El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-27

tee with Judge Coldwell as the pivotal
ngure, and it was presently Surmlssed
there was something of the tracE
somewhere. The surmi-e proved cor
rect. Mr.. WhitmOre moved that the
proposed ordinance be referred to the
ordinance comm titee to be reported
upon at another adjourned NEE ing
Monday night. He said the franchise
did not Obllgate the IA lroad company
to operate their road when they had 1t
built.
Mr.. Ramsey rose t. explain: be would
relieve the gentl III IS mind. lie pro-
posed in all sincerity to beg n work in
three weeks, ana there would he no
dilly dallying. The road and the new
international bridge would be built as
rapidly as possible. or as soon as the
material to build with could be secured.
Mr.. Ramsey said his company was here
for business, aud nothing else.
Judge Coldwell said he favored the
petition "a he understood il, but there
was looph0le for error in the getting
onto Sixth street on Utah, and he
had come down that very morning to
the city ball to point out this lde ntlchi
possible source OF error in the petition.
rbe ordinance should have been give
to the ordinance committee, or ut least
submitted to them, which was not done,
and no Injury would result to the rail
road company from q postpOnement OF
action by the council until Monday
night. We desire ia good faith to give
the company the right to come up Sixth
street, bat in a legal way, that the
rights of the city might be protected.
The judge declared himself free from
all responsibility for this ordinance.
1t was brought up for adoption in the
council without its being shown 10 the
ordinance committee, aud Il for one,
he said, IAN in no humOr ton CHI to
dispassiOnately discuss the ordnance.
An hours discussion today with the
ordinance committee might have set
tied the matter in a perfectly satsfac-
tory manner, but this was not done. |
had supposed the city attorney would
consult with US as to the ordinance, but
it was not done. II this policy is to be
kept up [ shall request to be relieved
from the siuecure [ now enjoy"
Judge Townsend. the city attorney.
here rose to state that the resolution
offered by Judge Cold we'll himself, was
for the city attorney to prepare an Crdi-
nance and report the same that night.
He had no instructions to confer with
the ordinance committee or any other
committee. If he had mad Instructions
to confer with the ordinance committee
be would have done so.
The mayor at this point said, IN Ow
[ want to say that [ think the council
is friendly to this proposition from the
railroad company, stIll | think il is all
right to put safeguards around the
franchise. The company evidently
mean business: | would ike to
facilitate matters and the council Dug at
to help
BY Mr.. WhitmOre-''I would like to
the work started tomorrow as far as
[ am cOncerne1.'
Willard Patterson. counsel for the
company, arose to say that in Justice to
The city attorney be would state that
he had prepared the ordinance him
self, patterning in after the last cODces-
sion to the Viii Oaks railroad com
pany. The city attorney offered
every objection the spe lker thought
could be urged.
Mr.. Stewart called the councils at
tention to the fact that the White
Oaks company had left several pieces
of the track laid in the lower part OF
the city where nothing further had
been done beyond loading the tracks
with empty stock cars.
The motion of Mr.. Whitm0re'S to
refer, and seconded by Mr.. Stewart, was
then carried, and I Is 20 be hop=d that
everything viii be lovely and the go Sc
hang exceedingly in altitudinem when
the council meets again Monday
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