Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-18
CITY COUNCIL OF
CALEXICO In ACT
TO HELP PAGEANT
Council Fights Amendments
To Constitution; Will
Decorate City
BY Special Staff Correspondent

CALEXICO, Oct. 1S.--A regular
meeting of the Calexico city council
was held at the city hall last night
several matters of Importance were
acted upon.
The Chamber of Commerce Pageant
Committee, headed by Chairman W. T.
Hartmann, appeared before the cour.
ell, asking for the privilege of closing
certain streets during period of 10 tc
II days, which permission was granted
The council granted Il request for
water connections with the city sys-
tenn for use of the pageant staging,
connections and water to be furnished
by the city free.
The city clerk and president of the
board were appointed as a committee
to issue invitations inviting all muni
cipal officials throughout Southern
California, parts of Arizona and in
Lower California to attend the pageant
celebration on Friday, November TO-
The city officials to act as hosts in
entertaining the visiting officials,
Mayor T. j. West, City Clerk Paul
!Steintorf and Commissioner PARCELS
were appointed as a committee on decor
ations, and it is under their manage
mcnt and provisions that the city viii
be decorated for the occasion during
the staging of the CaleXico Cotton Pa
geant. The form of decorations will
be decided upon at meeting of the
committee i'll two or three davs
City Clerk Steintorf's report for the
months of July, August and September
was read, and accepted by the board
This report shows that the expendi-
lures for the quarter exceeded the bud,
get allowance by almost $4,000, which
is rather a serious matter in city flnan-
cial affairs, inasmueh as this is the
lean season in receipts of taxes or from
other sources.
A vigorous protest against certain
proposed initiative measures to be plac
ed before the voters at the coming
election was made by the board, and
a set of resolutions protesting against
the measures adopted. Arrangements
will also be made by the board to fight
the measures in a campaign of public
ity
Oppose Measures
The measures protested against, and
which will be fought, are:
Proposition No. 10 in which it is
proposed to place tax upon all prop
erty owned by municipalities and used
in connection with public utilities oper
ated by each municipality. In this
the CaleXico city water works and
street sweeper would be taxed.
Proposition No. IL proposes to take
away from cities the power to determine
rates and regulate their own municipal
ly owned public utilities and to place
them under complete control both as
to rates and regulation, of the state
railroad commission. In this the city
would have no voice in the fixing of
water rates.
Proposition No. so proposes to take
away from the cities the power TO con,
troll their own streets and to give 10
the state railroad commission exclusive
power to grant franchises, unlimited as
to time, for intermban or local street
railways or bus lines over any and al
of the streets of the cities, derrivine
cities of all voice in the determination
Of such matters.
The first reading of an ordinaIve
providing for the double tracking oj
the Southern Pacific lines, from the
International boundary line to tho
roundhouse, was passed.
| The city attorney was authorized &c
notify the owners of the Planters hotel
ron Second street near Imperial, that
they were not complying with the stat,
law providing for fire protection. This
in that the proper number of exits
from the building had not been provid
ed for.