The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-16
IMPROVE VADUCT
: wPROTESTANTS TO
PAVING DEMAND
Coal Avenue Residents
Take Lead at City
Meeting

lfuttHlSi both written ana tlult
Wee hurled at the members Of the
city commission at the irft pro.
test hearing held 90 tho city hail
last night. Following the hepr-
Ing 81 arguments ana tho ronding
ct protesaH the commlsriOn uoFt-
pun.d action on the frceis ~ uutt-
l.oH until a pel.tion. protesting paw
ing ON Coal avenue. Is received.
The announcement that action
would have To be- postponed came
nftes NJ. T. Stamm told the COM
inirsion that q petition which was
10 circulation rad mot tocn ire
sentcd.
Duai venue residents took the
lead 90 D. lrut.-ttng u mann
ucKum"nt heiuE that paving should
be pnt Oft until the Coal nV"nuo
Niaduut is made mprc substantial
Mr. Stnmm took tho iead In tHli -
INK nrninrt Tho paving OF ,hr
uNenrg
ilc said that % state law should
be- PASSED which would exempt the
%Icfidence property owner q be-
w. assessed Tor paving. saying thal
Jherc should he q general las ON
il property owners for paving IN
the city,
McsIlilDn Also Opposes.
". " McNilliun also onpurod
Tho paving Of Coal avenue ON tn"
ramr grounds. but Objected 10 Mt
HtJmn X suggestion OF o general
tax 90 Ray Tor u. and answered Mr..
Stnmm with the remark That There
would then d, complaint that peu-
ule we're uaying tOr paving which
was not in front Of their hun"H
and ihtrefbre MA not benefit them
diIoCly.
.innes ! Heancy was the most
ardent advocate II paving. urging
thai paving work be- pushed as
RAJ idly nF possible. Ne said That
pA,lug was being donc 81 las We
gaa. Santa ldc. mud other own In
the state and that paving was
necessary 60 make Albuquerque "a
progressive city.
Walter n Cnnncll. chairman ~
the city commission. explained TO
tho ~prutca,ants hat h. was tn"
opinion o. fhc city commission that
the paving 90 the street would ho
81 stcn toward securing % stronger
Nlndact. IL ~nld that Coal ave.
mao was "a city problem because
10 was the only street heaidcs CEN
tral avenue which wnN the proper
connecting link between the low
lands and hiehil nds. lite said %
was IN" intention u the CONNIE
, sion TO uts tho paved street ar %
| lover 10 cur a stronger vtnduc'
anil not to use the viuduct us e
l"tcr Tor paVtng
Commis-iunsr Thomas Hughes
also pointed ont that the payii.g uf
the street was the necessary step
90 secure q stronger vipduCt and
ugg.stcd to Mr. Stamm that the
pug Of Goal avenue would BE- %
aui benefit tu him nj is would
fing more traffic on The street
and thuH Improve his property
Rev kicks on pthcr Streets
There were no protests &" tho
paving 81 South Third street from
SILVER ia C6aI avenue. aud only
u objection % Gold VENUE. This
came from Don Rankin who.
spealanE for Mr. Hopcwoil. said
that paving across seventh street
on Gold avenue should not be done
with tho larper storm sewer on
seventh street De- put In u thir
we're done he said there would be
no objection 60 paving
others who spoke againEt pay
ing either ~ South Fourth street
~ Of coal venue were fr'd faE-
i.afcrro, 4 l. Mitchell who repro
sentrd the African ". D. Cuurrh
on coal avenue. {. D. Baker. j. g.
n E-plnoaa. who spoke for several
y property owners Mrs. Hudson and
MrA A T.. keith,
! Others who spoke Tor paving
were Frank Stortz a J. Mnluy.
who urged tho paving Of south
1'hirl street: and MR. Lucy Rum
NELL Mr. Rankin urged III, paw
ing ~ North Second street.
pf the letters which were sent
IN there was hut which favored
paving and this came from a -outh
Fourth stree resident.
The second protest hearings if
10 be held tonight beginning AZ
Z: 80 o'clock and viii be on the fol-
lowing streets. South Arno from
Central ayenue 20 coal avenue
North Edith street from Central
nvtnuc To Grand avenue; Fact
Grand avenue from Edith street
90 High street. North High stree;
from Central avenue to Grand
avenue and south High stree from
central avenue to Coal avenue.
Tho streets which were up Tor
discussion last uight were; East
goal from High street 10 Broad
HWay:I West Coal venue from
RfOuth street to Second street.
II Suuth Third street from silver ave
nue. 10 coal avenue: South Fourth
street from silver avonue to Coal
avenue and West Gold avenue from
Sixth street to Ninth street.
Following the discussion the
commission adopted the provisional
ordinance Tor the paving OF North
Serond street from TiIcras Avenue
to Mountain road.