El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-17
A WHITE OAKS ROAD.
New Parties are Ready to Take up the
S cheme and Push it Through.

s'The sensation of the doy" in the
city council Meeting last night, was the
presentation by r. II. Burgess of a pro-
posed ordinance for franchise gran l.
ing right of way to new aggregation
| OF capital Through the city for a
line to the village of While Oaks, New
| Mexico, which mas been the objective
point of a railroad from FL PasO for
| the last ten or twelve years. The petit
tiOn WAS presented by Mr.. Burgess just
J in time TO secure some action That
evening, for a motion had been maze
to adjourn, and the aldermen were
about to slipout and go home. Further
reference TO the matter will be found
in The regular report below.
AL. of the council were present ex-
cept Aldermen w hitmore and Clifford.
The first matter brought up was the
idea of refunding to the tax payers o
ths taxes collected On the water WORKS.
Judge Cold well said that while some
tax payers might be willing for the
city to Keep the money, others would
not: and the PROBABILITY was that it one
man demanded his money back, all the
rest would want theirs also. Inc mat
ter was finally laid over until the mex,
meeting by which time some pla II
commentator by the committee on
taxation.
Ellis Brothers asked leave to put up
| business signs on San AntOnlo and T..
PaSO streets Referred TO The COMM J.
| Tee on streets ana grades.
The council ordered a warrant drawn
| for So to satisfy the legal requirements
in recording the option and agreement
between the city and the water COM
pany.
DR.. Race, the city physician, report
| or If a
Sisters hospital. AS to the Mexica q
| Garcia, who had been Brought to Town
with smashed hOOf by the Southern
Pacific. the mayor said ne had not re-
| ceived any word from the Railroad COM
pany about the nan. But the chief Of
police said he had heard from the su-
perlnten, ent at Tucson to the effect
| that the Mexican had asked to be taken
| to this city where he alleged he had 4
| family. 1t Was subsequently, ascer-
LaIned that if the fellow mad a family
they were in old Mexico. Dr.. Race
said the cOuuty refused TO do thug
with The 10uiRent sick, refused even To
bury paupers. This made Judge Cold
well very Indignant, ald he declared
the council WAS Lot subject to the coun-
ty authorities: and That the counc
was unlawfully doing what the coun y
com mlssiOners unlawfully refused 10
ga'ly and arbi .rarily IN refusing to do
what Is lawfully required of them.
Judge COldwell advised that The coun-
" board be proceeded against by man
damuS from the district court, and
compelled to do their duty. Tue city
OF Ell PasO ought not to be robbed that
that The county commissioners might
make good showing on tie record by
refusing to do their duty. This sub
m of hn Il
pusillanimOus and cowardly. His hon
or the mayor called the judges atten-
tion to the fact that the council could
not petition for d mandamus. Some
cilizen must do it. The judge replied:
all rig hit; if some citizen would do So he
would be glad 10 act as attorney for
such petitioner.
Judge tOldwell for the finance COM
mlttee reported tavOra bly, on these
oils which were allowed: Sisters nos
pitaJ Sl25: returning tents to Fort Bliss
Sl.1O; j. j.. Su.lvan, artesan we'll,
Sll.25; j. W. johnson, $2.75 street COM
N ioner, S3l.I9.
Several aldermen then began to
ya~n and think OF putting themseive,
IN their II tie beds, when Messrs.
Burgess, h. 3. Stevens and lack White
who had been leaning back in their
chairs agaiUs, the wall became greatly
int+rest5d. And MIR. Burgess arose to |
address the council. He said he was |
there to represent the Ell PasO aud |
White Oaks railroad. The couuten-
ances Of the honorable members of the |
1'y council immed a;ely assumed hy |
rap dimensions as Mr.. Burgess quietly |
nauled document from his pocket and |
said that If the gentlemen would have
patience with him for just the space of |
,ne mioute, n could read the paper in
that time. He was several minutes.
but that cut no ice as every body in The
room was attention, VIII. Mr., Burgess