El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-18
Ell PASO. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1897.

fol owing:
"Your building committee b g leave
to report regarding the permiss on ask
Ell by flood suffer ers to erect fran,
houses, we rec mmend tn 1t the fire
limits ord nance re suspended for three
months from date; those that have lost
their homes be PRINTED 10 buiG
frame houses e4st of Santa Fe str Ell
and south of Sixth street to St, Vrain
strcet, and the permission to build ess
| of S.. Vrain to the city limits and W. 81
| of Santa Fe street and south of Santa
| Fe reservation b left to the iscretiC n
of the mayor and the aldermen of the
respective wards"
| The mayor said Mr.. Hamme't h d
| granted leave for the pe,ple to build
between S anton street aud the Me xl-
can Central track, and W st of the base
| ball grounds, hut no frame hou
The erx then read tn. following g
communication S gued by Max Web.r,
H J. Carpenter, w. B. Tru l, T. M.
| Millspaugh, S. r. Comfort. T. H.. Con-
kiln and others:
"Havipg been advised that the city
has temporarily granted permission to
parties to erect frame shanties in that
portion of the city south of Sixth street
we hereby respectfully protest against
this action on your part.
''The territory mentioned is pratt
cally in the heart OF the city. and as
within said district there is located
much valuable property, the erection
of the shanties and mud jacals will tend
to de nreciate the value of said proper
ty. There has been allowed to con-
gregaie in that part of the city south
of Fourth street and east of Santa Fe
street, extending to the river, a very
undesirable element, consisting princi-
pally of Mexicans who have been eX-
PEELED from their own country and q
kind of fioa ing, undesirable population.
As general rule they are living in a
filthy, dirty condition, and endaDger
the health of the surrounding inhabi-
tants.
''As there is q eood deal of railroad
property, warehouses, ETC., in that vi
'cinlty, we are at an increased expense
for watchmen to protect the same, and
we respectfully request that this entire
popul alton be put under strict city
he slth and police control, and that in
the future these people be prohl bited
from congregating and crowdiug into
that district near Stanton, Santa Fe
and Ell Pa.o streets and extending from
say, Fourth street to the river, and that
city official regularly examine the
buildings to see that they are not over
crowded and in filthy condit on
Mr.. Whitmore favored allowing
building, as per the report for three
months, but Judge Coldwell held diff
ferent. He had no prejudices against
the Mexican people, but there were
Mexicsns and Mexicans. An unde-
sirable class OF them numbering
some 1000 souls had come over here to
settle and build their jacals under the
shadow OF valuab' e residences. These
people had brought Mexico with them,
while in the case of other foreign i'm
migrants the latter had left their ma
tive country and its claims behind
them. These Mexicans will not learn
our language, they will not assimilat
off American labor. Chinese cheap
labor is luxury in comparison. We
should not encourage the increase in
our midst of such population. Even
negroes do n 1t live in the squalOr that
many of our Mexican population live
in. Thera ought, at least to be health
regulations covering them. We are
by an alien population. while
We stand idly by and let this sort Of
thing go on: We can refuse to repeal
our fire limits. The speaker consider
ed it more or less deplOrable fact
that there was not single American
citizen working for the city, except
lSs n filthy hersis TSe asge Sea
held that the protest just read repre-
sented the sober sentiment of the city.
Mr.. Whitmore seemed to think this
was Mexico, and that he had lived
here so long himself that he felt as
though he himself were Mexican.
Mayor Magoffiu-But if they own
their land how are you going to pre-
vent them from building as they
please?
Mr.. Coldwen-By enforcing our SAN
isary laws and standing by our fire
limits.
Mr.. Del Buono's recommendation
was adopted six to two, and the mayor
action was of doubtful propriety.
''You can veto if then," replied Judge
COldwell.
A. M. Loomis filed report showing
S2924.5O collected in rents and sales.
Referred to the building committee.
o. T. Dix was allowed 81 81 for him
self and $3.50 for Mexican named
Flores 70" work done on the levees. A
bill of S14 for lumber from Jose Fer
nandeZ wss allowed
Manager Hood of the telephone had
q large sized kick coming because he
was paid in scrip whereas he expected
cash for putting in electric bells. Re-
ferred to the finance com mittee.
The board of health sent in a COM
protesting the further
maintenance of the unsanitary condi-
tions in the southern central parts of
the city, and asking that sewer extern
siors be made in that direction. 1t
was stated that the extensions required
would amount to 400 fee; referred to
the street and grades committee.
Bsllipg4 IRIS bill of So for te eim hire
during the flood was allowed.
A kI:k was made about the rubbish
fred out into alleys, and a doleful tale
was told of how one man was caught
cremating several deceased chickens
and Tom cat that had seen better days
on big heap of rubbish in an alley.
The council ordered that the extra
city wagon be detailed two days dur
ing the week to clean up the alleys.
The mayor reported that his propO-
sitiOn to the local railroad companies
relative to a levee had met with their
approval, but he had been requested to
put his proposition in writing, as to
What the city wo I'D do. He suggested
that he be instructed to draw up the