La Junta tribune., 1913-05-24
CITY COUNCIL
Business OF More or less interest
Conducted BY City oads-ciean-
Up Day June %.


pality OF La Junta was transacted by
the city dads at another very har-
mOnious meeting OF that body at the
City Hail last Monday night All
% the aldermen. with the exception
OF Moore, who is still on the sick
list, were prescnt-Drapcr. Blanken.
ship. Fiscns, Warner. and lastly. but
not leastly. Alderman Davis.
A petition. signed by |. U. Crowson
and NJ. NJ Crowsou. requesting a
permit to erect one-story brick
building. 25ISO feet In dimensions,
on the east side of Santa Fc avcn-
ue. between Third and Fourth
street was granted. The building is
to have thirteen inch walls. 40 that
II will be capable OF sustaining an
additional story.
A petition. signed by l.. S Rey-
nolds. ct al. OF West La Junta. re-
questing that the water maNs. -" Oh
Belmont avenue avenue be extend.
I'd to the corner OF Sixth street. was
granted.
A communication. signed by X. +.
Jones. H. f.. Hall and NJ. r. Miller.
comprising a committee representing
the Methodist Brotherhood. was
read In which they requested that
vigorous campaign be- inausurated at
once for making La Junta as clean a
city as possible before fly time.
and that a cleanup day be designat.
cd by the city fathers. The com
mittee promised the hearV-oO-opera'
ton OF the Methodist Bpp$heghood
In creating sentiment In fe*eS Of
cleanup day. and also In the work
Of cleaning up the city and In help
ing keep II clean. The committee
suggested frequent and systematic In
assesisa BY tAa CITY marsAsl and
49, eoAssr. II al al,sys and
V019ykfdd. and That the ordnance
reaatinx To nss1eA and eirasitncss -
SubutVV~t.
On motion u was ordered that
Monday. June ID. be- officially desig-
mated ~ cleanup day. on which
date every man. woman and child In
La Junta. including the Methodist
brotherhood, is supposed To get on
the Job Of making the best town on
the map the clean.s' municipality In
III. state OF Colorado.
The official bond of ]. W Fisher
AZ city treasurer. In the sum of
SO. 900. and the bond of W. =. Myers.
In IN. sum of $500. as n cement work
er. were ordered approved.
The petition Of ~ w George and
Thomas Nicholson, who are now work
Ing fun time at IN. pumping plan,
furnishing Ia Jun,a with II water
supply. an cxpcricnc. to which they
w"r. stranger during tn" winter
months. asking for a rails" IN sal
AIRY OF SO per month. was denied.
4 communication from W = RIA.
bcr. Of Pueblo. district manager Of
tn. Arkansas Valley Railway. Light
and Power Company. IN rcspons. To
a request for the granting Of add
'ional tim" for IN" payment of ci"r'
tric light bills to employees of III.
Santa Fe railroad. was denied Mr..
Rab"r said III" granting of such
request would not b" fair to the
rest OF III" patrons al his company.
and besides that N" laws of colora.
do forbid any public utility making
different rates or regulations for
similar services Any change In III"
regulations. as regards the payment
Of monthly bills. would necessarily
hay. To b. extended Ia all patrons.
under III. law. not only In Ia jnn'a.
but elsewhere,
4 petition signed by \. L. Stubbr.
representing the the board of III"
Presbyterian church. requesting per.
mission 10 cons'ruc, drain from
III" basement of III" church and
connect with III. sewer. WAS r"ferr.
I'D to III" sewer commiii"" Tor In
y.siiga,ion.
A petition. signed by II q Dal.
ton. ms custodian of III" site of IN"
United States pos'offic". enclosing
n communication from q. wender.
9th. supervising architect Of the
treasury department 81 Washington.
u G.. also requesting permission Ia
construct drain from III" sit" of
IA. new pps'offic" building 90 b"
connected with IN. sewer Mr. Wen
jerotn cited the fac, that "in simi.
lar cases In other localities III" per.
mission was granted " The matter
was laid over for investigation be-.
fore any definite action. iH taken.
a communication from the civic