The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-16
MM|LLEN STANDS
BY HIS ORIGINAL
VALUATION PLAN
Committee Reports Water Com.
pany Head Wants Price for
Plant and System Fixed by
Joint Appraisal or Arbitration.

A.. n. McMillen. head Of the water
company. is holding fast to his orig.
inal plan for the valuation OF the
water works and system In ncgotia-
tions for the transfer OF the property
TO the city. In his first oncr Of sale
to the city he asked Tor "A valuation
set by the city's and his engineers
and II need be, a third engineer to be
agreed on. n last night when the
committee appointed to carry ON r.
gotiations with the water company
reported city council learned that
that Is the only valuation the head
OF the company IL prepared to con-
slider at this time.
The committee. which IL compos
ed OF Mayor Westerfeid. City Clerk
Hughes and Alderman Hammond. re-
ported as follows;
ITO the Members OF the City Coun-
cll:-We. your committee. appoiated
10 notify MIR. McMnlen. president OF
the Water supply company. hat the
city appraisers had made an error In
their report. and hat through this
error the city has offered Mr.. McMil-
len the sum Of s3.450 In xcess OF
what the report should have shown.
and also 10 ascertain for the council
IL Mr.. McMillen would consider nrbi-
~tration for the purchase OF the water
rupply plant based upon the differ
cnce between the price as offered by
Mr.. McMiiien as the maximum price
and the price ~ offered by the city
as the minimum. beg TO make the
following report:
I'VE wish TO advise the council hat
we informed Mr.. McMnlen of the ~
ror as made by our appraisers. and
presented him with the letter from
Messrs. Black and Veatch.
I'm regard to the arbitration. MIR.
|McMillen declined to enter into any
agreement whereby the appraisers or
arbitrators would he bound by a max
imum valuation. stating that he vas
willing that MIR. Woy and any APP
praiser retained by the city should
try to get together and TX a price
on the plant. and should they not be
abld 10 agree. hat they choose a
third. disinterested. expert. or II they
were unable to agree upon "A third
disinterested expert, that such diBin-
terested expert should be selected by
the chief justice OF the supreme
court OF New Mexico. or II preferred.
by Judge Pollock. ~ he fedora!
bench.
MIR. McMillen stated that ne would
be willing to accept whatever price
this kind Of a board OF arbitration
would Tx
DINNER Ordinance Unchanged.
Alderman clyde Ttngley called
councils attention to criticism OF the
regulation regarding the dimming Of
automobile headlights. He said the
ordinance was not sufficiently spe-
cinc and LETT the city Judge uncer-
tain Of the course to follow In en-
forcing the law, Judge ". G. Hea-
cock made a statement In support Of
Mr. Tingley. lie said the construc-
ton OF the section was doubtful.
Council believed that the section
was enforceable. and too no action
to amend. Alderman Hust said the
section was rlain and valid Mayor
Westcrfeld said he regarded II as pen
! fectly clear City Attorney William
/ 4. Keleher said the course to follow
was 10 fine violators and let them
appeal. II they were not satisfied.
That would give the district court an
| opportunity TO construe the section.
The city attorney was directed To
prosecute violators OF The section IN
the police court.