El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-17
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Canvassing the Vote on the Bonds
Fire Department Matters.

THE CITY COUNCIL.
Canvassing the Vote on the Bonds
Fire Department Matters.
The city council met last night with
full board, less the city clerk who
was unable to be present; so his brother
Jacob roasted on the high stool and
"gloated in wild delight over" the
minutes of the previous meeting.
On recommendation of Chairman
Clifford of the finance committee, these
bills were allowed:
Sewer extension. 500. 80
Engineering department. ...... 3 90
J. }. Sullivan, labor. 3 90
Mr.. Clifford reported the sale of
srtesian we'll pipe, viz, 1000 feet of
inch pipe and 731 feet of the inch
city $617.11. Sale approved.
The clerk read the following petit
ton:
"We. the undersigned citizens living
on and owning property in blocks Nos.
Is and &c Hart, would respectfully re-
quest your honorable body to extend
the line of the sewer system from it's
present terminus in the alley in the
south part OF block 66 10 the intersec-
tion of said alley with Nevada street I"
The petition was signed by A. J.
Stewart, A. A. McAfee, Adolph Krak-
auer, D. M. Payne, H. V. Steele, J. H.
Ebert, B. Heitzleman. Referred to the
streets and grades committee. AS the
ground is rocky it is held the extern
sion will cost $500.
The owners of block No. 217 in Camp
bell 81 addition fled a petition for q
sewer, signed by the Ell Paso Building
& Real Estate Co.. D. Y. Hsdley, S. L.
Mayor, o. G. Section and G. F. Maho-
Tho iuf An
Gil that it would be Improbable to
run tie sewer in the alley, but the
owners would give permission to run it
the other way of the block. Referred
to the streets and grades committee.
Mr.. Scott Gale the attention of the
council to the fact that the fire depart
ment was still responding to alarms
over the river, and that it might be q
good plan to have some definite under
standing about this. The sentiment of
several aldermen seemed to be that q
little charge of $500 should be made for
each and every service. Several alder
men thought an order had been passed
months ago prohibiting the depart
ment crossing the river. Judge Cold
we'll observed tbs it was evident that
Juarez would not provide herself with
a fire department as long as Ell Paso
was willing to supply the service.
said no action was taken when the MAJ
ter was brought up before the council
at the time ment' oned, and the matter
was finally left to the mayor to decide
as to whether the department. should
60 over the river or not. On the pre-
vious night. he had sent over the en-
CINE and hose wagon, and to provide
against possible trouble on this side
had brought down One g hose from the
4 . ~ to- !, I
until the wagon returned from JuareZ.
Mr.. Scott offered q motion that here
after, the department do not respond
to alarms of fire from over the river
except in cases of great emergency,
and that in this event the consent of
the mayor and the chief engineer of
the fire departing Mt be secured before
the alarm is responded to.
The council then resolved itself into
turns of the late bond election, and the
figures were announced as given the
day after the election. AS each item
came up, Judge Coldwell moved that
that particular set of the bonds be
declared lost, with a sepulchrsl voice
that rang on the orejas of his honor
the mayor with dreadful tone sug-
gestive of "hark from the tombs q
doleful sound, mine ears attend the
cry; we mortals come and view the
ground, where ye must shortly lie"
At the same time there was just tinge
of sarcasm in the judges tone that was
rather amusing to his brother alder
men, while at the same time it rather
intensified the unpleasantness for his
honor the mayor. However, the latter
twas game" and never let on but what
he Wa the most delighted person in
the world.
Mr.. Whitmore was granted thirty
days leave of absence to go to Jackson
vile, Fla, and the council adjourned.
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