El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-27
Council Meeting.

Last night there was special meet
ing of the city council for the purpose
of receiving a report from the city at
torney on the title of the jail and fire
department property which the city
has been negotiating for.
Mayor Magoffiu called the council to
order and all were present except Al
derman Robinson. There were no
minutes to read.
The mayor stated to the council the
reason of the call and as soon as he
was through Attorney Kemp addressed
the honora BILE body and in part sa d !:
Il have looked over the abstract ana
find that the property will be received
with q good, clear title. There are
one or two small liens against it but
the gentlemen say that they will have
them cleared off by ten O'Clock tomor-
row. They have not received Mrs
Hills's d ed yet, Mrs. Hills Owls 40
undivided Lilo interest in the corner
- feet0 bnt | suppose it is all right
and will come in due time as the gen.
tlemen say it will"
AT this point Judge Leigh Clark told
the council that Mrs. Hiss share OF
the property was less than three feet.
amounting to perhaps $50, and her
deed was the only one not in the alb
stract,. but thai they hoped they would
receive it today. A. @. Foster is the
legal advisor IF Mrs. Hills and think
that his client will sell, but even II she
doesn't want to sell, the council can
condemn hat piece of the property and
buy it anyhow.
Alderman Burton at this point made
motion that the mayor be authorized
to secure the deed and see that the
liens are cleared up. 1t was so or
dered.
His honor didn't seem to appreciate
the honor thrust upon him, but as usu-
al he accepted the job.
The matter of moving the two houses
off the property was brought up before
the council by A. p. Coles, but before
any action was taken Chief Lockhart
reported to the council that DR.. Irwin
had told him that he had patient 10
one of the houses, who was very Ill
with typhoid fever, and it would be im-
possible to move her within ten days.
The matter was laid over.
The mayor stated that the plans for
the building already submitted were
too expensive and they would have to
cut down the cost.
+ Alderman Clifford made a motion
that the council appropriate So, 800
out of the general fund for the cree,
ton of a Jail. He received no second
= Alderman Badger made motion
that the building committee be in
structed to notify the different ar
chitects that the city wants new plans
for Jail and fire department, and
that the plans must not call for an eX-
penditure of more than SlO,O plans
to be ready to submit to the council at
the regular meeting on Thursday, Oc-
tober 9th. 1t was so ordered.
he
came up again as Mr.. Coles told the
council that he had promised the peo-
pie to whom he had given them that
he would see that they would be allow
ed to move them. Mrs. Warren want
ed to move her house from its present
location on the property to lot Ia oil
block Ii OF Campbell's addition. The
permission for the removal OF the
house was granted. The other party.
Hazard, was also granted permission
10 move the one he wanted just across
the alley from where it now stands on
the same block.
Mr.. Majors WAS given permission to
take down the old fire bell, to be de-
livered into the hands of the street
commissioner to be placed wherever
he wanted it.
City Clerk Catlin then read a petit
tion from FL Paso & Northeastern rail-
way asking that the city. extend its
sewer $50 feet further up st. Louis
street so that they might be able to
connect the waste pipes from their
new station building, which they ex-
pected to occupy by the LIST of October.
The petition was referred TO the sewer
commission.
Clerk Cstliu then read a communica-
ton from the Fire EXtinguisher manu-
factureriup COMPANY of Chicago about
exhibiting the new chemical engine
in st Louis, which was about the same
as pub ishad in the columns of yester-
days HERALD. The council granted
the request of the Chicago people, and
also told them that they would not
need the engine in FL Psso for fully
ninety days yet and not to ship it after
the exhibition as the city had no place
to store It.
The council then adjourned until
next Thursday night AZ 8 O'Clock.