Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-13
SANTAFE To Be
Asked TO MOVE
2ND ST. FENCE
City Commissioners Decide
on Formal Request; City
Manager to Discuss Via
duct With Capt. Reid


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"Have the people who live in the
vicinity of the Alvarado hotel or in
other sections of the city a greater
right to exist on this earth than we
who live out on South Second
street, opposite that unsightly red
fence? 2" This was the question put
70 the city commissioners at their
meeting at the city hall last night.
The question was put by lgnacio
Sanchez, who appeared before the
commission as representative or
residents of South Second street,
who allege they have been injured
by the fence erected by the A, T. q
S. f. railroad.
Sanchez went on to say: "Peo-
pie don't want to live on South
Second street. The don't want
to buy property there and those
who own it cannot sell. WhyE
Because of that unsightly req
fence erected by the railroad ana
which encroaches on the street.
''Nocholas J. Sanchez thirty years
ago borrowed $4,000 on four lots,
from Folsom. And today ! could
not borrow four cents although /
own nine lots out of twelve.
"The railroad is occupying more
than half of the sidewalk there,
to the detriment of property own
ers on the other side of Second
street. / have been informed by
lawyers that if other city officials
of Albuquerque allowed the Santa
Fe to occupy T. at ground they had
no right to, as they had no legal
right to give away city street prop
erty.
'The city OF Albuquerque should
compel the Santa Fe railroad to
move that fence back to its own
property line And it should COM
pei them to erect fence less un-
slightly than that present red one
which is an evesore.
~ am friendly to the railroad
and ] believe the shops are an as
set to Albuquerque. I want to set
tie this in a friendly way and don't
want to go to court, But that
fence at present is a detriment to
the property owners on that part
of Second street and we want that
fence removed"
He then went on to say that he
had started a petition TO have the
fence moved four years ago. He
said that one commissioner had
moved that the railroad should not
be asked to move the fence be-
cause it had been there so long
He also said he had been informed
that City Attorney Jamison had in
vestigated the matter and had
found the fence encroaches more
than six feet on Second street and
that It is to the detriment Of prop
erty owners of that portion Of the
street.
City Commissioner Swope then
discussed the matter and said he
believed the fence should be
moved. He asked City Engineer
kimball whether or not the fence
encroaches upon Second street and
the latter replied that it does to
the distance of 6.7 feet.
Commissioner Swope tn n
moved that letter be sent to the
proper Santa Fe officials. calling
attention to the fact that the fence
extends the distance stated on
street property, from Cromwell
avenue to the city limits and that
the city commission has moved
that the fence be moved inside the
proper lines as soon as possible.
He included in his motion the re-
quest that the city commissioners
be notified Immediately how soon
the work can be accomplished.
Commissioner Swope then
brought up the matter of the vol
ume of correspondence which has
passed between the commission
and the A. t. e. S. F. railroad in
regard to the construction of the
yiaduct He called attention to
the fact that the first of these let
ters dated back to May 26, said
that several of the communication
had not been answered and said
he could not understand how the
manager of the railroad could even
attempt to infer that the city is
causing the delay.
He said that the letter from the
Santa Fe dated September 20 in
ferred that the matter had already
been threshed out as that letter,
which was from w. c. Reid, stated
that he did not deem it advisable
to divulge plans which had been
discussed by the engineers of the
railroad.
Swope went on to describe how
the city of Topeka had constructed
a viaduct and that the railroads
had paid for 1t. He said the city
of San Bernardino had had a VIA