El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-30
Council MEETING.

|, Last night the city council met in
regular weekly session with the mayor
in the chair and all aldermen present
The city clerk had one set of minute:
ready for the council to hear and read
them. The minutes we're the proceed.
ings of the council sitting as q board o.
equalization, which met Oh the 9Th Of
September. The minutes were APP
proved.
City Engineer Win berly recon-
mended the extension of the city's
sewer $50 feet toward the FL PasC
Northeastern railways new depot,
which was asked for by them at the
last meeting of the council. The rec
ommendstion was accepted and the ex-
tension was ordered.
DR.. Race, the city health officer. re-
ported that he only has two cases OF
smallpox in the pest house and he
these on Sunday and the other on
Thursday. Toe doctor said that be
had had to buy the patients new cloth
ing when they were discharged as
when they came to the pest house they
had none. He had bought about SlU
worth and hoped that the council would
allow the bill The doctor also said
that he thought the city should buy all
the discharged patients new bed
clothes, as the city had taken what the
patients had when they were taken to
the pest house. Alderman Badger
agreed with the doctor and made a
motion to allow the health officer to
replace the clothes, and send the bills
in to the city clerk.
City Attorney Kemp reported that
he had made the final settlement for
the fire department and Jail property.
Clerk Ca.lin stated to the council
that he bad made out the monthly pay
roll for the month of Septem Der. The
entire roll was not read. The totals
we're as follows:
CITY officers. ............. 923 9S
street. -...... ..-...-.----.-.. eZ oO
The clerk explained that in the fire
department pay roll eleven days pay
had been to the engineer who had
been work given in the place OF Sherry
Fa coner, "a be reported for duty on
the 18th of the month. DIR. Race said
be bad told the sick an that he wasn't
able tn do the work and that was Why
he hadn't gone to york sooner. Alder
mau Badger said he thought that
Falconer ought to have his full months
pay and it was so allowed.
The finance committee, by Chairman
Clifford, reported the following bills:
Fassets and Kelly list car load
OF sewer plpel... .2Ol 90
est mousse $1,000 ----.---- 10 10
Pat Murphy ct IA
sewer department. ............ - 10
Observation-Disclosures. 10 90
For the building committee Chair
man Stewart said that he had checked
over the city clerk report on building
permits for August and found same to
be correct and moved that it be re-
ceived and fled, which was done. He
also reported that he had notified the
different architects about the plans for
The new fire department aud jail aud
Iold them all that the cost OF the build
pg must not exceed $4,000.
The mayor then called for bills and
,7mmunications. Clerk Catlin read a
D. tition from citizens of the Sd ward J
lsking that they be given fire protec-
ion 10 the way of a fire pug to be
placed on the corner of Myrtle and
Newman streets. AS there is no main |
his far out it " ill have to oe extended |
rom Noble street. The matter wa !
referred to the fire and water commit |
zee, for report at the next meeting of |
he council.
A petition was read from Britton |
Davis and others asking for a sewer |
The petition asks that the |
ewer come up through the alleys of |
blocks from lis to l34 inclusive. This
natter was referred to the city en-
yineer for q report at the next meeting
Il the council. The city engineer said
hat he was ready to report at once. as
lie had looked over the matter, but the
,ouacil took up other business.
The clerk read a petition from II. F..
Bloom and other al king that the city
lave the direction of the alley changed
q block POI of Csmpbell's addition so
Is to mske it run east and west where
3 at present IL runs north and south
The matter Was given to the street and
.rade committee with power to act.
New business was then called for by
be mayor Alderman Badger address,
d the council on the subject of street
improvements. He said that there was
lot OF money in the treasury to be US
d In this way and he wanted it used,
nd thu niti1anc IF che saaand mad