El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-09
The City Council.


regular weekly session, all present a
, the rap of Mayor Magofin's gavel ex
cept Aldermen Scott and NcDuffie
! both of these being away on leave oil
absence.
The minutes of the last two meetings
were read and approved.
The mayor then called for the re-
! port of officers. Chief Lockhart re-
ported to the council that he had seen
the agents of Messrs. Barnhardt and
Mclean, who are the owners of the
property on Myrtle street where the
sidewalks are in need of repair, and
had been informed by these agents that
Mr.. Mclean would fix up his part but
it was not thought that Mr.. Barnhardt
would unless so ordered in writing by
the clerk. So it Was put before the
council in the form of motion that
the clerk be instructed TO notify those
two men about that piece of sidewalk
Motion carried.
City Health Officer Race told the
council that he had at present at the
pest house the same four patients with
smallpox and that they were all pro-
crossing nicely and he hoped that
there would be no new patients.
City Attorney Kemp made report,
recommending that the city pay to
Mrs. Mediation the amount asked for
or three meetings ago, which she claim
ed was due her in suit won against
the Southern Building and Loan as
sOciation. The council ordered the
amount paid.
The street and grade committees
report was called for and in response
Chairman Robinson made a favorable
report on the petition from the Camp
bell Real Estate Co. in regard to the
al siv Of ho% IS
Vsrnell street lying between blocks I91
and 1872 and blocks 1856 and 1877 and
between the stock yards of the Rio
Grande and Ell Paso r. r. company on
the south and the Southern Pacific re-
ServatiOn on the southwest: also that
portion of Idaho street lying between
the above named blocks and the re-
servation of Ell Paso and Rio Grande
r. r. company on the south and the
north, as the said streets appear on the
map of Campbell's addition.
AS the petition had been read at the
previous meeting the council voted on
the ordinance closing this property as
asked for. The clerk read the ordin-
ance and the council voted unanimous
ly in favor of the Campbell Real Es-
tate Co.
Chairman Robinson asked in behalf
Co. that their petition presented at a
previous meeting be withdrawn.
Mayor Magoffin then called for q
report from the finance committee. The
chairman had the following bills to
present:
Ell Paso Water Co. 1925. 80
Electric Light Co. (arc lights. 6I2 90
Rl Paso Transfer Co. 3S3 90
FL Paso county (rent). ... 2S5 co
81. B. Chairman (killing 1873
dogs ............. &c so
Pest house. Observation-Disclosures. ~ 90
O'Neill & Waddell (groceries).. 43 90
Kelly q Pollard ... 25 rs
a. 81. Parker surveying pest
house land. .............. 5000
Fassett & Kelly. ............. % 20
Goodman & Wellington deciding
city prisoners). ......... % %
j. l.. Whitmore (making flag
box ................ IA 80
Ell Paso Drug and News Co. 10 90
Eng ineering department.. 10 90 |
Sewerage department. .... IA 90 |
Ell Paso fire department. ... 30
L. H. Bennett. Observation-Disclosures. 451 |
Ell I Paso Fnef Co. o.. oo'''', 5 IS
Times Publishing Co. 4 80
Freight Transfer Co ...... 500
J. G. Ross (burial of one pauper) 95 |
A. G. Nickel & Co rubber
stamps). 5 25
J. ID. Richie. ......... " 21O
NJ. III. Webb NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90 |
Jose HERNANDEZ .......... 100
City sewer pumping station. so
Jail. ............ 20
Albanian Clifford mazda n motion |