El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29
MOST GRACIOUS HIGHNES>ES -
This is the Style of Address Used to
the City Council By Il Petitioner.


The city council met last night. in a
long sleepy session, in which the al
dermen severally and aggreg ativefy
came Lear haviog to puuch each other
IN The ribs 10 keep AWAKE. The clerk
only managed 10 keep his eyes open
by smoking three strong long nine :"
Chief Of Police l. ckhart opened the
| ball by rising 10 blandly announce that
since lie mad made his little kic 10
the council about the the non-pressure
OF water IN the low line hydrants,
| there had been a sudden and marvellous
increase OF pressure, so that with but
three exceptions, the Oydrants of the
CITY were al up to the proper pressure
mark. The chief OF the fire depart
ment had been with them, and they
( carried gauge.
| Did the water company furnish the
gauge" was asked.
mo sir, they did not,' the chief re-
piled, I'VE secured one at the city nall
| and mad 1t tested before we set out. -
| The speaker called attention to the
| need OF new hydrant a. the corner OF
| Ito Graude and stanton streets, at the
| hospital corner where the pressure
| showed only % pounds, and which had
no engine connection. The water COM
pany mad agreed to make the necessary
change without extra charge. The
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40 poundsA <Cnief Connors of the fire
| depaI tmeht recommended that new
| ny QrantS be placed at the corner of
North Oregon ana Rio Gcarde and al
| Missouri and OchOa streets. Those
parts OF The city are being settled up
| very fast and additional fire protection
was ca led for. There were locations
on the north side where 1900 feet of
| hose would be necessary in order to
| nd he
| friction through such line of hose
| there would be no pressure at the pipe
END OF the line. Chief Commons was
| asked II by redistribution of the
present number of hydrants the un-
protected parts OF the city could not be
properly reached without increasing
| the humber, but Chief Connors said
| there was only one hydrant that might
De dispensed with or located eIsewhere,
| and that was the one on Ell Paso street
near kUhloerg's store. 1t was decide d
| That the fire aud water cAmmittee and
| the mayor should go over the ground
| and see where hydrants were needed,
| also that ali new fire plugs should have
| engine connections. City Attorney
Kemp then appeared on the lecture
platform, and held the council 10
breathless suspense for an hour or
| more with four romantic serials en-
| title d ordinances providing for the is
suance Of the new bon0s and for the
holding OF an elect. on to ratify or reje
the same. n.the way of an annex
or schollum to the proposition was
also offered procla mation by his
honor the mayor calling for such
election. The first orbit ance rela;ed
| to the school bones of $40 COO, fifteen b.
ing for a new school house'in ward =,
| and five for improvements on the Mesa
nhnsI nj h,,
dinanace providing for $50, 900 wit
which to build city hall, and one
| covering the $4,000 for fuLdi"g the
present outstanding indie btedness of
| the city not otherwise provided for.
he city attorney said he had co.,
suited with the assessor aud collector
and found that levy of one mill on
| the dollar for each issue of bonds was
amply sufficient to prov de for The same.
The ordinances were adopted, and
December the day set for holdii G
the election, the polling placts beips
ward l, city hall; ward 2, hose house
on Kansas street; ward }, Purte les
carpenter shop on Stanton street:
ward 5, com missioner's office
Each set of bonds will be voted on
separately. The concil decided 10
meet Moaday aud take action on the
mayors aypoiptmen5 of election Of
ticie Is. In compliance with Judge
Cold well s recommend atiOrs, it was
understood that ''issus'' meant ii day
of sale and execution of the BONDS 10
pun chasers-not the day OF prin ting the
same. The judge said that many
iegis laiors had actei with the idea that
printing" and ''issuibg' were one and
the same thing. Also on his recon:
mendation, the wording of the watet
bonds WIS adhered to as far as was
allowable, as they had stood the test in
The courts,