El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11

Electric Light 90. ~ 10
The Tribune bill was for publishing
thirty times the mayors election pro-
clam alton. Relative to the hospital
bills Chief Lockhart said DR.. Race bad
told him there we're more calls for
medical as-istance.t than there had been
for years before. The night previous,
a man 60 years old from off the White
Oaks road, had been found lying on the
ground in Van Patterns corral sick
with pneumonia; and had he not been
sent to the hospital he would in a few
hours have been q dead man. The
chief said that every once in q while
penniless men were found stretched out
on the ground helpless, and then there
was no way Of avoiding taking care of
them. Within the last five days,
three men had thus men discover
ed.
A petition was received from Ashael
Smith asking that $4,000 be paid him
for the injuries he sustained in fall
log over an obstruction on the corner
of Texas ard Stanton streets on
Septemb Der 2, 1898, when the Van Blar-
com block was building, and where
there was no red lantern or any other
kind of light to indicate the presence
of danger. Petitioner said he bad been
to an actual outlay of $1,000, to say no.
thing of anguish of mind and expenses
of medical attendance. Referred to
the city attorney.
The mayor said he had seen Mr..
Smiths leg, aud it was in very bad
shape.
1t was announced that J. T. Nesom
was removing his fence from the cana
ccmpany's right of way.
City Scavenger Chairman registered
a large and healthy kick against allow
ing people to dump filth and garb age
on vacant lots. On" of the aldermen
said he had noticed express wagons en-
gage in this delec;able business, and
thought it was about time to have it
stopped. The rest of the council
thought 90 too. The communication
was accompanied by an ordinance to
remedy the evil, and the same was re-
ferred to the ordinance committee and
the city attorney.
Property owners in the vicinity of
Magoffin avenue and Brown street,
asked for fire hydrant at that point
Referred to the fire and water commit
tee.
Charles Allen aud a yard or two of
other property owners asked for . de-
c. Mt sidewalk on the east side of Ore
gou street north of the. 8. p. track
Referred to the street and grades COM
mittee.
H. M. Mundy reported an amends d
prop sition relative to deciding the
city certain property north OF the s..
P. track aud the report was adopt
ed.
Mr.. Scott reported petition from
property owners near the corner OF
Idaho and Campbell streets, asking
for an electric lamp At that point.
Referred to the fire and water commit
tee
Mayor Magoffin called the councils
attention to the fact that our friends
over the river continued their placing
of mattresses under the south ends of
the street railway bridges to the detri-
ment of this side of the stream, and
offered the following resolution which
was adopted:
Whereas, certain works, either un-
der federal or municipal authority, are
being done on the south side, or bank,
of the Rio Grande fronting the city of
Juarez, which said works when com
pleted as the plans therefor seem to
indicate, will tend to divert the waters
of said river from It's pr aseut channel
to the left bank, or the Ell Paso side,
seriously menacipg the destruction of
the citizens of Ell Paso under the terms
of the convention heretofore entered
into, and agreed upon, by the rep
resentatives of the Mexican and
United States governments; and,
whereas, said mentioned works are
being constructed by the Mexican
authorities in violation of the spirit,
intendment, and letter of said agree
ment by, and between the members of
said joint boundary commission; there
fore,
FIrsf Re IL reso1ved hv the hoard If
aldermen Of the city of Ell Pasn. Tex.