Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-22
FOURTH STREET
ROAD MAY Be
BUILT ON Dixie
New Aerial Truck Ordered
For Fire Departm emit;
Rankin Gives Flood In
veStigation Report.

vestigation Report.
The city manager was instructed
to ask for hearing in the near flu
ture before the state corporation
commission on Albuquerque reie-
phone rates. by the city commas
sioners IN session last night. He
was also instructed TO ask a mee:-
! ing with the state highway com
mission here on the question of di-
verting the North Fourth street
i ROAD to the Alameda dyke, as pro-
posed in d. ]. Rankin's report.
To Buy Aerial Fire Truck,
Instructions were given for the
purchase of La France aerial fire
truck at cost of s15,500. The new
aerial truck will greatly strength
Ell the equipment of the city fire
department and the order was is
sued partly on the recommendation
of Chief Russell.
City Attorney Keleher in his re
port on the city telephone contro-
versy stated that although the |
franchise issued to the Colorado /
Telephone & Telegraph and the
Mutual Automatic Telephone com
panies, later taken over by the |
Mountain States Telephone & Tele-
graph company, had called for a
charge not to exceed 81 per month
on a house and SO on an office tele-
phone, that after New Mexico had
became state the power of fixing
rates had been placed in the hands
of the state corporation commits
sion. Protests, he believed. should
be taken up with this commission.
Telephone Rates Protested.
City Manager Gladding was in
structed to ask a hearing before the
state corporation commission and
that the telephone company show
why the present rates prevailing in
Albuquerque should not be aban-
doned and replaced by the maxi
mum allowed by the franchise.
Complaint by residents of Fifth
street were filed, asking that prop ,
erty at $40 West Lead avenue be
as no connection with
the sewer was in use and the out [
door toilet was unsanitary and a
nuisance to the neighbornig houses. /;
The city manager was directed TO
see that connection with the sewer ,
Vas made Immediately.
Rankin Reports ON Flood. :
Three recommendations made to
he city by Don j. Rankin, employ
I'd by the city To investigate and
'eport on flood conditions and pos
iible protection were discussed and
he third was regarded as the most S
for the present, 1t pro-
'ided that the levees be Widened
o eighteen feet and constructed
md improved as funds became
valuable, that the levees should be {
lsed as roads and the system
hould extend as far south as the
}arelas bridge.
The north end of this road sys-
EN-, should start at the west side 4
If the A. T. & S. f. right of way,
vest of the Indian village of Sandia
nd bear southwest through the
liver bottom, crossing the old Ala l
media dixie near where the old [
Fourth street road crossed the Cor
allies bridge. 1t was suggested by
he commissioners that his plan of l
Iiverting the North Fourth street !
DAD to follow this course should be !
aiken up with the state highway l
:
Suggest Large Canal. !
Mr.. Rankin's first solution, the !
me he regarded as the only perma- !
tent way to get relief from flood !
LANCER was that a large irrigation
anal with capacity to irrigate land
'etween San Felipe and lsleta be
uilt running between these two =
POINTS 1t has been his observation Z
n thirty-nine years residence here |.
hat the river is widened by the =
version dams built to carry water 3
nto the acequias. There has been
constant widening all along the :
liver in the vicinity of Albuquerque !,
or the past several years. The :
of the canal and doing 3
way of the diversion dams would r
How the river to scour and deepen q
IS channel. q
The second plan, which would =
equire state legislation, would be
0 require that all diversion dams =
@ constructed of material that =
yould WASH away as easily as the
anks of the river. There could
e no permanent construction IN r
he river ana certain level fer
cequias would be maintained.
A complaint of two women prop
rty owners of the maintenance
f stable occupied by the express
ompany horses adjacent to their
ONES was heard. They were asked |
} take the complaint to the local n
gent here and were assured that
ne city would see to enforcement
( sanitary ordinances.
j. T. Mclaughlin was elected to
erve as chairman in the absence
Walter Connell and J. NJ. Ray
olds. IL
A paving ordinance was passed. -
The city manager was instructed
} purchase four more trucks from
re state highway commission at 5
500 each for use on the city
reefs. The land at the city water
liant near the intersection of Tier !,
S avenue and Broadway is to be -
lade attractive for tourists use as
camping ground.
DR.. ]. o. Arnold, professor of