Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-02
PAVING Of CAR
TRACKS LEFT To
PROPERTY TAXED
City Commission Declares
Owners on Streets Affect
ed May Make Their Wish
eS Known.

Paving of the street car right-ot-
way on streets to be improved Is
not a dead issue with the city COM
mission. This was demonstrated
last night at the regular weekly
meeting of the commission When
n provisional order was adopted
for the paving of about forty
blocks of streets, striking out in
two instances provision that
street car tracks should not be IN
Guided
Commissioner Hughes said that
massage of the order as originally
introduced would be an admission
by the city that it had been WHIP
ned in its efforts to have the street
car company pave Its right-of-way,'
commissioner Swope agreed with
him, aud the order as passed leaves
If TO the discretion of properly
owners on the streets affected 10
decide what they want done with
i the right of-way. Only South Edlth
street will be affected.
1t was explained that in many,
cities, because of the burden piaceu
on street railways, the authorlues
have been content to allow the
rights of-way to be covered with
screenings and the rails lalo TO
grade. ,-...,
The having program PROVISIONAL
Nv adopted last night. provides LOT
the pavement and other necessary
Improvement of the following
streets:
Park avenue from east properly
line of Ninth street to east prop
erty line of Tenth street.
South Tenth street from south
property line of West Central ave
nue. to south property line OF Sill
Der avenue. ,,
South Eighth street from soutn
nroperty line of West Central ave-
nue. to north property line OF SILVER
avenue.
South Fourth street from soutf
property line of Coal avenue u
south seventh street from soutf
property line of West Central ave
nue. to north property line OF Goa
avenue. W.
West silver avenue from Yves
nroperty line of Third street to cas-
property line of Tenth street.
WEST Lead avenue from ives
nroperty line of Second street U
east property line of Eighth street
North Tenth street from norti
property line of Central avenue u
north property line of MarqueI'
avenue. .t,
North Eighth street from nortf
nroperty line of Copper avenue u
south property line Of Tijeras ave
nue.. .,,
North Sixth street from nortf
property line of Tijeras avenue u
south property line OF Mountain
road. os
west Roma avenue from ives
property line of First street to cas-
property Zine OF Fourteenth stree!
North Walter street from nortl
property line of East Central ave
llue to south property line 0
Grand avenue. =,
South Edith street from soutl
property line of East Central ave
nue. to north property line OF Bel
avenue.
Precedent Is Set.
The commission set a precedeh
IN refusing to refund part OF tn
license of an auctioneer who ma
decided TO go out of business
Hughes favored the refund, De
cause, he said, such things ma
been done before, but nelthe
Swope nor Walton, the other wv
commissioners present. seconde
his motion. 1t is understood tn
same rule will apply to all license
in future.
An ordinance was adopted re
curing circuses to furnish the CIT
an adequate bond to insure damas
to streets will be repaired.
To the city manager and city en-
eineer was left discretion as to IN
width of the paving on North SEE
ond street. City Manager Calkir
reported that by using paving froi
thirty-six to thirty-eight feet wild
nearly all the valuable trees alon
the street can be saved. d,
Two ordinances recommended :
the health department, providlr
for a supervision of the sale
second- hand household goods ar
Salothing, and for regulation
Aarding and rooming houses wei