El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-21
A BOND ELECTION CALLED FOR
And the Council Declares Itself
Willing to Grant an Electric
Car Franchise.

and he came in later.
The reading of the m inutes Of the
last meeting was dispensed with.
On call for reports of officers, DR..
Race, the city health ply sician, report
ed that he only had two patients at the
pest house and they were both doing
as we'll as could be expected. The lit
tie girl of the family of Mexicans that
took out died on Wednesday night.
The two there now are doing nicely.
The committee on police was the
next called but no report was offered.
The next committee called was the
finance, and Chairman Clifford had
only few bills to present:
Fassett & Kelly, Sewer Pipe, s Ill 70
Fassett q Kelly. ,............. o5 ~
Mrs. Jno Myers, smallpox nurse 30 w
o 'Neill & Waddell ....- Is 80
Pest House, hauling water, etc. 19 80
Chairman Clifford made a motion
that the above bills be slllowe1 ana
warrants drawn to cover them. Motlop
prevailed.
The taxation committee reported
favorably on the report OF the city tax
assessor and collectors report for the
month of September, and recommend
ed that it be received and fled, which
was done.
Alderman Clifford said that as
wished to report IN regard to the mat
ter of paying the electric light compa-
ny in city scrip for the face value OF
| the account, and that while he and
| L. White had come to an understand
| ing which was favorable to the city,
| they couldn't find out when the city,
contract expired. Mr.. White said IL
was not until the 1st of December. So
it was thought best TO let the contract
Il hot ma 10
| one.
| Bills and communications were
| called ana under this head the CLERK
read petition from the Ell Paso
| Northeastern asking that the CITY
council pass an ordinance returning to
them the $4,000 which they had on
deposit win the city treasurer ss
guarantee that they would have COM
pleted 100 miles of track and have
same in operaGL on within IL months
alter the granting of the franchise,
which bears date OF Sept 23rd, 1897.
This is the secoLd time this has been
asked. Alderman Burton made the
motion that they be returned the mon
ey, and the following ordinance WAS
read and carried unanimously:
| Whereas under the terms Uf an orig
NAL ordinance of Septe N Der %, 1897
and q conf ming ordinance of Novem-
DER II, 1897, the FL Paso & Northeast
ern Railway company deposited with
the city of the city of Ell Pa=o, Texas,
| as u guarantees that il would construct
or acquire and cons truct, railroad or
railroads running nOrtheaeterly from FL
Paso Into the territory OF New MexicL
for a distance Of one hundred miles
| within gnteen months from said 23C
day of Septemb Der, 1887, which said de-
po-lt, as agreed in said OTdlnance,
| should be returned to the said railroad
company in event they built SAID rail
road within the time ana 10 the eXtenl
above stated; and
Whereas, said railroad company has
fully com pile d with the terms OF saiC
JroInaGce aGd constructed SAID road u
said distance ofone hundred miles from
.he city of Ell Paso, and requested the
; | return to IL of said deposit of said ter
Thousand $50 ,UOO. U0) dollars sfor essld
| Now, therefore b. it ordained by the
/. city cOuncil of the city OF Ell PasO, that
the right of the said FL Paso " North
: eastern Railroad company to the return
of said ten Thousand $4,000 00) dol
lars is hereby recognized and admit
| Ted, and that the City treasurer of the
city of Ell Paso be and he hereby i,
diI ected to return the same to the sai6
company and take the receipt of the
pres ideut therefore. This ordinances
hall take effect and be in force from
and alter its passage.
| NThe CLERK read petition from the
citizens in block 1875 Of Campbell's ad-
ditlon asking that they have the sewer
extended aud aid through the alley OF
That b .ock. The matter WAS referred
| 20 the city engineer with power to act.
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY.
At this point the ordinance asked fol-
by the clJlZens' committee for acquir.
ing the rig ht-of way for the proposed
cit ctric lice was brought out. Alder
man Burton wanted 10 refer 1t TO the
com mittee on ordinances and the city
attorney. but Alderman G ifford a c
/ he wanue to hear the ordinance read
L so the clerk read it.
| A synop-is of the ordinance was
printed in Tuesdays HERALD.
After the reading of the ordinance
w. >. McCutcheon addressed the coun
Gil ant asked that the ordinance be
passed without unnecessary delay, al
lowing of course reasonable time fol
examination, as the committee hao
spent great deal of time in repairing
Ii and while there might be some few
mistakes in it still the com nittee asked
that they be given some assurance
that the matter would be accepted sc
as to let them go ahead and n gotiate
with parties on the outside no were
waiting TO know what action would be
taken by the council.
Alderman Stewart moved that the
ordinance be referred to the ordinance
committee and The city attorney, anc
taken up at the next regular meeting
) of the city council. Motion carried.
Alderman Clifford made a motion
} that it be declared the sense of the
council that the franchise be granted
The motion carried unanimously snC
there was applause from the crowc
that had ass embed.
Mr.. McCutcheon thanked the couu
ell and said that he believed that by
the time The year of '99 had gone By
there would be an electric line in q
fair way to completion in the city o.
Ell Paso-
l. THE BOND ORDINANCES.
The city clerk read al ordinance fol-
the, purpose OF issuing bonds for Dor
rowing money on the ciUy's credit tc
the amount OF 81, 600 TO cancel the
water works Issue of August oath
1889. The new issue are to be styled
water works COMPROMISE bonds fha1