Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-26
NORTH DISTRICT
WOULD Join CITY
OF MBUQUE Rl)UE

In keeping with their reputation
| for progressiveness and civic pride
William Phillips, together with other
prominent citizens of the northern
district have circulated and signed a
petition to the city commissioners
asking that their district, described as
| below, be annexed. The petition fol
| lows:
l"To the Honorable City Commission
[ City Of Albuquerque, n. M.
I The undersigned, being a majority
of the taxpayers resident in the here
matter described territory, contiguous
to the city of Albuquerque. seeking to
he annexed to the said city. under and
pursuant to the provisions of Sections
3545, 3546, of the 1916 codification,
respectfully petition your honorable
! body to express by resolution or ordi-
nance, your consent or rejection to
the annexation of such contiguous ter
ritory so sought to be annexed, and
which is described as follows, to-wit,
the petitioners hereto further praying
and consenting to such annexation, to
have made a more complete descrip-
ton by an original survey, showing in
detail, by metes, bounds, degrees and
minutes, the said land so sought to be
annexed:
The territory within the follow
ing described boundary line conf
mencing at the intersection of the
center line of Mountain road and
the center line of Fifth street,
thence east along the center line
of Mountain road and the now
north boundary line of the city
of Albuquerque, to the west right
of-way line of the A. 7. & S. +.
Railway company thence north
along the west boundary line of
the A. 7. G. s. +. Railway COM
pany right of way to the point
where the center line of West
Roosevelt avenue produced inter-
scots the west boundary line of
the A. r. & S. f.. Railway com
pany; thence west along the GEN.
ter line of West Roosevelt avenue
i produced to a point which is an
intersection of West Roosevelt
avenue produced and the center
line of Fifth street produced,
thence along the center line Of
Fifth street produced and the
center line of Fifth street to the
intersection of the center line of
Fifth street and Mountain road,
which is the point of beginning.
Signed: William Phillips, John
Dyer Edith NJ. Macdonald. Fred
Pryor, James Fl, Whitfield, c. 3.
Beck, Tom Clark. j. F. Wen
borne, Mrs f, Cantrel, e. II.
Bryant, Mrs. Cecil Conklin. w. G.
Raabe, Sam Wagner. B. r. Poole,
Mrs Himrod. Marion r. Sawtelle,
Z. ]. Hall. Il. b. Doane, Mrs. Jo-
seph LAMA, Joe Navarro, Ed
wardo Montoya, Carlos Lucero,
Jose Corona, j. w. Dobbs, E. j.
Strong, Walter Ranbie, w. j,
\ Bartell. George Griffin, Tom
Clark, Henry Gleason, II. S. Pat
l ten
Since the rejection by some of tn
taxpayers of precincts 10 and Is 0
the invitation extended by the city O
. Albuquerque to outlying precincts L
be annexed by the city there has beel
: considerable propaganda circulate
I among the districts faNoring the an
I. nexation plan. Facts and figure
e have been presented to residents 0
= the different precincts by the cit
!, management and others. shown
n them the benefit of such am annexa
e ton. These figures are available a
I the city hall to any taxpayer wn
Q wishes to investigate the matter.
u From all outside districts no.
comes the report that popular sent
L ment, which in some districts at tn
4 time the invitation was extende
: was rank anti-annexation, has rapid
n changed and it is the firm belief {
: city officials as we'll as prominent Gil
e fizens in the outside districts that If
/ vote was taken on the proposition {
e the present time it would show a Dl
u ma iority for annexation. 4,
Y Among the inducements offered IN
'e outsiders by the city are that In
: much as the city commission believe
y that it is not just to give the &C
II vantages of the city to the outsidei
I at the same rate as to those. In I'll
city, an ordinance has been passed |
II the commission raising the seW'
,, yearly rates to outsiders from SO VI
~ der the gravity system to $40 and VI
'f der the pumping system from IS
v $25. The city manager has also bee
~ asked to make an investigation of Il
T. water system with view to doublr
L the present rate to outsiders. Viii
81 the water rate may not he doubled,
&c is safe, TO say there will DC o substal
n ltthI iprpnazn made Ma