The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-04-18
SLATE
GOES THnOUCH IN
CITY OFFICIALS
]. w. Burnett New Fire Chief;
Galusha, Keleher and Ed.
mund Ross Given Important
Posts; Klein Rejected.

There were few headlights at the
council meeting last night. cnliVen-
ing a session otherwise unintcrcstin
aside from the act tina, II Was the
first of the new council and hat the
mayor made his appointments. Ma
yur Henry Wcsterfcld made a better
impression than many had expected;
at least. he made 1t perfectly plain
that Ia was Boss. Nobody dared
whisper while business was going on
but what the mayors gaVcl aud the
mayors voice rcprovcd him. Nor
was the new occupant of the front
office at the city hall at all backward.
whenever there was "A tie vote In III"
council on the matter of APP oint-
mcnts he hesitatcd not TO decide It.
and always the decision was In favor
of his appointcc.
Tho mayo made a number of APP
pointments last night winch Will be
popular, h made some others that
were not So popular and "A few that
the council rejected for one reason
and another.
when the smoke of battle had
cleared away II appeared that the
slate agreed upon At sundays eau
~ had been Installed In office. J.
w Burnett got the much-mooted hre
chiefs position, after the council ha
refused to confirm Jacob Klein. whom
Mayor Boatright uust"d, Ave TO
three. Burnett had NO opposition.
The mayor offered the name OF Ed
Donnhuc to be NIGHT captain of po-
lice. but the council, mindful ot IL
agreement with the new chief. J r.
Galusha. refused To- confirm and that
leaves the present incumbent Pat
O'Grndy On the job indefinitely. u
* understood O'Gradv's tenure of Of
ace win not be disturbed.
The matter OF ASSISTANT CHER of
the Are department was left to the
discretion OF the chief ana the IRE
committee. while that OF appointing
n jailer va postponed for two weeks.
From poundmaster to city engineer.
except those named. the pumpor nj
the city sewer plant. some of the Are
men and policemen and the city
chemist whom tn. mayor said he
had to appoint. A. there is hut one
in town every office In the CITY
changed tenants. The ax fell iaf
and Vi ie and III mostly o. Rcpuhh-
cans. though the council welded II "a
few times on the mayors appointcos.
She city offices. the men who MI
them. those appointed by the mayor
but rejected nv council, with tho
votes. are as follows.
chief OF police. j. Il Galusha
ayes. =; noes. o.
Assistant chief. Ed Donahue; ayes.
, noes. 5. Rejected
Police sergeant y NJ Miller. ayes.
: noes. o.
Policemen: Charles Mainz; ayes. 4.
| noes. 4. decided by aye Ia favor ~
the appointment. pablo Iujan. ayes.
noes. o Tom t. summers eyes, 4
| noes. I. decided by mayor in favor OF
he appointment. Francisco Apodach'
yves. 4 noes. I decided by mayor In
favor OF the appointment; ~ W.
ycrka. ayes. 6; noes. > For the
place given Apodaca the mayor or
iginally appointed Timothy Hogan,
whose appointment was rejected >
10 3.
CT, physician. IN T. NJ clayton.
aye noes o.
city attorney. W \ Kclchcr. ayes.
s. noes, o.
Ciiy engineer. Edmund Ross ayes.
noes. /
city chemist. pr John T. clark.
ayes. noes. q,
Fire chief. !. " Burnett. ayes ~
noes. a.. CAppointed after h council
had rejected the appointment of j
Klein. ayes - noes -
Police Judge. " W Mcclellan.
,v.s. {. noes. decided hy the ma
yor in favor OF N. appointment.
Cl,y taller. left u~ndis,urbcd for
two weeks,
SANITARY omccr. John Tandbrrg
uycs, \ noes. q
pumpor at city ew" station un-
disturbed
FIrcmen ~ the lowland station
william Collistcr. ayes y noes. -,
Fred Rcnfro. ayes. : noes, l 'hich
Anderson. ayes. : noes. . RAY Sena
o,os. 4 noeH. {, decided hy the ma
yor m favor of the appointment y
n Schnefor. ayes, noes. H.. Den
mis-. ayes noes l. AZ the highlhnd
station. Harry Freiericks. ayes, =
noes. / cal Thompson, ayes. = noes
/ T.. =. Coilisier. ayes, { noes, Z, de-
cIdcd by the mayor N favor OF ihs
appointment
The mayor appointed the followinl
standing committees:
Finance pr. Hust chairman; Jerrt
unsgard, " = Swii1sr
sewer. = s. Gilbert. chairman.
CLYDE Tingley. q. - HAMMOND.
street: = :. Gilbert, chairman
CLYDE Tingley, \ DE Tullio,
Police. Jorte Haggard, chairman
". T.. switzcr. pr, Il T.. Hust
Finance; pr. a. /. iiust. chairman
Jcrre Haggatd. " r. Switzer
FIRE: W + switzcr, chairman ;
:. Gilbert. g. g. Gibson.
Water. clyde Tingley, chairman
W. =. Swi,z"r q u. Hammond
Grievance; j H. Hammond, CHAIR
man pr H. /. Hust. \. bC Tullio.
Building. light and fuci 9 o. Gh1-
-nn. Chairman. clyde TingleS, Jerro
fiaggard.
Engineering A. De Tuili", 'half-
man: Dr. a. l.. hnst, ). = ilIp'lt'
ordinance Dr. Il 1" husi, chair-
man. Jerre %Iiaegard, O. - Ram
moud.
c~nntrury To ~arranRem"nis made AZ
IN, cnucus g. ~ HsnUonh was
eho..n president ot IA" council N
stead 81 Or. Hust as had ho'n "N-
p,cted. The vote Vas four I" '""'