Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-03
Alderman Discussing Matters
Involving Santa Fe Declare
Commencement of Con-
Stucti0a Is Near

NUNfiiNtIllNi fNs To- A.ObO lntEt Nn~
other statement Tho shops OPTICIANS
wished the city fremeu to test the
| south Second street water main To
1 ascertain whether ii would furnish
. two streams at hieh pressure They
, want to know this before work is be-
gun On The new shops. he said ana
declared that tho commencement was
TO Dc soon
slow speed Dangerous.
Councilman Thomas sherwood
suggested that HE test be made at 9
o'clock today. a. IL Corners assist
amt 10 vice President w. f.. Hodges.
ia charge OF The store department.
win DE here tien, ne said. Mr. Com
ners Visit here # was understood,
viii have q bearing upon the early bee
. ginning of work upon the new store
house H. replace thnt destroyed by
fire Sunday
Fire chico Jacob Klein was I'M
structed ID ma kc the test This he
agreed to do II The shops department
VII furnish the hose Mr. COen be-
HeNCd chat the shops department
would do that sladly
The impression apparently has OBJ
tanned among railroad conductors and
oneine crs that they were restricted 20
r. Hi'f|NfA NIl faH flAAlhH 81 AttAAll itAt WY
limits They have been running trains
al this speed for The last week
Councilman sherwood called the
councils attention to this saying that
he believed chat The siX-mile rate was
more dangerous than fifteen miles an
hour
Hordes Of small boys hop the trains
when they aIe moving slowly. he said
The mayor said he understood this
ordnance had been placed upon the
book I'm The DAYS Of hand brakes. and
saw no need for It's continuance there.
Councilman G II Thomas voiced the
opinion that fifteen miles an hour was
slow enough
May Put Up City sign.
Mayor Sellers. who had been search
ing am old ordinance book. then read
the measure. ia only requires trains
10 run al six miles an hour while
passing crossings south Of Tiicras ave-
niue and north of Iron avenue Acc
IquaInted with the contents of the
measure. the counclmen declared n
was good. and Councilman Thomas
was asked to furnish the trainmen
with copies.
Mayor Sellers announced that Of
dcials of the controllinc company of
The Albuquerque Gas Electric Light
& Power co. had agreed to put mp
an electric sign. at "a cost of $4,000.
visible from the railroad tracks bear
ing ain Albuquerque slogan. provided
the city would pay for the electricity
Toe Best Little city in America,
was an on-hand suggestion from the
mayor Anything I'm that line would
do he said.
The mayor thought the sign would
consume about SEQ worth of electric
iiy month A. +. Van DENSE. man
ager Of the light company, who was
present would not hazard a guess as
ia the cost of mainance. saying that
depended entirely upon the size of
The sign.
Plan Clcan-Up Week.
A movement for cleanup week
was launched The mayor appointed
Councllmen Coen Thomas and city
Attorney Lewis "a committee To- make
SLAMS for the campaign The cNocu-
tive suggested q method himself 1tisI
e. notify property owners to clean /
their yards and il they fail to do SO
within a stated time the city woul
hire men TO do the work and charge
t. o. them This would require an
ordinance, in the opinion of several +
Councilmen. The mayor said the or
dinance could be- passed after the noe
tices had been given
The city clerk was Instructed TO I
ascertain whether the circulation of
petition among residents Of West Cop- I
per avenue, for parking the street /
was progressing.
committee was appointed to de-
wise q plan for free market place 4
The members are Councilmen Clarke, +
Sherwood and Or Rcidy j. G. |
Grant the mayor said, had told him I
recently THAT the lot at Third street
and Gold avenue might Doe used for
tais purpose
CITY clerk R0eh said that DR. a. y.
sweet OF the United states public I
health and marine hospital service 1
had called at his office TO get infor- /
nation upon' the care for tuberculosis I
patients here. They mayor said ne
also had received a visit by the doe
tor
Councilman Coen said that w. a..
George superintendent az the shops
had offered 10 replace three sections
of hose destroyed h5 engines Ia the
wards during the fire AT the Santa ne
stofehonse Sunday
Officers File Reports
Nrs r. W , Bryan presented PEI
triton asking the council 20 open %
street through property Of the Eryan
estate in The south part VI the city
Petitions for reducing the fire Zine
Nr.I "a" HaH ID q III