El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-16
FIRE THE FIRE DIRECTORS,
The Tall Sycamore of Ward / Mounts
His Charger with d WhOOp.

The sober quIetness Of last nights
meeting OF the city council was rude Y
diSJur bed just as the council was pre-
pAriLg Tor aO jour- ement by the Tall
Sycamore from ward /, VINO wanted
The board of tire direc orS given the G.
b forthwith and q single head placed
over the department, all b. cause the
directories ashed Tor an advance in
the wages of the jani,or and thurman
Chief LOckIarG reported on tue dan
gefous building on Florence and South
CampCell StIeslS, that the church
Dul. ding was being re paired, and that
IN few day ) Mr.. Rowland would De
10 to"n 20 Ioyk after his properly
wnO.e cOnuitJn nal been coup alneu
OF. The clerk lad al epistle from
Mr.. Row lana to The cit, council IN
which the writer stated thai the wall,
OF the house had bee-4 propped up, bat
his nelg MOOR Long, seemed to have
remover the prOp.-Hhy he d d not
know. But he would b. here on the
lSLh inst. TO Invest gate. The council
ueciled to await Mr.. RowIand's re-
turn.
Judge Kemp reported on the suit OF
DR.. anuru against the city for sd
airy as health officer from April 10
september 1885. Tue doctor eaiu he
was CHOSEN ueatth officer IL Septem-
Der 1871 Ior two years, but had oeen
iii ed in April 1879, live moaths before
III. term v as out, aud DR.. White out il
his stead. However, DR.. Ya1deil
would ~ithdra" ms suit f the CT,
would pay the costs amounting to
$3.50. Inc city attorney recomme ndeQ
JnaJ the compromise be accepted. So
ordered.
Mr.. Burton, for the police committee,
reported the Jure report of the CHIEF
of police, the summaries of which
m a.
collected, SIU34 81: unpai1 S33: re ed, !.
81: escaped Si3: served, SIS: appealel,
S2UO. Inc report was accepted, aau
eA-Chlef lille GRAND Was given $40 for
extra services, AMI the uncOilecUa Ole
fines were remitted. The mayor
thanked the eX-chlef for his services to
the present a1mInis IA ton.
In tue mater OF the charges for cars
Of stone from Mr.. CJurchesne, ME-
WuitmOre reported that he could only
account for eight cars of Stag and
eleven cars Of rock used by the cit. !:
that numbsr was allowed, and d war
raut Tor 5lSl ordered drawn for Mr.
Courchesne. Ii was claimed that the
canal was responsible for the damage
done by the recent flood and he said
they should be compelled 10 pun in
Hood gate 50 that the water could be
smut OFF completely in case OF nigh
water. lie moved that the city en-
giueer be instructed to insect the
canal at the heac gate and report what
WAS necessary to shut off the water
when tue river rose.
Mr.. WLltmore reported he under
stood that tie canal company was tear
ing out The canal dam, bat was using
the ID aterial 10 strengthen the levee
above and was really making the pro-
lection strOu ger than ever.
Mr.. w hltmore also called attention
to The fact that tae platform in the
rear of toe city nail used by the fire
men 10 dry hose on had bucJme I'M
sta ble ana need repairs. The +, pairs
n EIDE d were ordered.
The weekly pay roll of the sewer
commissioner amounting TO So. 30, and
the pay roll of the street commissioner
amounting to SO 90 were orde rec
paid.
The mayor reported that the street
ommissIUner had been tearing down Il
leve which h., tla mayor h vi or
dered restored, as he did not think 1t
WOULD DO just yet to level off the city's
prot ctiOn.
A Mexican named Seran 20 put in
title bl | for lum Der alleged to have
been taken by w. S. McCutcheon for
the city's beneft. RsierreI 10 Nc
Clutch con.
The clerk then read the following
petition:
The undersigned, the American
Dietric5 Telegraph company, through
their repr g entaiives. Allen Quinn and
Harvey Diamond, Of Ell P4su, Texas,
repre- cot to our honorable body that
they desire To erect IN your city wires
cCnnectlng tn II system of call boxes
with the various business houses and
prIva houses GA their lines to be
ri h. ! /.
the use of such persons who may desire