The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-12-04
TRAPS
IN THE CITY?
Building Commissioner
Asks That Several
Placet Be Raced


The city comminIonsrs are going d
80 slow. uhea Il comes 70 orderins
condemned apIIdlnEa pulled down.
For a momont after Miss switacr
finished reading the report OF Earl
1fowdich. building Inspector. 20 the
city commlsslonars conccrning doadl-
IDOL ct certain buildings in this cts,
there was an unbrokcn silence.
Then Commlaaioner Hughes IN
onircd o. Cts Attorney keleher just
whnt nerk g. through When
condemned huiidlua1 are pulled down
By he city. Eelthrf read some ofdI-
nnnCna TO the commissioners and
xavo A. lis opinion that the city had
the power 70 rane condemned build
tnFa. thoaGh there mlght be n
lluEstion before h buildings finally
came down.
where would you stop. IN pro-
csedlnHs like fhisG" Inquired Com
missioner Hughes. Then he named
other ~huildlnGs not mentioned In the
building inspectors report
Bni1dlnea LISTED.
b9Woich-s report contained a letter
from r. NJ. Russell OF the city nre
department. Russell had written the
b1IIdInr inspector flafinr that the
fire department had fouisd the fol-
lowing named buildings 4 be m a.
dangerous condition ~ a fire hazard =:
"a Neta focraing house on rs
West fcnd owned % l. o. o. y.
Briidins a. sei west CENTRAL AYR
urcuuirtt a. paint sllnp b. A.
O-hutin. .fThis building was
practically destroyed BY nre
fssne huaalne On North SCR
ond street, ocraplot bs TIE ncil
Livery stnblr pnd me frame
building NJ 1fo West Copper
nseuu9 ocruricA ~ the Alhu-
qsNrrQne Carnagc Co Owned BY
Jo1rpii narnett.
Tho frame building AZ if4-its-
1aB South Third strect, Occupied
by rotts Cleaning shop and srs-
IRA oniccs 1n the INST ncpF aud
BY n ~soofuinx house on iitn <cf-
ord floor. Owned ~ T. G.
HInum.
The tuo-sspsx tricE hsnlding
az 1ie Wcst Gold avenue. known
y Tod bsl.d'ps and o~nei
A. soon as he received the letter
from h fire chief. Budding Inspector
Howdich started Out 10 make a per-
nonal inspection Of the buildings men
toned. by tho time he reached the
building At Fourth and West Central
IL had burned down. concerning the
other buildings he wrote to the COM
missioner:
. recommend that the buildings
be condemned a. do not consider
them safe for the pun pose for whlch
they are used. and ! do further rec
ommcnd that no further reports or
altefafionsfbe allowed on these build
ings; hat they shall not be used for
dwellings On inhabiied b. any human
beings $3.50 II il my opinion
that In accordance with Ordinance
No. liz these buildings and sheds
have decreased In their value TO the
excess OF fifty per cent.
Condition OF Zach.
Bowdich then TOOK up each build
Ing he asks to be condemned. and
carefully stated the condition OF each.
The La Netn rooming house IL n 81
story frame rtructv-e occupied by SIX
teen families. Bowdich reported. In
these sixteen families there are TWEEN.
ty-one little children who would have
mai chance 70 escape IL there should
he a fire. Bowdich told the commits
fioncrn that he considers the La Neta
IoOming house "a menace TO the
community and a dangerous place for
people 10 live in, both nom a fire
Tho frame shade and buildings OF
North Second utreet and OF West
Copper avenue, Bowdich considers
dangerous because much hay -
stored IN them, and the buildings are
an the heart Of the business district
The building at 1if-tiS-1iS South
Third street BOwdich said la unsafe
20 occupy. both on acconnt al fire.
hazard and decay. Sheds IN the ear
attached to the building and used AS
"a cleaning shop, M set 81 wooden
stairs IN violation Of an ordinance,
and the storing OF comeustible ma
fire hazard, Bowdich believes.
Would Hnxc Field Building.
Conserving the building az 2i9
West Gold avcnue B0wdich's report
was az follows:
The Field building ss.s has
een condemned several times. but IL
A. still being used By families. IA Is
in a very dangerous condition, both
from fire and decay. and / wound
recommend thai tina owner be noti-
fled 10 vacate the building at once
and prepare 10 tear II down.
Rather than be 10 quick TO con-
denim buildings. n OF the commits
nionera stated that be would favor a
Iarg Z fire desann snt. BowdIch
asked what good a larger fire depart
meat would do little children caught
tn a fire In the Field building.
The subject OF a fire department
gave Commissioner Swope an opnor-
funity to advocate a double platoon
for the Albuquerque fire department.
city Manager Hebaustrcit carefully
explained the financial status Of the
city al the present LINE. and stated
TIE double platoon would be put
into enect just a. quickly a. the city