El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-01
A VERY QUITE SEANCE.
The City SOlOns Met in Solemn Session
for Business Last Night.


According to regular weekly custom
the city council met last night with
| Acting Mayor Whtmore on the
throne aud all the aldermen sitting in
| half moon around him.
The silence of the august body was
broken by City Clerk Catlin pu. ting on
a new pair of gold trimmed specks and
then the minutes of five prev GUS meet
ings were read, and after some correc-
| tiOns, approved.
Engineer Wimberly then arose and
/ made report on the street work and
street drainage in which he recon-
mended the filing of the mud holes in
the southern part of town and he also
recommended that the little acequia
be cut so that overflow waters could
run Off. AS it is now this water is
banked up eainst the acequia on Ore
gOl and Utah streets and leaves a
panorama of stagnant water and mud.
The report of the engineer was received
and filed for future reference.
Mayor WhitmOre here stated that
he had put two more wagons and
teams at work on lower Oregon street
where there was such a bad mud hole
that extra efforts were necessary to
abate the nuisance. The mayor also
reported a case of dipn iberia in the
same neig borhoo1 aud felt that the
C1Oy cAOuiu OASIU lGSSlt III 1US SuOTUS W
keep down disease. The action of the
mayor was approved by the council.
Chief of Police Lockhart reported
that if the city would furnish the
wagons and tea that he with the as
sistance of the recorder could furnish
enough men to do street work. That
winter was coming On and vags were
flowing in and that, while board bills
mig ht run high, it was the only SOU
ton he saw of the tramp question. and
be was satisfied that from thirty to
fifty vsgs could be kept at work re-
gularly on street work.
The council then adopted a resolu-
ton appropriating $3.50 towards i'm
proving the streets and filing up the
low places that were in such bad con-
ditiOn in the lower part of the city.
The little acequia question was then
sprung and there was strong talk of it's
demoiishment and the feeling was
5 rong that the city should aba1dpn
on it. There was also talk of leveliny
it SO that the city would have better
drainage. The question of the right
to level was referred to the city at
torney who was asked to give an
opinion on the rights of the city to take
such steps.
Mr.. Coons, representing City Attor-
ney Kemp, read an opinion on the
street sDriu king contract between the
city and Mr.. A. Solomon. The new
contract showed that Mr.. Solomon was
only liable for repairs on the sprink-
ling carts or stand pipes so far as he or
his men should injare them. and the
city would have to bear the expense of
keering up other repairs. This was
not satisfactory to the council as they
did not want bills to be coming in
weekly from such sources and there
was some talk of declaring the con-
tract void and calling for new bids, but
the matter was at last settled by in
structing the mayor to wrestle with
Mr.. Solomon and get him to agree to
keep up all repairs for a slie ht Increase
in pay.
The official pay roll for September,
to $I974.3S was reported bv
the clerk: the pay roll of the fire de
partment for S47O was also reported.
Ten per cent was added to tie fire de-
pay roll to bring it up to
cash basis and warrant was order |
to be drawn for the total amount in IA
vor of the fire department..
The weekly pay roll of the street |
commissioner amounting to S55 IA was
allowed, as was the amount of the sew
err com missioner for 500. 80.
A derman Robinson, or the taxa
tiOn committee, read petition f"om |
t Rohman estate asking for flu: err |
time in which to settle the taxes with |
the city. Thirty days further time was
granted.
A derman Del Buono reported that
the building on Ell Paso street, known
IS the Cottage salOcn, was in danger
1us condition. The matter was 'eferred |
20 he street and grade commit Who
ire TO see the owner of the building
Ind have it repaired.
A petition fr N several ct'izens nf
he >ecoLd ward was thep rca-. as fol-
ows;