Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-06
OFFICERS REPORTS
SHOW CITY IS IN
GOOD SHAPE
Balance Reported on Hand of
$4,594.55 in General Fund
and About $4,000 Expend-
ed in Building Division.


According To- the reports of the city
officers 60 the council last night tho
city Is la nourlshlng shape general
lv. The city treasurer reported ball
abce In the general tund of St5st.t'
ana some $4,000 ia the building fund
but certain contracts let VIII reduce
this TO approximately 10000.
city CLERK "a. Charles Rochl re-
ported the collection OF t2.tgo.1a in
license fees last month OF which %
little over half was from iqu,
licenses
city Ensinccr James * Gladding
showed "a building permits isucd and
the city hall 100 nne shape. Concrcto
VIII be- running agsin about the end
Or uoXt week About half ihr labor
Is finished on this structure, the ma
tcrial is an on hand 90 complete Do eX-
cept some cement which is coming.
ana THINGS generally are dourishlng
There were l76 arrests last month
ana $50 meals were served tt the san.
Thirty-four of these went to "slccp.
crs'
The usual executive session was
held last night. the doors between
council chamber and antc-room being
carefully locked by tho city CLERK,
who stood guard FOR while To see
that no one listened 20 TIRE csoterie
confab ~ the municipal dads
The ere chief was Instructed 60 IN
vcstignte alleged carolossncss ana
permission Of dangerous IRE hazarda
on the third floor OF the Barnett
block whore it H. said there are Sew
crm gasoline stoves in usc. some OF
Thorn badly handled. The mayor re-
ported satisfactory progress ou the
fire escape at 81 VincoutE academy
but aaid the school board had done
little az the library bunding
CITY Engineer Gladding reported
the North Eighth street survey nearly
complete and was instructed Co EaNc
10 ~ the next meeting of tho council
on motion 81 Mr. Clarke BE- was de-
cided to issue the four applicants Tor
family liquor licenses permission TO
do business for the next three months,
| but 90 serve notice that they would
not be licensed after That time.
The city engineer was instructed To
HIST an broken places la sidewalks and
all places where poles had been sawed
on .or walks damaged by public SER
Vice corporations the council decid-
ing that in future these corporations
must leave the walks in as good shape
las thcy were before being worked
| over.
The mayor stated that the com
missioners ~ the Barclns ditch mad
called upon him with H complaint "l
lack OF water last yearsund Of late
ness in securing what.,vater hey did
get and with 70 threat to sue the city
unless the matter were remcdicd this
| spring "They claim about 100 acres
under cultivation down there south
of town and they say that there ls
something wrong with our connection
of the bitches They want a. CONF
mlttec 20 confer with them and see
Iif we can settle th" matter out ut
court" said the mayor
The council agreed and he named
! Ncssrs sherwood Cocn and the city
engineer 20 confer with the commits
sioners.
Tho council adjourned 10 meet
Monday night
Those present last night were
4
Schecr and Grunsleid.
The council paid a number of bills
last night. including the half of th,
large quarterly bills postponed IRON
the hcginnlng os the last quarter
These were az follows;
Albuquerque Gas. Electric Lighl "
Power Co, general tL023.2A; Ton
power. S3s3.30. sprlngcr Transfer
company. general Sg232Si engineer
ing department. Sgst,a6, Water sup
ply company. Si,tsals
objects 10 Paving Assessment
A.. IA. Kent complained of his aH
sossmcnt for paving West Copper an
enuc maintaining That part of hi
lots faced Central avenue, not COP
per HIS Assessment was some $50
odd and he said th., called for NOR
having than was before the lots. n
said he WAS wilkins To pay for On
/ pa, Ing which Was actually there
&l4gRi 10 was pointed out Go mir
/ that the oity had extended the PAWN
: some eight fcot ilrther Than b
: thought paying tur Il itself Il wn
also pointed out 600 him that The as
sessmout for Copper avenue Woul
a prevent his ha,ing 10 pay Tor pawn
2 Central avenue opposite his lots whe
e that was paved. bul he said
G. "Wo may have tnother admins
tration then and hey Ray tell on
that my lois face on ceatrai avenue
and assess me for hat Ana reeN
! on l'd have 90 pay t'
Tho matter Ws- referred to the cl'
engineer aud cily attorney with DO
: sirictlons 10 report a. the next meet
Ing
AIR Kcnrs compltint Is based upo
a the fact that Copper avenue runs 81