El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-22
THE BONDS TO BE ISSUED.
The City Council Decided Last Night to
Issue $4,000 WOr. Ii of Bonds.

Issue SoU.OUJ WOf'n OF Bonds.
The city council me- asst night with
only Alderman Burton absent. The
feauure OF tho session was the decision
| to Issue bonds ID accordance with the
mayors recommendation as will be
seen later.
Inero were no committee reports to
speak O, and the bills from the finance
cOmmltlee were not over numerous.
Chairman Clifford, OF the finance COM
mlttee r. ported favorabiy on these bills
which were allowed md warrants or
| dered drawn.
| sewer commissioner. ...........S ] 30
| Fassett " Kelly, mdse. .. Isl 90
Fassett " Kelly, money advanc-
| co. :..--...... 40 80
| The following commune .tiOn was
| received from the board OF health:
| The board of health of Ell Paso has
the honor to here with transmit to you
a statement with vouchers for it's tran
sactlon5 respecting the case of INDECENT
| flood sufferers.
| the council appropriated for use of
| the board, $500 wnicl was 10 form of a
| warrant from which was realized $25S
cash, and $50 was received by the boa d
| from private sources, total of S2S4
Tue tOard has yet in hand 5000. The
statement herewith accompanying
shows that the board is vet indebted in
|
respectfully requests you to apprO-
pirate this amount which will epab e
1T to finish and close up all things in
this connection.
Il The report was received and the
claims allowed; to be paid from the l
wee fund.
Mr.. Clifford for the finance commit
tee then reported the following:
our committee to which was re-
l ia m do m
issue bonds TO fund the floating in
deb edness OF the city, to build a city
!, hall, and ito Construct school houses,
beg leave to report That while it doubts
the expediency of such an issue, yet
there is u desire therefor prevail nj
among many citizens and it deems best
| to limit the matter to an election call
ed to determine the issue. Your con-
mittee are unanimously in favor of is
, suing bonds TO build school houses if in
the opinion of the legal adviser Of the
city such course is permiss able.'
The council decided to carry out the
mayors suggestions, and the city at
tor ney was Instructed to draw up an or
d mace in accordance with the
report of the committee. Judge
Coldwell remarked his doubt as
to the advisability of the city's
| INDUCING in a city hall while it was
| discounting its own scrip. Both he
| and the city attorney agreed that it
was the proper thing to date the bonds
| at the time of actual sale, the Judge re-
marking that one OF the greatest evils
in connection with the sale OF the
bonds was giving them fictitious
| date. 1t was under stood by the council
| that the bonds would run thirty years
at per cent interest. 1t was under
stood of course that there would be
| city election to settle the bonds matter,
| and Judge Cold well observed that he
voted aye in the colncii rather to get
| the matter before the people than as
| any indication of how he would vote az
the polls. MIR. Clifford stated tax
payers had expressed them selves to
him as favoriug more than $50, 600 for
a city hall, but Mr.. Whitmore thought
$50, 900 would build as good q hall as
tie city would need fer many years.
Mr.. Clifford favored $4,000 rather
han $50, 900 for a hall, but the mayor
was feminist him. aid thought $40, 600
would irighte0 lax payers. The cleo
ton of the bonds question can be- held
thirty days after giving Que notice.
&. l.. Simpkins who is occupying
w ShingtOn park in accordance with
contract with the city, presented a
petition stating that the city had on
April 16, 1897, leased him the property
for consideration of SO month; tn at
he had rented the ground for the pur-
pose of putting IN crop which was
planted at great expense and then lost
during the food. That the water re-
NAMED n,tne premises long after it |
had receded from the city, rendering
the place totally unfit for the. purpose |
for which it was rented, carrying off |
200 yards of fence which has since |
been repaired by petitioner. The |
work he considered worth 500 and |
asked that the council give him credit !,
for that amount On his monthly rent