El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-01

sewer pun p il VI
The pay roll amounted TO $1,000, the
fire department requisition was also al
lowed amounting to $40 in cash. Mr..
Clifford reported that 81 cents could
be had for scrip, and the chairman Of
the finance committee was instructed
to see what he could do in the way OF
swapping off the scrip for cash 10 be
half Of the firemeu. Judge Coldwe1
remarked in this connection that the
depreciation of scrip had put the city
S15, 900 deep in the mire.
The clerk announced the filing OF
City Clerk Ben Catlin's bond in $1,000,
signed by himself, Dan Kelly, ST Ryan
and Park Pitman.
The following communication from
the mayor was then read:
81 would respectfully call your at
tention to the offic; al duties and respon
siblities of. the Office of sewer and
ommend that the duties and respons:-
bilities incumbent upon said official as
sewer commissioner be taken from said
office, and that the said office be here
after known and designated as street
commissioner only. and that the duties
heretofore required of said official as
sewer commissioner be transferred to
the city engineers office and that the
city engineer be authorized and re-
qulTeu " w duu peTloFu all Tue uuGle 5
heretofore required Of said sewer and
street commissioner in all matters and
things pertaining to or in anywise con-
nected with the sewerage system of the
city and that the said city engineer tie
further re quire1 to make and keep a
map in the office: also field notes of all
sewerage connection heretofore made
or permitted to be made by him by
virtue OF his official position; and
further that the city council allow the
city engineer such reasonable compen-
satlOn for said work as they may deem
proper"
Judge Coldwell held that it would be
well to consult with the board of
health before taking final action. The
mayor said many good citizens had re-
queSted the retention of Major Nc
Giennon as street comm ssiouer, as he
had made a competent and indu 5trious
official. He thought it could be ar
ranged to transfer the sewer work and
make the street commissioner Sc
parate office.
Then the main feature of the even
ing was taken up, the choice of u city
attorney, and for forty-tive minutes the
council sat there and ballotted and bal
lotted, and when they got through bal
lotting, they ballotted and ballo.tsd
again. The nominees were Judge
Kemp, Capt. Brack and Gaorge Wal
lace. The idea seemed to prevail out
in the crowd that Wallace would be the
man, and that patr.ot, perche ed in one of
the windows, seemed not averse TO that
way of thinking him5slf The first
ballot resulted in for Brack, for
Wallace, | for Kemp. The vote
switched around, about and among the
three the rest of the evening, slight
being sometimes with one.
sometimes with the other, while occa-
slonally other parties would be brought
in by way of side dish, to vary the mo
notony of the proceedings. la that
way McGown, Willard Patterson, r.
L. Myer, Judge Falvey and even the
late Judge Hague coming in for post
mortem honors. Capt. Brack's sup
porters stood by him to the last. After
twenty-nine ballots, Mr.. Whitmore
called for a caucus in the clerks room
that some agreement might be
reached.
An adjournment was taken, and on
the Both ballot, BraCk was t, Kemp .
and Wallace ,. On the next ballot,
Wallace's men switched to Kemp, and
it was to for Kemp and Brack
This gave the mayor a chance to put in
his oar, AID he put it in for Judge
Kemp, This settled the business, and
Judge Kemp was declared the city at
torney to succeed Judge Townsend.
The scavenger contest was next taken