -tfiu UnA Ni IN
the owners OF property ahuttng
the streets % be- Improved ~ set
aOs herein, and persons Interested Their
- appeared before The city council
De' tor due ana legal notice Of the ii
M. ana place Of said meeting had b,
given, ~ required boy law, and VI
heard Hs To- the prophet and adv
ahility OF maklng such impro
.rge mcnts,, and as to the cost Their,
AZ ana as to the manner ~ pavem
eek therefor, and az to the amount the
se,, OF 10 be assessed against tho prop
,ine IS ahutting thereon; and,
~ whereas, after a full, fair
ran, complete hearing by the council
400 an such owners abutting propc
ram ana persons Interested. OF all matt
ana and things with reference 10 the
/ he provements az such streets as set
lph. herein, and
80 Whsrens the council has fOl