El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-06
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Met This Morning to Act Oh Petitions
From the Campbell Real Estate Co.

The city council met with quorum
at 1000 a. M, today, to act on petitions
presented by the Campbell Real Estate
company, and to Listen to Judge Coke
of the q. H. on the local assessment
of the abroad .ompany's property.
Judge Edwards for the petitioners
presented the following:
Your petitioners respectfully request
that your honorable bo1y pass an orr
dinauce showing Fifth street between
blocks 81 and g. Campbe rs addition,
ard the alleys In said blocks. This re-
quest is made in order that improve
ments my be made on said blocks.
Your petlsio further repres mt
tha at said blocks are west of the Santa
Fe railroad reservation, and they own
all the property west of said reserva
ton affected by the changes asked.
Respectfully submitted,
CAMPBELL REAL ESTATE Co.,
j. +. CROSBY, and others
Judge Edwards explained the re-
quest further, showing tie small
cnance of the territory ever being
built up as laid out by the city; Sucn
an ordinance as asked for won mere
ly relieve the owners of the city s
ght relative to the alleys and streets
A good plan would be to revise ali
that section west of the Santa Fe re-
servation. The CAMPBELL Real Estate
company is under contract to remove
everything off those blocks in ten days.
Judge Coldwell was willing if the coun-
Gil was told what the plan and purpose
was so that the city would know what
was coming in exchange. The judge
| wanted something more tangible than
mere promises. A railroad had been
given a franchise to build bridge over
the river and they were going
| to work right straight OF
| but they had done nothing. Judge Ed
wards guaranteed $40 900 worth of i'm
provements would go up in the blocks
In question inside of year. Judg.
Colowell said if the city attorney would
assume the responsib ility he would lot
object; The judge, however, moved it
be the sense of the council and
intro5 uced reso, ution to that effect,
that petition be granted provided $780,
600 worth of improvements be put on
either or both of blocks 81 and So in
twelve months. Carried.
The clerk then read the following
petition from the Campbell Real Es-
state comp ny which Was referred to
the street aud grade committee:
'Your petitioner respectfully re-
quests that the present sewer sys EN-
be ext nded as follows
by extending the present line in
block 251, Canpbell's addition, from
Idaho street to Rio Grande street along
the alleys in blocks 2O4 and 206, Camp
BELLS addition.
ply extending the present line in
block 252, Campbell's addition, from
Idaho sire ct to Montana street along
the alley in block 263, Campbell's addi-
ton.
The council then took up the G. 81.
& S A. tax matter, Judge Coke, Of
Houston, appearing for the railroad.
The judge asked why the councils OBJ
lection to the roads own assessment
We have put valuation on the tracks
in the city which is fair and will
bear comparison with any 9TH
err assessment in the city.
The speaker quoted values placed by
him on several 10 as being fair. The
buildings thereon were there II or Is
years and certainly not worth as much
rs ten years ago. We are willing to
pay as much as a ybody. TIE G H.
asses- ment is greater than any other
in the City except perhaps the Santa
Fee. The valuation of our proper tie S
here is $l35,a7l, and you will find that
is as much as you can make out Of
them Judge Coke cited lets owned by
the ra'lrJaa north and northeast Of
the Vendome aud other lots claiming
thu assessment should be lower.
Tie council after a careful overhaul
ing Of the case concluded Judge Coke
lad about the right of it, and placed
lhe total valuation of the G. H., pro-
perties where the judge had fixed
them. viz $l35, 9,1.
Adjourned
lust rec.i lived bv the FL Paso GrOcerv