El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-23
City Council.

Last night In regular scsrlou tuE
city council met. Clerk called the ro
and ali answered except Alderman Cliff
ford. Reading of minutes of previous
meeting was called for. but the clerk
explained that he had not been able To
get theEminutes up on account OF tn
meeting of the board of equalization,
but would have the minutes by the
next regular meeting. 1t was ordered
that the reading be dispensed with.
Report of officers was called for.
Chief Lockbart told the council that
Mr.. Majors who lives near the tr'
department stables had come TO him
and asked to have the fire bell taken
down, as some of the ground tim bers
of the frame structure which holds IL
up are very rotten and he is afraid that
the whole tower will tumble over on
his house. No action was taken on the
matter, but it was laid over until next
meeting.
Chief CT police also m ade a report
that a sidewalk on Epson Avenue was
In a very bad shape and WAS in need of
immediate repair. Referred to the
street commissioner.
Chief also made report from the
man who rented the old hose house
from the city, asking that the city
nave lights put in the house. No a.
ton was taken on the matter.
DR.. Race. city health officer, made n
report on the small poX situation. FL :
said that he had five cases in the oes |
house, but that he had let two 60 on
Tuesday and he had also discharged
two of the families which he had had
ia u house as a place of detention. the
doctor said that he was doing the best
ne could, and he thought that there
were a good many people doing a
whole lot of unnecessary talking. As
% going to each one of the MeXican's
nuts, he didn't have the courage nor
the right and il that was demanded be
didn't want the job. He repeated that
ne was doing the bes. he could.
The city clerk read his report on
building permits issued for the month
of August, which showed that there
have been thirty five permits issued
and the city ohad received its share
of the amount which was S26.25. The
report was referred to the building
committee to look over.
The next committee called was the
finance. and in the absence of Chairman
Clifford, Alderman Badger resented
the following bills:
Mrs. J. Myers, smallpox nurse. .s35 90
Sewer dept. e. $500
Engineering dept. standardization. 1000
j. Myers (hauling waterl. ....... 1000
a. NJ McIlvsin. ........... 800
Motion made by Alderman Badger
that the above bills be allowed and
warrants drawn to cover same was car
ried.
Clerk Catlin read q report from City
Treasurer Fsssett 10 which he asked
ed the council to draw warrants to
cover the interest on the following
oonds, which would be due in New
York City at the Chemical National
bank on the LIST of October:
Funded Indebtedness of 500
Commission and exchange. ... 800
SOB 90
Public School bonds. ...S $500. 90
Commission and exchange. $50
9O4.5O
IL was ordered that warrants be
drawn by the city clerk as required.
Taxation committee reported that
the city tax assessors report which
was made at :he last meeting had been
checked over and found correct, and
acting Chairman Stewart moved that
IL be accepted and filed. Motion car
ried.
Bulldog committee was called on,
and Chairman Stewart said that he
was looking after the detention house,
and that he had several propositions
from people who wished to sell the city
space for the erection of u Jail and fire
but before he could read
any OF the name of parties making such
proposition some one said: 1--WE have
got the other all fixed up now, so sit
down." This was quite q surprise to
Alderman Stewart, but he sat down.
On call for bills aud communications,
Judge f. z. Hunter came before the
council with a petition from some thir
ty taxpayers of the first ward asking
that the city couTcil at once widen
Sonora street, for the two blocks oe-
tween Chihushua and Leon street.
Sonora street for these two blocks is
only thirty-four feet wide and the citi-
zens of that part OF the city want it
wideued to seventy feet the same as all
the streets.
They claim that there is not room
SnOn0h tho atrRAe r1raRanf n