Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-12
NIlENs REQUEST
TEN YEAR PLAh
or PAVEMENT
PAYMENT
Aldermen Hear Protests from
Property Owners along West
Copper Avenue and nitnlith-
10 Representative Explains.
LIVELY TINT ENLrvENs
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

RAt"t ttHtHtt'hH 10 ftHHftNa AfHttaia
from OeorHo n. Brooks ard others
against the proposed plan Of paving
West CoppFr avenue ana adjoining
ailests ~ the TeAas uitulithir. ind
streets BY the Texas Bitullshle COM
pnny and after q prolonged executive
session the city council last night add
loarned until "Wednesday evening
without Announcing any decision on
the matters IN dispute.
Alderman isherwood presided az
the meeting which vas attended by
ail the councslnen save John Lee
Clarke OF tho Fourth ward. from
which 0aliwick most of the protest.
ants halted.
The PROCEEDINGS we're opened by
lengthy statement by Mr. 0eorge L.
Bs"oke, representing tha property
owners on West Copper avenue. MT.
Brooks said thO protest was made not
80 much on behalf o. the property
owners Immediately affected az for
the city a. a whole. To construct this
pavement on tho two-year payment
plan, when the law permitted the pay
ments 10 be spread over a period Of
ten years. Mr. Brooks held. would set
precedent which would inevitably
result Ia retarding the paving ~ the
city. Mr. Brooks asserted that with
paving contracts constituting a first
Hen on valuable Albuquerque real es-
tate. the paving company would have
no diniculty in realizing on les collat-
erul. Al this point Summers Burk-
hart. who represented the Texas BIZ
tnlithic company. reminded Mr.
Brooks that the lien OF the paving
company would be inferior TO any
prior lien which might exist on the
property az the time the paving con-
tract was entered into.
Al this point Attorney w. G. Hea-
cock. who appeared on behalf Of him
self and other property owners Affect
"a, read section OF tho statute pass
I'd by the last session ~ the state leg
lslature and made the contention that
under this law, the city would have
the right 60 make the paving notes
payable upon any terms Il wished, and
that therefore II was feasible 10 put
the ten-year payment plan into effect
Mr.. Burkhart, however, declined 10
ngree with Dir. Hescock on this point,
holding that even the state LEGISLATURE
was without power 10 alter the terms
Of an agreement already entered into.
Nj. Ianham. representative OF the
Texas Bituiithic company, and who
has superintended the construction
OF the pavement hitherto constructed
in Albuquerque. az this point arose 90
reply "a Mr.. Brooks and the contro-
yersy grew trine heated at times.
. Turing the exchange OF questions and
answers 10 use OF the shorter and
uglier word WAS at times narrowly
avoided. While nothing definite re-
suited from the coiloquy Il was the al
most unanimous opinion 81 those who
heard Il that Mr.. IAnhnm had not
succeeded In adding anything to his
popularity or that OF his company
when u was concluded.
The council finally called n halt TO
the controversy by going into execu-
tive session. al the conclusion Of which
Il was announced that the Texas Bi-
tullthic company positively refused TO
do the paving on tho ten-year plan,
and City Clerk RoehI was Instructed
10 advertise the meeting Wednesday
night In the daily papers as follows:
A meeting OF the city council viii
be held In the council chamber We'd
nesday az s.3o y. m.
The Texas Bitulithle company IL un-
able 10 pave Copper avenue, Second
and Third streets Tor the distances az
proposed on "a ten year payment plan.
l All properly owners affected by the
proposed paving who prefer that said
paving should not be done. under the
three-year paving plan, are requested
90 appear az this meeting and state
/ ihviS views
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