El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-24


If the free grub store had never open
ed Ell PasO would have held her old
position in the estimation of the public,
but when the city acted the pauper and
accepted free grub from the United
States it fell from its high pinicle as a
progressive and resourceful city. There
was no necessity of the free grub. The
American peop e do not ask to be fed
while they build houses and why should
foreigners be given advantages over
Americans? Let the city work out its
own destiny without the aid of the free
grub store. The parties who are max
ing the strongest kick against the clos
ing of the free grub store are few who
have no interest in the city except the
procuring of food and drink.
Now that the city doesn't have to
look after the feeding of a horde of
lazy Mexicans it can probably begin
the work on the levee, and furnish the
unemployed work. Mr.. Scott will go
before the council with an offer tonight
by which the city can get levee and
$50 900 bonus. The party who makes
the offer does not say what he will do
with the levee and why he should Of
fer the city $780, 900 to be allowed to
build it, but that is his own business
and he certainly expects to make mon
ey out of the transaction and is not
giving the soap away for fear that
some layer around for snaps" should
catch or, VINO has a strong enough pull
with the city to beat him out of his
idea. The river front is worthless as
1t is and the building of tie levee
would furnish employment to the idle
and bring city scrip up to par at the
same jump. Thus two important ques-
tions could be solved at once by Mr..
Scott's PROPOSE ton.
The first regular train on the Cora
litos route pulled out of Juarez this
morning at $50 The train consisted
Of engine POI, two cars and two coaches.
Engineer Clark pulled the throttle and
Conductor Willett punched the tickets.
The first time table on the Corralitos
| route went into effect this morning.
| The south bound train No. l leaves
$50, Sapello 1907, Medanos 11:O7, Bar
real IL 90, San Bias l2:35 p. M, Guz-
man p. m Sabinal ), La Campana
4:14, San Pedro 3. Corralitos 5:44, Casas
Grandes 6:14, Terrazas p. m. The
north train No leaves TerraZas at &
a. ID. and arrives in Juarez al 4:3O p.
m. There are no Sunday trains.
The round house of the CorralitOs Is
nearly completed and ready for Oc-
cupancy. The building is of brick with
stone foundation. The foundation of
the mAchiue shops is being put in and
part of it IS ready for the brick work.
Inc machine shops will be l20X7O feet,
the car shops will be 5Uxl5O feet while
| the blacksmith shops Will be 60x4O.
The train SHED which is already COM
pleted is 3OXl5O and is built OF lum Der
with a tin roof. ALI the work being
done IN the yards, and in fact all along
the road, is first class in every par
ocular and neither money nor WORK is
spared to make everything permanent
aud endurable, all of which shows up
| we'll for the future intentions of that
road. The temporary work tnut was
pat In during the Gays of construction
is fast being Superseded by work OF q
permanent character.
''The building of the levee as propos-
ed by Mayor Magotfin,'' said a promi-
nent c:Llzen and tax payer this
morning, lis worth half million dol
lars to mis- city and should not be Civ
ca away to the railroads who will jump
DIT the bait if 1t is offered them. The
offer of a $50, 900 bonus To the city, as
little, but the city Is In no condisioa to
hold out Tor higher price. The city
needs the levee aud also the money,
but Lne party VINO makes the offer will
be tlckled If he gets the franchise for
that sum. | am in favor of allowing
| the franchise to the party, who ever
e is, as he will have to eXpend $780,
900 more to build the levee he propOs-
es. l do not know exactly what his
i.,to Il
levee could be made to bring in a hand
some profit on the Investment and
feel sure the party or parties who
make The offer know what they are 90
ing, but is afraid to give 1T away. If il
were used for terminal facilities and u
belt line it would solve all future diff
hculties for Ell PasO in the way of fran
chlses. AS near as 1 can find out the
levee would be built one hundred and
twenty five feet wide on top and would
be anOut fifteen feet high, and would
extend from the city limits on the west
to the city limits on the east and prob
ably further east if the county granted
a franc Mise. This would forever pro-
tect the city from high water in the
future and make the land that is now
almost worthl> IS very valuable"
81 do not know that my man will be
ready to make an offer to the city by
tonignt's meeting of the council or
not" said Alderman Scott this morn
ing, "but l do know that he is in
earnest and will give the city $50, 900
for the franchise for building the Ievee
and owning it. He is now working on
the PROPOSE ion and If he does not lay
the matter before the council tonig 1t
he will be ready week hence to do SO.
He is in earnest and is fully able to
carry out any contract he may make
l am not at liberty to say just what he
proposes to do aad there is only one
DINER party in town that knows who
the man is or what he intends to do.
All 1 can say is that the offer is bona
tide and he will give the city S5O,O0O
for the franchise"
The regular Thursday evening talk
about the appointment of new chief
of police is on and it Is again reported
| that there will be new chief tomor-
row. Jim Dryer thinks he has a cinch
on the joo but othe-s think different.
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