El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-25
NO DOUBLE PAY.
The City Council Camping on the Trail
of Clerk Escajeda and the Sheriff.

OF clerk EScaJeda and the Sheriff.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night with only Judge Cold
we'll absent, on leave. From the read
ing of the minutes it was discovered
that the reSOiution adopted at the last
ing relative to the fire limits had
rally suspended the same all over the
city. In this connection the following
com munlcatlOn from the mayor was
read:
AT a regular meeting of the city
council. held June II, 1897, you adopted
report OF Inc building committee in
which report it was recommended that
the fire limits ordinance be suspended
for three months to allow parties who
had lost their houses 10 rebuild the
same, with lum Der, south of Sixth
street and east OF Santa Fe street. On
examination of the ordinance referred
to L hud that that portion of the city
alluded TO in said report is outside of
all fire limits as prescribed in said fire
limits ordinance, and therefore anyone
has right 10 build house out of such
material as they may see tit, and |
| would therefore recommend that the
adoption of said report be reconsidered
for The reason above stated and for the
further reason that the suspension of
any city ordinance, even for limited
time, Is bad precedence to eSta blish,
AND especially so when the suspension
| of an ordinance may create vested
l. light which cannot be divested when
| the ordinance becomes effective; and
inasnuch as the suspension of said Or
| dina nce, taken in connection with the
whole OF the report can neither benefit
nor 1nju anyone desiring to build IL
that portion OF tie city especially des-
| ienated and set forth in the sad ordi-
nance as afOr esald, l would esptctfully
1 h Il i
| reconsidered."
On Mr.. Whitmore's motion, the
| council reconsidered its action and the
| fire limits extends as far south now, a
| they did before, viz, to Sixth street.
| Mr.. Scott wanted the fire limits ex-
| tended to the canal between Stanton
| and Santa Fee streets.
The following communication from
the mayor was read, similar one
| having been sent to each of the rail-
road companies in the city.
Ell PAsO, Texas, June Is, 1897.
| Mr.. W. B. Trull, Agent r. G. & E.
P. II r. Co., Ell Pa.o.
| DEAR SIR:-Replying to letters Of
1lth and 14th inst, being respectively
yours to Supt. j. E. Hurley ami his to
you, requesting written proposition
from me as mayor of the city of Ell
Paso in regard to cooperation of the
city, in oulldi g and maintaining
| ievee along the river side, [ desire to
| say, generally, my proposition is as
| follows:
That the railroads build and main
| tain sufficient levee from the eastern
| line OF the city, along the RIO Grande
! to the western terminus of the present
levee, the same to be of height, width,
and dimensions to be hereafter deter
| mined, and of sufficient strength and
constr uct1On to protect the city from
| the waters of the Rio Grande.
In consideration of this the city is TO
endeavor to procure and give the right
of way for said levee. The | wee Dug hit
| to be sufficiently wide at the Top to ac-
commodate three (3) tracks, and is to
be for the JOINT use Of all the railroads
joining in the construction of the le-
wee and the maintenance of the same
after 1T Is built, for their through traf-
| fic.
In order to act intelligently, it is al
visable, and [ so request. that the
companies in crested would by survey.
and by deliEeatior of the same on
map, desi gnate the route and desired
right of way for said levee, and that
| this may be done at as early day as
practic BILE.
| OF course, this is only general pro-
position, 10 be sanctioned by the city
council. and hereaiter arrar ged as TO
detail, in case it be adopted and agreed
I upon. Very respectfully yours,
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN,
Mayor OF the City OF Ell Paso, Texas.
: Approved.
| Mr. Del Buono reporsed favorab!y on
the report of A. Nj. Loomis- relative to
collections on city rentals. MIR. Rob
inson for the taxation committee re-
ported fayorably on the last report of
the tax collector whose collections
amounted TO S2Q25. 30,