Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-07

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futhey SAID:
THE revenue of our city has fallen
| off tremendously and the expense oil
| running our city mas also l'crehseu
tremendously ! have never oeen
| able to see the difference between an
| lndiVidual and corporation When IL
| came to the spending or money ana
| regulating the affalrs or eltnef' IL
| the city OF Albuquerque IS apie' WIN
| the burden OF taxation winch is az
| ready looming on the hoflZoh, 70 paw
| ms city--then should say. pave IL
! nut | say empaucally that Alouduei
| que should go SLOW Al the present
| time it would seem to me that we are
| III Il very nearly bankrupt cohaitiol'
| ana | belleVe mat perhaps III piace
| CT mourning turthef lhdepleoiless anu
| increasing the ALREADY hea'N puroeii
| OF taxation on the people that we
| should stop and take stock ana 40
nothing until past opllgauons hto
been met, or at least uelIiil'e pas's
| arranged along the llhes OF laNalioh
the creating OF SINKING iuhu ior
the purpose OF paying OH the ihuep'
edness incurred IN the taxing over o.
the water company, etc 1 am not III
| close toucn win the aliafS VI tHe
city, but believe that we nave sooo
| and capable men as commissioners
and who are perfectly aple 70 run 'iie
| affairs of this city
There is no one in the city or
| the state who desires the good of the
city more than I. or feels that he
should live in peace and harmony
with his neighbor and who will go to
an extreme to maintain that peace
| even to the extent Of doing things
which are against his judgment, when
| his neighbor desires the opposite. We
all desire that Albuquerque should
advance and | am a very strong be-
| lever in good roads. Good roads TO
| Cuba, good roads to Jemez--in fact
permanent good roads all over the
state and there is no question but that
! the having. as has been suggested,
would eliminate many evils such as
the dust nuisance; would reduce sick
! ness in our city and would probably
have reduced the number of influen
"a cases IS per cent
There are a number of things in
our city in an unsettled condition. IT
was not so very long ago that we
held a state fair The state fair is
owing today not less than $lo,oo0.oV.
Somewhere in the neighborhood OF
$1,000 is due in premiums to boys and
girls who came to this fair with a
Mig under their arm or pumpkin on
their shoulder for the purpose Of
competing with some other boy and
girl for first or second prize of a few
dollars. It seems almost a crime that
this particular amount has not been
paid hut the point that ! make IS
that this city will have to pay the IN
debtedness of this last state fair be-
fore another state fair will ever be
held in this city such state fair as
the people and state desire.
"This is only one of a number OF
things which are in an unsettled CON
dition and I might write regarding
them at considerable length. but You
have asked me for my views on TINS
subject and the above is a portion OF
what I. as an individual feel. 1t is
my impression that the city commits
sioners of this city are DESTROYS OF
an expression from tho people of this
city about the various things and nave
only one desire and that is to meet
the views of the people of this city
if they NAV be only able to get them |
"It Is also my judgment that the
small taxpayer Is already feeling
himself very much burdened and he |
is very loathe to take on new obliga-
tions, As far as I am personally con.
cerned, | am perfectly able to pay my
taxes whatever they may be and take
a pleasure in so doing. as also are
others. and it would seem that a pol !
lev of retronchment and fulfilling of |
old obligations would be the business !
of the day at present. You Will |
please excuse the length of this but
/ seem to be unable to get my views
in n smaller SPACE"
s George A. Kaseman, state senator
and for two terms president of the
Chamber of Commerce, believed that
the city's paving policy should be
conservative! He favored paving, but |
not paving the whole city at once,
limited program. in his opinion,
would be acceptable.
Mr.. Kaseman doubted the practi-
cability of the city's doing its own
paving. referring to a suggestion once
by the commissioners that
the city get paving machinery and lay
street surfaces instead of letting the
work to contractors as has been done
Neither did the senator view with
approval proposal LOT the diiieiu-
ment of the state laws in regard TO
paving which would permit the city
to provide for the paving of streets
without petition on the part of prop
erty owners, Under the laws as they
stand the initiative in paving pro-
;ects comes from property owners
who petition the city to pave. Under
the proposed amendment the city
would have the initiative right. Al