El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-24
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
On the Issuing IF Bonds for Much Need
ed improvements.

ed improvements.
The city council held its third meet
ing this week last night, and being
munic .pally weary were prepared to
retire at an early hour. Judge Cold
well fOf the ordinance committee pres
ented the amended ordinance recalling
| the wa err work bonds, the amendment
! making the S25 Obj returnable to tn e
| tax payers in cash If they wished, or as
applicable to their taxes If they were
SO willing; only no moneys were to be
, paid to parties indebted to the CITY.
Toe ordinance was adopted unanimous
ly.
The clerk read the following mes
sage from the mayor:
GENTLEMEN: Now that the water
bones have been cancelled by your
honorable body, and tue way is clear
for other improvements ana neceSsit e.
| that are apparent to your Lo1ogable
body, viz; the building of a school
house in the second ward, an addition
to the Mesa school house in the third
ward, the erection of q city hall com
mensurdte with The times ard needs of
Ell Paso, ard last, though lot lie asst, the
issuance of bonds o fund the outstand-
ing debt OF The city, L therefore earn
e-tly recommend to your honora ble
tOjy that bonds be issued or authOriz-
ed. and that the same shall be voted
5 parately upon the different propOsi 81
lions, tO-wlt: For the erection of a
school house in the second ward, fif een
Thousand dollars; for mpIOvements 10
the third ward Mesa school house, five
Thousand dollars; for city hall, thirty
thousand dol ars: and for funding the
outstanding deoJ Of the city, thirty
thousand dollars.
In making these recommendations,
which al much needed and necessary,
it Will be borne in mind that these i'm
|p:ovements will give employment to
our mechanics anu working classes.
The material 10 be used can now all
| be furnished here. The lumb Der, the
brick and the irOa are all to be had
b. re and of the very best.
The money expended will find its
way into the hands Of Our merchants,
aud ali of our people will get the ben
eft of it. 1t wall stimulate still furth-
err the m any improvements now going
on, and Will show by your action the
| confidence you have in thu prosperity
| aLd future growth of our city.
L further recommend the abandon :
ment of the acequla from Oregon
st eet cas-; 1T has no outlet and, IN
fact, has lost its utility from tn point
east on account of Its location and
being tlumed in several places. [ may
add that | am the hea West loser by it's
abandonment, but it is right and proper
that 1t should be done as it is now L.
Gated.
AS the mayor said he was going to
Hudson Hot Springs in a few days, the
message was refrrrel to the finance
comm .ttee with instructions TO report
on the first regular meeting n October
Judge COldwell was d bious about is
suing bonds to such an amount. He
said 1t wOu d be delivering the city
over bound hand and foot to the enemy.
Tne city would be pra ctically without
any margin to issue water works bonds
on when the time came. At the same
time the speaker did not wish 10 be
understood as advocating municipal
water works. He preferred rather
paying two prices to company to pay
ing three prices to ward heelers which
would be the case if the city ran It's
own water works Moreover, it would
be good scheme to see if the city can
market the bonds proposed before
printing them. The judge thought the
unpleasant experience in trying 10
market the water bonos of a Iear ago
suggested the al Visibility of looking
abe al before stepping.
The mayor said the city cow had an
option for five years CONT 'ui1g the
D, e ent wat-r rates and Thought the
C t. could sutfici-ntly recuperate its
resources IN that length of time, even
If it now i.suei much larger amount
OF bonds. The mayor thought that in
five years El Pa5o would b in shape to
issue municipal bonds not only to the
extent of 500, 600 but TO $4,000.
Judge Coldwe!l illust at d the n
crossing expenses of the city by the
sewe system That system at p~ese Mt
is sufficient and in admirable coudi-
tion. But the time is coming when
the city will have to have mu, anger
sgt N AMI tn ~ viii cost u ornv. The
Jaog- advised grea- .aIt.on IL issuing