Antonio Arias (mayor) explained

Antonio Arias
Order1:108th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1903
Term End1:1903
Predecessor1:Enrique Chevalier
Successor1:Manuel V. Domenech
Birth Date:c. 1847
Birth Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Death Date:4 July 1913
Death Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Spouse:Rosalía Ríos Ovalle
Profession:Politician

Antonio Arias Suñé (c. 1847  - 4 July 1913) was the mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1903 to 1904.

Biography

Arias Suñé was born in Ponce around 1847. His parents were José María Arias Tellechea, from Venezuela, and Mercedes Suñé. He married Rosalía Ríos Ovalle, with whom he had seven children: Jose Maria, Rodulfo, Angel, Teodoro, Rosa Maria, Rafael, and Carlos Juan. Arias Suñé died on 4 July 1913.[1]

Mayoral term

Due to a new law that had been passed in the Puerto Rico Legislature the previous year (1902), which annexed the municipality of Guayanilla to the municipality of Ponce, mayor Arias Suñé was, in effect, the mayor of Guayanilla as well, during his one-year term as mayor of Ponce. Once no longer mayor of Ponce, Arias returned to Guayanilla to oversee that municipality in the unofficial post as Guayanilla's mayor. The law was repealed in 1905, after which Guayanilla elected its own mayor again.[2] Arias Suñé resigned his post on 23 June 1904.[3] Among public works legacy of mayor Arias is the "town hall" of Barrio Playa, built on the northeast corner of Calle Padre Noel (then Calle Virtud) and Calle Alfonso XII. The building cost $4,253.48, plus $400 for the lot, both in 1903 dollars. The structure was used for barrio offices of sanitation, police, and firemen.[4]

See also

References

  1. Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 238.
  2. http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09042301&page=3 Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico.
  3. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90070270/1904-06-25/ed-1/seq-2/ Noticias de Ponce.
  4. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. p. 133.

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