Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-28
COMMISSIONERS TO
BUILD FERRY TO
TRANSPORT ALL
PASSENGERS
Following Conference With
Special Committee of Com.
mercial Club, Decisive Ac.
ton is Taken This After
noon.
CONTRACTOR HARLAN TO
CONSTRUCT BOAT AT COST

a ferry boat. sixteen by thirty feet.
| built to carry foot passengers. horses
ana buggies and horses and wagons.
TO be operated hy three boatmen and
controlled by two caoles, will be IN
operation between the west banks Of
| the Rio Grande and the wrecked Bar
elias bridge before many days have
elapsed.
Plans for the construction ana OPP
GRAFTON of the ferry were completed
at conference held this afternoon
between the county commissioners
and a special committee representing
the Commercial club The meeting
was held following preliminary
meeting OF the committee Of six, APP
pointed at the Commercial club meet
ing last night. The committee OF six
met az 10 O'Clock this morning and
after discussing the bridge question
In all it's phases. decided to appoint
I a subcommittee Of three. q. A. Kase-
man. ID. a, Macpherson and J. a. Har-
Ian. to confer with the county COM
misslOners and endeavor 60 arrive at
some solution OF the problem.
The subcommittee Of three, Mes
srs. Kasemon. Macpherson and Hnr-
Ian. met at o'clock this afternoon
In the Office Of Alt.ed Grunsfeld.
chairman OF the board of county COM
missloners. Manuel r.. Springer, also
"a member of tho board. County Sur
yeyor Pitt Ross ana District Attorney
N. u. vigil were likewise present ana
participated Ia the conference. The
bridge proposition was gone over AZ
length Tor an hour with the result
that the commissioners finally made
an appropriation of from S25e To SS0O
with which TO build Is ferry boat,
which IL to be operated until such a
time as the Barelas bridge is repaired
Tho boat is Ia be loaned without
charge to some responsible river man,
who viii be required To employ help
ers 10 assist in running the ferry. The
ferryman will be allowed 10 collect a
small TOLL probably i've cents for sin
gle passengers. fifteen cents for a
horse ana buggy and twenty-five cents
for horses and a loaded wagon.
The ferry boat viii be built at cost
by J. a. Harlan. and cables will be
furnished TO the county without
1 charge by President Kaseman Of the
| Commercial club, the cables TO be Sc
cured at the Kascman mines IN Mad
rid. Mr. Harlan sid this afternoon
that he would build tke boat as quick
IS as possible and thai u would be
. ready for use as soon as the other arr
Engagements for the ferry are complet-
| ed. The boat Is 60 be built with the
best OF material and large enough 70
care for all the traffic that the Bar
elias bridge has cared for heretofore.
The decision 10 appropriate the
; money for the ferry boat and 20 pre-
sent the boat 10 "A man for operation
without charge. Is believed 10 be a
: practical solution OF the river prob.
lem.
COMMISSIONERS POWERg.ESs
TO Alt SAYS GRUNSF'EI.n
"The county commissioners are do.
, ing everything in their power 60 re.
: lieve the river situatioh," said Alfred
. Grunsfeld, chairman OF the board OF
= county commissioners. today, follow
. ing the conference between the com
missioners and the club committed
; "The people NJ large do not seen
. 10 understand and appreciate that IN,
: commissioners are 10 a certain exten
+. poweriess IN the present case" con,
| AiAN'N WI VI
I'VE are absolutely prohibited o,
law from appropriating sums largel
than S300 for any purpose, unless W,
first advertise for bids for twenty
! days. There Is no way to get arount
this. Mr. Rose, the county surveyor
has been az WORK for many days pre-
pairing plans ana specifications for the
4 repairing OF the wrecked bridge
The commissioners have held mum.
I. Der Of meetings to consider the re,
. pairs We are today approprlatinf
5000 for the construction OF ferTs
boat which II is believed viii relieve
Z the situation temporarily. rhis is al
a the money we can appropriate al
/. present Permanent repairs on th'
4 wrecked bridge will be made as quick
5 ~ as they can be made Ia a lega
= way"
/. FARMERS HEAR NEWS
or FERRY WITH SOY
News that the negotiations between
the Commercial club committees ans
the board OF county commissioner
had resulted lR the completion of ar.
engagements for "a ferry across the RI
I Grande. was received joyfully by th'
farmers across the river this after
. noon. For some weeks they have beer
= cut or from Communication with Al
" buguerque and have been considerably
. discouraged as the result
y DEMAND FOR ACTION
APPARENT AT MEETING
p That the Commercial club Of Albu
~ queraue h strong for any movement
= that win result in the re-esiabiish
ment OF transportation facilitie
ocross the Rio Grando. interrupted
q by carrying away OF three spans q
= the Barelas bridge was plainly an
= parent az the meeting AZ tho organl
zation held last night II has bee
many months since a club meotln
~ has been So well attended aud sue
Interest displayed as WAS the cas
IA last night
n There was definite sentiment q
NJ the meeting that Il was up 10 th
n county commissioners 10 DO SONS
thing 20 relieve the bridge situate
ii, land do Il quickly. The conoensus s
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