El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-22
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| lease.
MIR. Scott thought it would be good
scheme 10 wait before taking action
until the icclzey club was heard fro q,
| aud the matter was held IN aoeyance;
It was stated that thu flood had robhed
| 200 chickens OF their sweet young lives
in Mr.. Simpkins' hen pen, ana Tor
| moment it seemed as though the couu-
| ell would extend vote OF condolences
to the bereaved.
| Mr.. Robinson for the taxation COM
mittee reported favOrably on the asses
sor and collec or's report for Septem M
| Der which has received and flied as y.
K.
The mavor reported there was no
special need of any, Traditional ire plug
near the 7. & 2. cepOt: but there was
need of one near the Mesa scEooi: Inc
| city engineer was Instructed 10 locaIe
the Mesa hydrant.
The chief Of police reported there was
no pressure to speak of IRON Inc nfe
plug through the south side or the Town.
The water Just about ran out aou thaI
was all-except mud. The pipes down
there were inches. Several OF the
council held that the CITY should not
pay the water comp my Tor water
where the pressure did not come up to
the standard, and the chief says Supt.
Waits had stated that the absence OF
pressure was due TO friction, though
some of the councilmen rather thougnt
! it was due to mud. The chief OF ponce
| was instructed to take the chief OF the
fire department along with him when
he made his rounds ag ain and the IN at-
ter of payment for full pressure when
| it was not there, was referred to the
city attorney.
| CITY Attorney Kemp reported
as follows on the ordinance granting
franchise to the Texas & Pacific:
| The ord nance is dated March 4,
for construction was extended, Book
E, D. 157. The double track was al
lowed on Oh ST.. from Stan ton street to
Rio Grande and Ell Paso r. 4. reser-
va'ion, Book G. p. 8 Toe RICH
OF way besius at the junction of A
and Walnut streets, Cotton addition;
thence down A street to block 6l, and
curves around in block I'll, and crosses
Cotton Ave, and then westerly down
9th street to the Santa t'e reservation.
Again, it begins at the intersection OF
Campbell aud 9th streets, thence
crossing block II, Campbell's addition,
to Kansas and It'll streets; thence down
Kansas street to the river.
|, | Sec. 6 of the ordinance provides
that the r. r. Co. shall grade A
street from Walnut to Chestnut; and
9th street from Cotton Ave, to the San
ia Fee reservation: said grade 10 be not
less than % feet in width On each side
of the center of the streets, and to be
fully up to and correspond with the
grade of the railway tracks on said
streets for the present; and shall also
grade the full width of each street and
alley at the poidts where its tracks
and switches cross the same, and shall
maintain good and sufficient plank
crossing the full width of each of said
streets and al eys, open at all times
for free passage by the public. And
in case the grade esta blished by the
company for its road is not the same
as that estab ishei by the city, the
company when SO required by the city
| council, shall grade its track and the
points and parts of str Gets and alleys
in this section u med so as to conform
to the offic al grade esta blished by the
| city. This ordinance speaks for itself.
| The mayor remarked that If the T.
| s. 2. graded Sixth street 1T would
prove an efficient dyke in case OF Hoods.
The mayor was instructed to notify
| the railroad company to complete the
! work IN accordance with the terms of
their frar chiss.
Then the everlasting problem of
draining the Myrtle avenue sink was
brought up again. The mayor said he
had talked with.Mr. Mahl. ::of the South
ern Pacific company relative to the
proposed ditch along the north side of
the city. But the engineer had said
that the road was at such loss on
account of the yellow fever that they
did not feel like engaging in the work |
at present; and then Mr.. Mahl did not |
consider the plans of the city engineer
feasible. City Engineer Wimberly |
here stated that his p'ars were FEAST
bic, but that the trouble was the IN
Willingness of the railroad company to
go to any expense, and that when the
ditch was constructed it would have
to be maintained just like anything
else that required looking after to be
kept in trim. The mayor said it were
better 10 act in this matter without de-
lay. Something has got to be done.
and that pretty soon. At every heavy
rain, people on the lower lands were
drowned out, and as that part of the
city was settled up, the inconvenience
would be increased. Moreover, people
were settling in the vicinity of the pro-
posed ditch line and vested rig ats we're
being acquired which would make it
the more difficult by and by to put the
scheme through. However, the matter
went over for further mental digestion
and assimilation.
City Attorney Kemp called the coun-