El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-13
The Rio Grande Petition.

| Following Is the text of the petition
to the department of the interior rela-
tive to governmental interference with
the operations of the English company
who are building dams up the river:
Ell PAsO, Texas, April 6, 1897.
To the honorable Secretary of the In
terror, Washington, D. c.:
SIR:-lt having been represented to
the undersigned that kilograms and
petitions have been forwarded from
| this city to the interior department,
| stating that the operations of the Rio
Grande Irrigation & Land company in
building its canal systems from the Rio
Grande river in New Mexico, are pre-
judicial to the interests of the people
of Ell Pa; o county, and the state of Tex
as and praying that the interior de-
partment take action with a view to
stopping the construction of such irri-
| CATION system, the undersigned desire
to deny the truth of such statements,
and on the contrary to declare their
opinions that the construction of such
| system of irrigation works in no wise
| Injuries the citizens of Ell Paso or any
of the enterprises present
or contemplated belonging to
such community; but that on the con-
| trary the completion thereof will result
| in the largest benefit to such section of
country in supplying thereto au abund-
dQCe OF WdtSr n6Suou ID all HORTICULTURAL
and generally in industrial pursuits,
and which for ten years past have been
Frustrated on account of almost total
| lack thereof
| And your petitioners would request
| that instead of the interior department
taking an active opposition to such
enterprises that it should encourage
and assist the same in every way pos
sible.
| Among the signers to the above are
| o. L. Bassett, L. S. Stewart, Dan kel-
ly, Ell Paso Grocery company, A. Good
man, P. Michero, E. Michero, F. Wild
man, Momsen & Thorn, George Har-
per, james Clifford, w. H. Austin,
John O'Keeffe, j. G. Clemens, M. G.
McGlennon, Emerson & Berrien,
George FL. Higgins, E. Copeland, II. r.
| Wood. Samuel Schultz & Son, William
I'll. Long, Fl. l.. Capell and many others
| Juarez Notes.
| The foundations of the public school
which the state government is erect
ing in this city, have been finished and
the superstructure will now COUP.
| New streets leading to the freight
and passenger depots of the Corralitos
road have been opened and others wild
| ened.
| The continuation of La Paz street
| has been closed temporarily for level
ing and re6lliug.
The police department has called the
attention of property owners and ten
| ants throughout the suburbs to the
necessity OF sweeping and spriukliug
their streets.
| The jail location comm issiOp has de-
cided to have the jail built where the
| old bull ring stood, la plaza de toros.
! The Revista raises kick at this but
| contents itself with stating that on &C
count of lack of space, reasons can not
| now be given why the editor would pre-
fer to have the jail located elsewhere.
| The government has enlarged the
duties of the assay Office, on the Amer
lean side of the river, and appoin ted
HilariO O.. Guerrero as assistant to En-
gineer Angel Aguilar.
The Reyista calls on the city council
to provide for free distribution of
vaccine matter, as there are so many
poor people who cannot pay for the
same.
Judge Domino Elisias Gonzalez, of
the supreme court at Chihuahua, is
dead: or as local paper naively puts
it, ''Ha pagado su tribute a la madre
TERRA
There is complaint of the condition
of the sidewalks along the avenue on
the east side, especially as there have
been several mishaps there of late.
Holy week is being suitably observed
south of the river.