The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-04
COUNCIL WINDS UP
ITS BUSINESS AND
ADJOURNS SINE DIE
Change from the OH TO tie New
Administration Accomplished
Last Night Without a Hitch
Mayor IL Given a Present.

The city council oun up rs bus
mess last nleht and adjourned sine
die. To-day Albuquerque Is jogging
s,ons under the commission form of
government The transition from the
ni5 to the new regime occurred With
ont creating any great amount of
furorc. In fact. with the exception
OF a few speeches at the close OF the
council meeting nothing out OF the
ordinary TRANSFERRED. a few spectators
were present. every councilman was
In his place. the mayor welded the
gaSei. harmony prevailed and every
thing was lovely.
Tho council meeting was largely
taken up with routine work, allowing
bills hearing reports from heads q
the various city departments and the
reading Of ordinances.
just before the meeting closed
Alderman Hammond moved that the
city pay the hospital bill of Tony Cue
vara. merchant policeman. who was
shot some six weeks ago while at
tempting to arrest two suspected hold
ups. MIR. Hammond stated hat while
Mr.. Guevara was not - city employe,
nevertheless he had come to the aid OF
a city policeman who had been al
tackled By thuss ana thought II no
more than right hat the city stand
part uf he expense 10 which GucVara
was subjected ~ the result of the
brutal assault made upon him. The
council by unanimous vote instructed
the city clerk To draw a warrant for
the amount % Gucyara's hospital bilI
and turn IL 0ve To the institution.
when the councils affairs had
hccn wound up city Attorney W. \.
EelehSr took the floor aud presented
Mayor Wosterfeid a handsome silver
smoking set. q gift from various city
employees. Mr. keleher stated during
his brief spcocn tina the outgoing adj
ministration hid been known as the
fighting administration ana on many
occasions none too complimentary re-.
iaurks had been passed back and
forth between the may or and council
men. However, he predicted that la
the years To come the Wcsierfeld ad-
minlsiratlon would Ice referred to a.
"a good one. Almost al the promises
made in the Platform had been full
tl'ied. he sald. and the mayor and
councilmen had been faithful in the
performance of their duties.
Mayor Westerfeid. IN accepting the
token. said ne was taken very much
by surprise. but was glad TO kt1W
81 the kindly feeling existing toward
MIN on the part Of the city employees
and thanked the donors for the kiEd-
~ was in which they had remembered
him.
Charles r. Wade was the only one
81 the commissioners 20 speak. al
though the other two. Walter Council
and J. NJ. Raynolds. were present, lie
spoke in glowing terms Of the ac-
cumplishmonts OF the outgoing admin
istration. 81 the apparent good feel
ing existing, and stated that the COM
missionerS would call on the &C
cilmen and mayor from time to time
for suggestions or pointers regarding
the handling OF the city affairs. A.
the commissioners would be more Or
less unfamiliar with municipal mat
tiers. Al least for some months. he felt
that they would need advice from
those who had acquired valuable oN-
perience by having gone through tho
mill"
Alderman George y. Hammond re-
piled on behalf Of the council, stains
that the aldermen would be glad to
assist the commissioners whenever
they could and any knowledge they
had gained while they had been IN
office would be gladly communicated
t0 their successors.