Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-05
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
LAUGHLIN's BID
OVER A PROTEST
Attorney Says RemOnStranCe
Forms Basis for Legal AC-
tom City viii Not Be In
vOIved, Says KeIeher

The council last night accepted J
A. Laughlin's bid for the paving Of
West Central avenue and one block or
North Eighth street between Contra
and Copper avenue, in the face Of q
protest
United States Attorney Summers
Durkhart, representing Max Nordhaus
one OF the protestants said the pro-
| test laid the foundation for legal ac-
ton to prevent the filing of liens
against the property Of the signers OF
the protest for the pavement The
protest declared the property owners
petition TO be Illegal It also object
ed to concrete paving.
City Attorney william A. Keleher
was asked whether acceptance Of Mr.
Laughlin's bid would draw the city
into legal ENHANCEMENT He said II
would not The city attorney said the
contractor and the bond buyers would
bear the brunt Of any legal action that
might be brought
Mr.. Laughlins was the only bid. lie
proposed to lay a two-course concrete
pavement the base four and one-half
inches in thickness, 20 be composed
Of three on six" mixture and the
wearing surface one and one-half
inches in thickness to be composed OF
a zone and -half-three" mixture,
for 1924 a square yard. His bid on
curbing was 10 cents a lineal foot,
Sunday Gid" Again Delayed
Alderman Jerre GIaggard moved
that the bid be rejected Alderman G.
D. Hammond offered a substitute
which would accept the bid The vote
on the substitute was. Ayes-Ham-
mond DeTullio, Tingley, Gilbert and
Switzer Noes-Gibson, Haggard and
Hust
The dry Sunday ordinance was
put off again, but not at the desire of
Mr. Hammond this time. Alderman
w. r. Switzer made the motion to de-
fer the third reading until the first
meeting in January Mr. Hammond
offered a substitute to proceed with
the regular order Of business, saying
that he had been waiting for two or
three months until the time when all
councilmen known to favor the ordi-
nance would be in their seats. He
said they we're all there.
Mr. Hammond's substitute failed.
The council divided evenly on the
vote, Mayor Westerfeld then an
nounced that it had failed which was
equivalent to saying that he voted
negatively. The vote was Ayes
Hammond, Gibson, Tingley, Gilbert.
Noes-DcTulio, Haggard, Hust and
Switzer.
Or. Hust explained his vote, saying
that a new county administration
would take charge January 1 and that
it would perhaps make some
changes Mr.. Switzer said that was
his reason also.
Tax Levy May stand
On the motion to defer the third
reading until January Councilman Gil
bert was the only one to vote mo"
A few minutes later Alderman Tingley
asked city clerk Hughes how he had
voted. lie said he had misunderstood
ana that he wished to change his vote
Mayor Westerfeld laughingly denied
him permission. Changing his vote
would have made no difference in the
result
That the city may now have to re-
duce its tax levy came to light at the
meeting. city Clerk Hughes said the
league held that It was too high, but
he and city Attorney Keleher held
that 1t was not.
The council adjourned until next
Monday night. At that time the ap-
praisal Of the Water supply companys
property will be taken up by the coun-
ell. All aldermen did not attend the
informal meeting held last week, at
which the engineers report was read.