El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-12

Novelty Machinery company 80 w
Kell, u Pollard .............- II ~
l.. Hug hes. .........-.... W.
Street and sewer. 3o w
For city Daup RS. ....-.--..- ITO ~
Mr.. Whitmore regi tered k .cN
against paying fire department lis
without a requisitlon. Judge 1 'ldWell
recommended that the bills be LAID
over for one week. Tbs brought Pres
dent Edwards. of the department, onto
his feet with virtunus indignation. He
-xpl aimed that the present hnance com
N tt-e of the department. was the oeS
it ever had, and that every bill was
carefully srruJinizs d. He, however,
was not posted on the requ1sltlon busl-
ness, and would call the attention of
the fire directors to the matter
The poor house char es from the
county stirred up sem thiDg of a racket,
and Judge CoIdwe advised that the
council sit right straight down on
flowing pay for any person not sent 10
the poor house with out an order from
the mayor. With this ia view. on
dollar was cut off the county's bill rep
u, seuting two days for a man sent
here by Judge Hunter. instead OF the
! ayOr.
An Old chestnut from the American
Well Works then showed up in tie
shape of bill fer $50 for TWO bose
couplings tn company said were Or
| dered bv Cot. Ritter. As Ritter had
! -everal times stated that he never
ordered the couplings, but that they
were thrown IN with other fit ngs. the
| bill and accOmp tnyi ~ communication
| were thrown into The was e basket.
| On recon incubation of Mr. q ford
The. repurt of the assessor and tax
| collector for February was approved.
| Mr.. CT ford said the collector had
taken In $50, 642.11 during the month,
and expected to take in SIS 900 in
March.
MIR. Clifford called on Mr.. Kachler
Cor information in the Policeman A.
cher case. MIR. Kach err replied that
ne had been unable to find definite in
form alton. aud WAS waiting for further
| Developments. It took time to
ferret INTO such things. Mr., Whitmore
immediately mnved that the charges
b. laid over un i after the election.
| WHY" asked the chair, do you want
to use him in the election?' This caus-
I'd Il laugh, and Judge Co'dwell re-
marked that something should certain
| " be done. The committee ave be- n
| given further time" several times
| Mr. Whi'more add d, We had better
| drop the matter. We have had Archer
up four or five tim in he lat year
| on some charge or other, ard nothing
| mas ever come of them. The contro-
|
| Mr.. Kachler under the cellulOld. and
ne tally replied to Mr.. CT ford hat he
had done his level hest, and f Mir. Cliff
ford thought he could do any b tier, e
rOulu just take hold himself and see
how the old thing worked. 1t was hard
enough to get at the bottom OF these
charges, especially where people VINO
did the most talking AT the start, had
now shut up and refused to talk.
f,ll mo
petition was tn IN read:
| Your petitioners the undersigned
citizens and tax payers OF the city OF
Ell Paso, rep -ctfully represent that
the maintenance of the resent aceq ua
system by the city IS needless burden
and expense to the greater number OF
tax payers of this city; and that the
| benefits thereof are received by score
of tax payers whose property lies in
| he bottom lands orr 'bOsque' which
formerly were subject to overflow by
the river: that the greater portion OF
lands and property in this city subject
| to taxation derives no benefit whatever
| from the acequia system; that 1t Is
manifes'ly unequal taxation for city
of lo,OOO pOpu alton to be obliged TO
mai tain an irrigation system for .OU5
per cent of tid population; that in o
| other civlliz I'd country are prop 9rty
owners taxed to support IL sgt 10 OF
| lrriga ion unless b. ir lands are sub
| ject TO and capable of being rigaflon
| oy the wdter- of the aceQnias lnVo we'd
and your petitioners would respectful
ly call your attention to the action of
| the legislature now in session regard
| ing he subject of irrigation laws, and
| their proposed amendment to the cOnsti-
tuition to validate laws imposing tax
even on land owners who's. lands won I'D
be directly benefited hy irrigation,
but nowhere has the mOnstrouS propo-
sitlOn been suggested of taxing lands
not directly benefited for the support
of ac~quias that would benefit other
land own RS.
We therefore most earnestly protest
against the furlher maintenance OF
said u equia ny the cit.
I'VE would further cal attent on to
the fat that the hen ii iaries Of said
acequia system do not clean the Stue.
nor protect the streets from over How
therefrom. but leave the entire IN tier
to the city; that said arCqu a arr
constant menace to the city. not only
to the health of It's citizens by reason
OF pools Of stignant wafer, but that 1t
renders the city constantly in peril FOR
damages for the destruction Of life and
property: that children have been
drowned in the aCtquiaS.
I'VE would therefore ask that those
benefited ne required to clean the
a2q Mas, to protect the banks thereof
from Ov- rtlOT, and to enclose the same
with proper barriers as a protection
from accidents, and that unless a
speedy compliance is made to these
demands by thu haneficiaries, that the
ace4uia system be abolished within
the corporate | mjtS.H
The petition was referred to the
acFquia committee with tue remark
that Mr.. Del Buono would now find
something TO do. Mr.. Whi'more
name of O. I. Dix was not on the petit
ton.