Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-20
ENGINEER WILL
Be EMPLOYED
BY THE CITY
TO LOOK into THE CONDITIONS OF
WATER RESERVOIR INVESTIGATE
RUN OFF,, ,-ANALtIzE WATER. ...AND
so FORTH.
SPEECHES AT COUNCIL
BY SEuIGMAN AND OTHERS


meeting of the council last night which
was a timely and important one. There
ere several practical talks on the
subject for which the council was cali
el, the consideration of the condition
of the reservoir and complaints re-
sarding the same. The following are
the official proceedings of the council
as they will be signed by the mayor
and city clerk, and recorded:
Official Report.
Special meeting, May 49, 1913.
The city council met in special ses-
sion, called by the mayor for the pur-
pose of hearing complaints with ref
trence to the candition of the reservoir
which supplies the city of Santa Fe
with water and is the property of the
Santa Fe Water & Light company.
The following councilmen answered
10 their names, towit: c. Alarid, n.
Baca r. l.. Baca, r. S. Lopez, A. B.
Eenehan and G. Rael. There being
quorum present the council proceeded
70 business. City Marshal g. W. Armi-
10 in attendance.
The mayor stated the purpose of the
meeting, and asked any person pres
ent to address the council upon the
matter in question. Thereupon en-
Mayor Arthur Seligman addressed the
council, and made a few remarks as to
the conditions of the reservoir. Attor-
Ley ]. w. Norment also addressed the
council. Frank Owen, manager of the !
water and light company, also stated !
d few facts. Whereupon Councilman !
Kenehan submitted the following resC
tuition as follows to-wt:
Be 1t Resolved: That the mayor
and health committee employ com
petent engineer, at fee to be deter
mined between them, for the follow.
ing purposes, towit
/. To determine with reasonable an-
Proclamation the total annual runoff OF
the Santa Fe river drainage area trib-
utary to the main reservoir of the
Santa Fe Water & Light company,
2 TO determine in acre feet the
present capicity of said reservoir and
its are if the present sitting is remov-
ed
,. To determine what effect, if any
the operation Of the water power plant
of said company has upon the due sup
ply of water to the people of Santa Fe,
and particularly whether the opera
ticn of that plant materially interferes
with the due service of water to our
citizens and the proprietors of irriga- :
ton bitches and if SO, in what degree. ,.
T. To take samples of silt saturated :.
with standing water from the bed OF
The main reservoir, and samples OF :
water standing upon or in said Silt r
md to cause them to be analyzed by :
chemist to ascertain its :.
and samples from the or q
linary flow of the Santa Fe river i'm 6
above the intake into said =,
nain reservoir and to take sample or
samples from the drainage reservoir, ;,
conduit or pipe lines proceeding from h
he various supply basins of the said +,
from which said city and its f,
Inhabitants are supplied with water. n
S. To report on each of the propo- n
ltions aforesaid to the council with s
he utmost practicable speed, making d
ppropriate recommendations tt
6. Provided, that the said company
nay have an opportunity to partici- r.
ate with such engineer and chemist q,
n all such investigations. tf
Councilman Lopez moved that the pI
esolution be adopted, the roll was CT
allied on the adoption of the resolution 81
hich resulted as follows: Ayes, Coun- til
llman c. Alarid, ~ Baca, r. L. Baca, pe
!. s. Lopez, A. B. Renehan and G. ,ci
.ael. Nayes: None. The vote being ql
unanimous the resolution was declar- sl
/. as having been duly adopted by the tt
layor. vi
There being no further business the ga
ouncil adjourned to the call Of the m
,ayor. xi
Ex-Mayor seIigman Talks. CT
Ex-Mayor Arthur Seligman, chair ha
ian of the committee on public &C
lnds and utilities, from the chamber I'll
I commerce, was present and had to
,me very clear cut facts and sugges- w
ons which he incorporated in his -
,marks and which led to the draft