Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30

flat rate service, is $S,S6S.lO. Unme-
| tered services amount to S64y3O,
! leaving $I,SSS.90 total revenue from
metered services. There are three con-
| sumers VINO receive SPECIAL rates the
! Metnodlst sanatOriun. 20 cents
| thousand gallons: the Stamm addition,
! ! o cents a thousand gaItons: UnlVer-
| sItY Heights Development company rs
cents thousand gallons. The lo,al
amount Oh revenue derived from me-
tered services which pay The regular
rate was $6,yl2.b5
In some respects serving the pub
lie outside of The city limits IS Very
unsatisfactory, que TO the TACT tnal
most OF the lines are the so-called
private lines, whose construction has
not always been OF the best material
and workmanship ana / beheVe that
aside from the Iact that the people
outside of the CITY should be urged to
come into the city limits, they snoutd
De made TO pay a mnlmum charge of
al least S2.IU per month. even though
the fixture installation does not re-
quNe that amount at this time
The three services thar now receive
water on special rates are large con-
sulners, although the Methodist sana-
.orlum receives this rate due to the
fact that IT is a nublic institution.
Within the city limits we also have
several institutions that do not pay
taxes, which in my OPINION by virtue
of that fact should not he exempt
from any tax such as sewer and water
taxes. In other words. if any conces-
Slons are 10 be made 10 semi-pubhc
institutions, they should be made on
the basis of the fact that they are
large consumers only and should only
receive the rate that they are entitled
10 by virtue of that fact In connec-
ton with that | again urge the COM
mission to carry out the schedule to
provide special rates to even larger
CONSUMERS than is now provided for.
Win reference TO increasing the
water rate beyond increasing the
minimum rate as heretofore suggest
ed, ! believe that the matter should be
given very careful consideration be-
cause feel that there are great
many people living outside the city |
limits who really desire to become a
part of the city of Albuquerque, and |
believe annexation of certain outside
territories, would be a very simple
matter providing the benefits to be
derived by coming in We're properly
explained If any increase in rates
other than by establishing a minimum
rate of $270 is put into effect at this |
time, ! would recommend that such |
increased be limited to so per cent |
rather than 100 per cent In other |
words, the consumer who now uses |
approximately the amount of water |
allotted to him under the minimum /
rate which amounts TO S21 per year |
would increase the water rate less |
than S per month.
Any person oWning,a home outside |
of the cit. limits who could save $50
sewer assessment and approximately |
$l2 increase in water rate could well |
afford tocome into the city limits be-
cause the average home outside of the
city of Albuquerque is not assessed for
more than $4,000 and the increased |
taxation incident to coming into the
city would only amount to $22 on that
valuation"
The commissioners also took up
the recommendation OF the city mana
ger that no more permits be issued for
the construction of curb filling sta
tons, on any street or public highway
within the city. The matter was made
into an ordinance and passed with an
emergency clause attached. The reas-
on given for the passage of the ordi-
nance was that such filling stations
were an obstruction to traffic and We're
not considered necessary in view of
the many service stations within the
city.
The commission adopted a resolu-
ton endorsing the safety first move
ment and the entertainment that is to
be given by the Santa Fe railroad en-
ployes January s
Precincts Nos. / and gave notice
to the commissioners that at mass
meeting recently held in their re-
spective districts, it was decided to re-
jeet the invitation of the city to be in
corporated within the city OF Albu-
uuerque. At the meeting last night it
was said that the city commission had
inaugurated the movement to enlarge
the city. This is not so. the move
ment was first started by the Cham
Der of Commerce and the real estate
men of. the city. The commissioners
have not at any time used the raising
of the city water rates or sewer rates
for the purpose of trying to bring any
district into the city, but considered
these matters only as business prop
osition to the city.
The matter of getting a lower rate
for the furnishing of electric lights to
the city, especially the street lights. I
from the Albuquerque Gas and Elec-
trio company. was taken up and dis
cussed 1t was decided that inasmuch
as the city had asked the light COM s
pany to reply to the proposition made
several months ago. that II be given I
thirty days more in which to make a
reply IN