The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-12
COMMISSIONERS CALL
FOR CITY PAYROLL
Decide After Discussion
on City Auto to Look
Over Salaries

The city commissioners al their
meeting lnHt night Decided 10 take a
look over the city payroll and re-
queated tiat II he presented to Them.
Thc Vequest Tor the payroll canc
after a luilc dh'cuagiou ~ to why an
automobile owned by ihe city had
been Transferred from The engineers
department 10 the water departmrnt.
IL was explained that city Engineer
shackie had he'd Q accidents with the
ciiy's car and that me- had %purchnscd
"a aud the city was allowing hini
Sas u month IN a. The city managcr
thought % would be cheaper aud safer
for the city.
Commissioner Hughes interrupted
TO AK why nearly all the accidents
with the city ear were In pld Town.
lie wns old tlat Mr shackle hNed
there.
A committee from the board OF cd
uration appeared before the commh-
sioners to ask that ART from the
streets thai ore being paved pc uset
To extend Wet Park avenue aud 20
I'm ln ntannd the site Tor D new
school house IN that sroton, Tn"
committee said "a felt that the board
OF education H1ouid be given preter-
cncc over individuals who had had
la reply City Manager Hchenstrelt
said the dirt had been sold to the III
%dividuals and that the ctiy hAd COLI
lected $40 ror H.
The committee was assured. how
ever. that the CITY would cooperate
vita Il In filling n the ground.
W. g.. ThaXion. representing prop
erty owners outside the cts limits.
old the commissioners he thought uhe
sewer charge TO outsiders was eNhor-
hltant He was told What the rate
would be Investigated to ind what
the basic rate should be n u II was
found ton nigh lt would be adjusted.
RIA Ross appeared before the com
mission ana presented the views or
the people Of b q section In regard
To the paving work on West Central.
Mr. Ross brought To The attention of
the commission the defective places
that have shown up IN b concrete
base since the street was opened 10
traffic some weeks ago.
W. D. BAND. OF the ~ puso Btu
uthic company. Elid the defective
places are nov being torn out ana
replaced.
When the question was asked who
was responsible for the defective work
GItN Manager H~rbenstrclt replied
that u there was any defective work
IL was the faplt 90 the paving com
panN. when asked 10 there had been
inspectors overseeing the work he re-
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ion they were competent.
Commissioner Hughes was en-
phatic Zoe saving uey were not
competent or There would have heet
no trouble. Mr.. Hehenstreit then
ounlined his statement aud said theN
were competent Tor the wage the,
were receiving
REPRESENTATIVE OF the paving con.
pany gave " as their opinion thar th'
concrete had beer frosted. com
missioner Htwhts suggested they dis.
continue work unth warmer weather
set iu.
Mr.. Rand said tranic should nevel
have been allowed on the street un
ti the topuinF had been put on M
concrete for the foundation base h"
ing 20 much poorer mixture man INA
used for % regular concrete road WIN
out H%urinciug.
Tho matter was dropped when th'
pa,ing company agreed To replace IN
puor work al ttE IS expense
The commission requested lh' 'li'
nng to make arrangements ~
bD,. the trees looked after ON Nc
,l,IIlu square and To- open ~ az
pubIir park as soon as possible. W.
irrrrmrd Them the buildings am
ntb.r improvements had been sol
Tor the sum Of S3ni. and flni u
would make arrangements O." nav
them removed at once.
The meeting was adjourned az IN
suggestion ct Mr. H~eh'nslf'll WI
thought b should be done out OF 10
spect tu Ealph Gilchrist a city en-
Move who died Yesterday from nv
~flueuzn. The commission, before %"
iouruinp. requested that suitable r'so
buttons be drawn mp for Nj. oilchrps'