El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-07
City Council.

WY SOuhSh'
Last night the city council met il
regular weekly session Mayor Magoffir
in the chair and all alderman pre-
sent, except Alderman Scott.
The minutes OF the four last meeting:
were read. The clerk had been KEEP
very busy as the clerk of the board o.
minutes ready to read until last night:
meeting. They were accepted and
stood approved.
The report of officers was called and
DR.. Race told the council that: his de-
partment was doing very nicely: tina,
be only had one patient in the pes,
house, and that was q small child
whom he thought would be well this
week.
Street and grade committee was ask
ed for its report. chairman Robinson
reported favorably on the petition
which was presented to the last meet
ing of the council from iH. F. Bloom
and others asking that the direction oil
the alley in block 104 of Campbell's
addition be changed so as to make 1t
run east and west. The recommends
ton from Alderman Robinson had
evidently been expected, for as he
presented it ne attached to it an or.
dinance for the immediate action OF
the COUNCIL. Inc OrulnauCe was TSdO
aud passed unanimously.
Chairman Robinson said that he mad
been so busy he had been unable to
look into the matter of Sonora street
being widened, and asked for further
time on the matter. This question
was presented TO the council two meet
iugs ago by q strong petition. Farther
time was granted.
The committee also reported on the
proposition of putting cement side
walks on the west side of the plaza, q
matter which was brought up by
Alderman Clifford. In this matter it
seems that Alderman Robinson was
backing up bid from Sorenson and
Their bid was 30 cents per square foot
making S2.40 per lineal foot with
stone curbing, and guarantee for eight
years and Alderman Stewart had In a
bid from Nick Carson to do the same
work for 81 40 per lineal foot and with
a guarantee that IL would last ten
years.
Notwithstanding that Carson's bid
was one dollar cheaper per lineal foot
than that Of the parties which Alder
man Robinson represented he wanted
the coubcil to grant the contract to the
firm of Sorenson Il Morgan. Alderman
Stewart told the council that he didn't
think that was right as Carson's was
the lowest bid and he ought to have it.
Alderman Clifford said that he
didn't think that the city ought to
award the contract on these bids, and he
made n motion that the street and
grade committee be authorized to call
for bids for a cement walk on the west
side of the plaza to be eight feet wide,
and stone curbing on the gut
ter. The motion prevailed, and Alder
man Robinson in his anxiousness for
quick action on the matter OF giving
the job to the higher bidders was
frustrated.
/The finance committee WIS the next
Called and Chairman Clifford presented
the following bills:
Fassett & Kelley sewer pipel. .S317 25
Weekly Pay Roll Sewer Dept. fl 20
Pest House bills. ........... 36 IS
Boarding City Prisoners. ... 10 20
Engineer Dept. ..............- 10 90
Alderman Clifford made motion to
allow the above bills and have war
rants drawn to cover them. Motion
carried.
Chairman Clifford also made q re-
port to the treasurer's report which he
had been checking over since last
He said that he had found
the report correct and recommended
hist it be received and filed. The re-
was accepted.
The next committee answering to q
GALL was the committee on taxation.
Chairman Stewart had petition from
Leno Is. Clardy, but was unable to read
L on account of the handwriting. The
petition was handed to Judge Kemp
'or him to cipher out. 1t was fin |
lily read to the council developing that
Mr.. Clardy claimed to have paid Tax |
Collector Merrill some taxes for which |
ne had never received a receipt and he |
lsked that the city give him q receipt. |
Alderman Stewart said that Mr.. |
Tlardy tried to show him his checks |
Ind other things TO substsutiate his
petition, but he didn't show him
enough evidence to cause him to re-
that the petition be granted.
time was given Mr.. Clardy to
rove his having paid the said amount
n mis- taxes.
On a call for a report of the fire and |,