The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-03
Clean Up Week Finds men,
bers Of Council who Think
Property Owners Should do
Own Work.
BIG ELECTRIC SIGN
FOR LOCAL STATION
Electric Light Company
Ready to Spend Two or
Three Thousand Dollars if
City will Pay for Current.

increased protection against fire
was assured the city by action OF he
counsel last night, when the purchase
Of another powerful automobile en-
CINE was voted.
The apparatus will cost $4,000, and
viii be furnished by tho American
La France company. whose bid was
formally accepted IN the resolution
passed last night. The new engine
VIII make available two powerful,
modern machines for battling With
fires hat threaten To become serious.
n has not been decided whether to
send the new engine To the Highlands
station. where "a horse-drawn ppar-
atus is now stationed, or put the e
machine In the Central station and
transfer the M now In the down
town station to the Highlands.
Proposes city Market.
Mayor Sellers preached the ques-
ton of establishing a city market at
last nights meeting. ID. c. Grant,
he said. had offered to permit the
use Of lots at Gold avenue and Third
streets as a market place. Ths
mayor thought Il would be a good
idea To establish "A market of the
sort. TO be conducted under munich
pal supervision. The plan. ne said.
would provide an excellent uppoitun-
'ity for truck growers and poultry
,l9isers To make quick sales, N at
ford convenient means for house
wives to secure the ranch products.
Councllmcn Clarke. Reidy n Ish-
crwood were appointed "a committee
Ia investigate the market question
and report az the ri meeting Of the
council.
Clcan-Up Week.
Mayor sellers appointed Council
men Cocn, Thomas and City Attorney
John G. Lewis a committee To make
arrangements for a "clean-up week"
II was suggested that Il might be
better to arrange FOR two weeks OF
cleanup. and the mayor further sug-
gested an ordinance providing
for municipal action on untidy yards
if the owners failed To clean them.
The committee win consider that
among the other possibilities Of tho
cleanup crusade, anG report al the
next meeting.
The Big Electric Welcome.
Tho mayor announced hat the
lighting company had made a propO-
sition to erect an ornamental sign
ncrons Central avenue II the city
would contract To pay for the curren.
used IN u. The sign would cost
the mayor said. about $4,000. and the
city would be called on tu pay about
s2b a month TO keep Il going. Tho
mayor suggested "Albuqueraue for
Business and Climate" as a good slo-
gan on the sign. No action was taken
on the proposition.
In the interest Of uniform improve
mont. u Is likely that the parking OF
tho sidewalks IN Robinson park will
be lone under the erection Of the
park commission IN discussing the
subject last night the mayor said u
would mean a more attractive effect
II the work were controlled by the
commission.
Want More Specr for Trains.
Councilman sherwood called the
councils attention to thu fact that
the engineers Of tho trains were run
nin SO slowly through the city that
small boys were tempted 10 steal
rides. The councilman said n was
understood that the city ordinance
required a speed Of no more than ak
miles, and he thought the trains
should be permitted To make at least
fifteen miles an hour through the
city In order 20 keep the boys from
endansering themselves hopping on I
ana off the cars. The mayor looked
u9 the ordinance and found that Il
required a six-mile speed only north
OF Iron ayenue and south OF Tiloras
venue and that Il didn't need any
amendment. The attention OF train
men viii be called to the fact that
they are not required 60 stick TO o
snails pace In crossing the city.
Officers Reports.
cay Treasurer W. a. Kieke report /
ed tho receipt OF fig.7oO from Coun-
81 Treasurer Mandell yesterday |
There was a balance Of tii.sTi on
hand February O. aud si.10i on Feb
fuary eS.
City CLERK Roohl reported the col
lection of sii2a On licenses and be-
cupation tax during the month
chief Klein reported the net fire
loss Tor February 20 he g. A total
Of f920 was lost. on which sai5 In
surance was paid The collection Of
5000 in fines was reported by Police
chief Thomas McMiien Arrests dur
inF M month numbered ia.
A petition was filed by Mrs n. W
y. Bryan aakinF the city to open
through lots owned by the
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