Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-07
COUNCILMEN HEAR
PROTESTS; THEN
GO ON RECORD
FOR PAVING
Resolution Is Unanimously
Adopted Providing for In
provement Of Additional 10
Blocks Practically Covering
Business District.
PROPERTY OWNERS
PRESENT ARGUMENTS

After the city council had been IN
session for three hours last night
= hearing arguments for paving ana
protests against paving in various
parts ot the business and residence
districts. the council hy unanimous
.utr adopted resolution which pro-
.Id,s Tor tho Improvement of nineteen
. blocks. which together with the pres
emit paving district VIII mean praC-
iiuIN the paving Of the entire bust
ursr district 1ne district In which
!. tlp council last night ordered the i'm
VI prutamtnts. Includes First street
frum Tiorus road Co Coal avenue,
b. copper avenue. from First 60 Fourth
= cola avenue, from First to sixth
street John street from Central To
i Gold. Third street .rom Gold to Mar
nurttr and nlneiy-'uur feet of the east
side cot Second street north of silver
Y avenue.
Tho meeting OF the aldermen was
90 wild, uUpu one. Every pr, rtN
owner Interested had been invited To
. Do. present and every effort was mudo
= iu secure o. fuI expression ul opinion
4 fium those ip attendance. Summed
up lh" opposition 90 paving iu the
, business district was not great. NO
4. budN go m" meeting was against the
\ Improvement uf the streets There
vIs difference of opinion. however.
us to what streets should Doe included
= in the paving district ana the manner
Z BOO WNlDE the work should be done.
y Goa John Borradaiir .teok "a leading
4 pant in ,udoayuring 90 TAX IN" Coun
: oiI out of authorizing the Bitulithic
= company Co contract for the improve
mput work Colonel Borradailc sad
that be- thought tho Kind OF paving 10
. Do, laid should Dee left 20 the individ-
uuI property owner ANA that the city
should not specify any particular Kind
ot paving Mr. Borradaiio guggc,.. %
that the city purchase a rockcrushcr
and Improve its own streets with a
mixture of gravel. crushed rock oil
and other Ingredients iir declared
That the town was being held up, not
malicluusly, but through Ignorance.
ON the other hand. the Albuquor-
que Gas. Electric Light aud Power
company. through It's managers A. H.
Van Iicnsp, made a strong and i'm
pr,ssiNr argument Tor the improve
mcnt iu the manner IN which the
council latrr decided ~ do the work
we viii spend more money IN this
improvement work. before % is done. '
said MIR Van Ditnsc, than any other
individual or corporation. We have
already expended approximately $40
" 600 ice Installing new gas mains ANA
viii cXpcud some IS. 600 additional
provided the council orders tho i'm
Uruy,mspt district extended ""
have been digging mp mains that
would have been good for five years
ur longer and replacing them with
new mains. ben order 90 keep abreast
with permanent Improvement enter
priscs I hnvc been authorized 90
sign up for paving on John street
whenever the council orders that part
ol the city improved"
Mr. Van Dienc briefly told ~ tho
Development and expansion ~ bust
mess following paving 10 the business
and rcldcncc districts in ~ Paso and
said he believed tho same results
would bc true OF Albuquerque.
=. r. Summers. superintendent OF
the Rio Grande division was present
a. the meeting and stated she Santa