Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-12

City commissioners last night
passed the boxing bill outlined at
the last meeting, charging a license
fee of 800 for every bout and pro-
viding that the chief of police APP
prove applications for a license.
An amendment to the bill. pro-
viding that persons under Is years
Of age not be admitted unless ac-
companied by parents or guard
ian, failed to carry Commission
crs Hughes and Mclaughlin voted
for the amendment and Commits
sioners Reynolds and Swope voted
against it.
"If the contests are not fit for
young boys to attend they should
be prohibited entirely" declared
Commissioner Swope.
Police Wanted Amendment.
Commissioner Hughes introduced
the amendment on information of
the police that young boys, attend
ing the fights in bands, were re-
sponsible for most of the disturb
ances occurring in past bouts here.
Fifteen hundred feet of fire hose
at $1.40 a foot were contracted for
from the American Rubber com
pany. An agreement was made
with the representative of the COM
pany whereby the city is to re-
ceive refund OF Is per cent.
Ordinance providing for the paw
ing of North First street and por-
ton of North Fifth street was
passed and date of the protest
hearing on the half million dollar
having program postponed from
August 80 until September 3. This
Is to allow sufficient notice to
property owners affected.
Determine Protest Policy.
Discussion of the policy of the
commissioners on protests develop
ed that the procedure will be to
disregard the percentage of pro-
tests on streets that are deemed
necessary for the good of the city
and in other cases. suen as side
streets, to grant protests and not
pave where the protests represent
81 rer cent of the properly.
The w. p. Metcalf building mt l1S
South Third street again came into
the limelight when the report OF
the board appointed to determine
the per cent of deterioration was
read, The report fixed the deter
ioration at 20 per cent Despite
this the commissioner were unani-
nous in their decision to refuse
application for a permit
to remodel the exterior of the
with a metal and stucco
finish but to allow him to make
any alterations on the interior OF
the building.
The city ordinance provides that
the city may refuse permit for al
terations when the building has
deteriorated more than so per cent
and provides that board be ap-
pointed C. determine this percent
age. City Attorney Keleher said
that the com missioners were not
bound NV the finding of this board.
Underwriters Against Plans.
Letters from an insurance com
pany to Earl Bowdich, city build
ing inspector, were read and adj
vised against permitting the re-
modelling of the building, saying
that such repairs would not de-
crease the fire hazards.
City Manager Gladdlng reported
that Workmen are down thirty-flve
feet on a test well on the ten-acre
Sturges- Kent tract on which the
city took on option last Thursday.
They are IN a quicksand formation
and have Just gotten past a forma-
ton of boulders, but the indications
are good for plentiful supply of
water, Mr.. Gladding believes. This
tract is the last of any size avail
able to the city for future water
supply and will be purchased II
the tests are satisfactory.
Commissioners also accepted the
invitation of the Central Labor
body to participate in the Labor
day parade and ordered that a fire
truck be cleaned and decorated for
the parade. The secretary was in
structed to write letter of thanks
to the central body for its invita-
tiOD