El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-12
COUNCIL MEETING.
A GOOD DEAL OF BUSINESS TRAN
SACTED LAST NIGHT.
The Usual Amount of Petitions Pres
ented.- Further Time Granted
On the Archer Case.

The municipal solOns came near not
meeting at all last night. Acting
Mayor Rob -rts failed to show up, and
as Aldermen Whiimore and Del BuOno
were the only soIous on deck on time.
they promptly adjourned. But they
had only reached the head of the stair
way when four other solons appeared.
Judge G, dwell held that it would be
really too bad not to hold any session.
thus depriving the reporters of their
chance to say something the next day,
and this seemed to SETTLE the matter.
for the aldermen concluded to hold
session anyhow, and back they went to
their seats. Mr.. Kachler was put in the
chair until the acting mayor appeared,
which was fifteen minutes later.
The clerk read a long notice from
the mayor W mich was approved. 1t set
the day Of the next city election for
Tuesday, April -. for a mayor, and
one alderman from each Of the four
wards to serve for two ears. The pre-
siding judges selected were as follows:
Ward l, l.. A. Davis: ward 2. w. 5. NJ =
ward 4, Adolph S. Schultz.
The city attorney reported that the
city ord lance relative to occupation
licenses was sufficient for all purposes,
if the ordinance ere only enforced.
MIR. O'K-etfe for he street and grades
comm .ttee made The following report:
the streets aud grades committee,
to whom the petition Of the Camp bell
Real Esta,e company and others was
referred by you, relative to INSTRUCTED
streets of the city, beg leave to report
as follows:
"Flrst-Your committee recommends
that Third street, between FL PasO and
Oregon streets, be Ope ed, aud that
committee be appointed, TO devise
ways and means TO accomplish that
purpose.
"Second-Your committee further
recommends that Oregon street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, now
occupied by w. w. Whey, be also
opened for public use and that the city
attorney be instruc ed To notify said w.
w. Wiley to vacate, and he refusing to
do so. the city attorney to bring proper
proceedings.
"rhird-Your committee also recon-
mends that The alley between Ell Paso
and Oregon streets and abutting on
Fifth and Sixth streets, now oDstruc led
by ADOBE jacals, De opened, and that the
chief of pol ce notify the occupants Of
said jacal-, to vacate, giving them thir-
ty days from date of notification in
which to remove"
Judge Culdwell wished the city at
torney instructed to begin suit in the
district court against Willy. He said
1t would be time wasted TO attempt to
do any thing in the recorders court. s
the defendant would demand a jury
and as had happened before, the jury,
right in the face of the evidence,
would declare the man not guilty. Tne
suit stould be for abatement of OBJ
structUns in the street. The motion was
carried, Mr.. OK-effe called the couu-
ellis attention To the fact that on the
south side many Mexicans had got
their jacals out beyond the line of Inc
sidewalks and in not few instances,
the buildings intruded in the road ways.
He recommended that the city engin-
Ger give locations, and that then the
chief of police compel the intruderS to
vAcate. Judge Coldwell said this would
involve the hiring of rod and chain
men to help the engineer which would
entail cOnsidera biz expense TO the city,
and he could not see the immediate
necessity of going into such profound
details. Mr.. Whitmore held that as
long as the streets had been laid out.
they Oug ht to be opened up and kept
open. and freed from trespassers. Mr..
Okeeffes COMMUNICATION carried.
On Mr.. O'Keetfe's motion. the water
company was allowed 80 for furnishing
water to the lictle plaza 10 front of the
court house.
complaint was filed relative to the
unsafe condition of some of the side
walks in the business streets, no icr-
ably the side walk in front of and near
Goodmao's, at Lightbody's, near the
Nepdome motel and elsewhere. Mr..