El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-15
City Council.
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Under the head of bills and COM
municatiops letter was received
from the citizens committee for the
celebration of the 4th of July. 1t
seemed to please the council very much.
The following is the wording of the
communication:
To the Honorable Mayor and Coun-
Gil.
Gentlemen-AS one of the committee
appointed by the citizens to solicit from
the city council an appropriation for
the recent celebration, beg to inform
| the council that the general committee
ascertained that they have sufficient
funds collected to pay for all the ex-
penses of the entertainment, including
the flag pole in the city plaza, and
therefore no assistance from the city
council will be required in this, and it
was the sense of the general committee
that q vote of thanks be rendered to
the mayor and council for the liberal
and patriotic assistance that they had
offered, and that the flag pole be ten
dered to the city for its future keep
ing.
Respectfully,
Sd. PRUDENTIAL,
For the Committee.
Alderman Badger moved that the
city council accept with thanks the
flag pole put up by the 4th of July &C.
LIBERATION committee and that the COM
mittee's communication on the subject
be spread on the minutes. Carried.
A communication was received from
Consul Mallen acknowledging his re-
ceipt OF the resolution of thanks which
the council had rendered him and his
government for the assistance given
the 4th of July committee. 1t was NOV
ed and seconded that this acknowled-
cement be received and spread on the
minutes of the council. Motion car
ried. = - ''.s' - sss 70 Is = . - ]
A petition from Chas E. Pattison,
asking permission to erect frame
shed on his lot in Campbell's addition
where he was going to build at an
was for him to live in until his house
was finished.
In unfinished business Alderman
Scott wanted to know of the street and
grade committee why the street COM
missioner hadn't carried out the orders
of the council in fixing the hose at
tachments to the sprinklers. This was
a question the committee couldn't an
swer. So Alderman Robinson WAS told
to attend to the matter and find out
why the commissioner hadn't done as
he had been ordered.
s At this point the city council went
into the tree buying business. re-
preventative of the Monte Sano MUIR
sery CO.Of Huntsville, Ala, came before
the council and talked a blue streak
about the wonderful trees he had for
sale. The first sale to the city was for
two dozen shade trees at 1924 per dozen.
white ash and some of the many fea-
lures that the agent claimed for it were
that it didn't need any water, and
never shed its leaves, and was green
the entire year. The company guar
antees If the trees die inside of two
years they will replace them free of
charge.
After selling the trees the agent
then showed the council some wonder
full rose bushes that had four different
colored roses on them. The council
purchased four of these and the agent
gave them two which made six that
heScity would receive.
AT the suggestion of Alderman Scott
the city clerk was authorized to ask
for bids to do the city's printing, and
to bury the pauper dead.
AT this point Judge Kemp
read petition from the G. Fl. * s.. A.
asking for the passage of an ordinance
whereby they might build side track:
the following is the petition which was
granted:
To the City Council of the City of Ell
Paso.
INSTRUMENTATION petitioner. the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
Railway company respectfully repre-
sents: that in view of its increased ne
cessities and the growing demands up
on it as common carrier, and in order
that the interest of the public through
it in the expeditions handling of its
traffic may be subserved, it becomes
necessary and expedient for your petit
toner to lay a new siding, beginning
at point on its main line on Main |
street and San Francisco street and |
such other streets as may be traversed
by its said main line to q point about