El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-19
A Breezy Council Meeting.

were read and approved.
: In answer to the call of the fnanc
1 committee Chairman Clifford stated t
the council that he only had a coupl
of bills:
: Hack. hire. hauling injured Mexi
, can. . 30
Ida M. Patterson, typewriting. 2.7
Committee on police reported tina
they looked over the report of tn
, chief and found Incorrect for tn,
month of July, rs follows:
| tlneS assessed . l53i ID
Fines collected. ......... 1894. 8
Fines served ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1870
| 1t was moved and carried that tn,
report be received and filed.
| Street and grade committee call wa
answered by Chairman Robinson VIII,
10 ade report on the matter OF thu
Telephone pole being in the way OF
erecting an awning in front of the
! Hammett building near the PiersOr
hotel. AT the last council meeting
| Mr.. Robinson was instructed to notify
| Mr.. Hood, the superintendent of the
local telephone company, to move the
pole as complaint had been filed
against the position where it had been
| erected.
| So last night Mr.. Robinson reported
| to the council that he had seen Mr..
| Hood about the matter and Mr.. Hood
| told him that he would move it but it
| could be favor on his Hood 81 part as
| he didn't have it to do, as his fran
| chise with the city gave him the rigt t
| to place it there. Some one called for
| the franchise and that document was
| read to the council and it was found
worded so that these poles could not
be placed so as to interfere with the
rights of private property. So now
Mr.. Hood will have to move that pole
by order of the city, The matter was
put before the council and 1t instructed
the chief OF police TO notify Mr.. Hood
to remove the pole, and for him to see
to it that it was done.
Committee on taxation was next and
Chairman Stewart reported that the
committee had checked over the re-
port of the city assessor and found it
all correct and recommended that the
council receive it and order it filed,
which was done.
Committee on buildings through lite
Chairman McFuffie reported that the
city clerks report on the issuance of
building permits was found to be
correct.
nications the clerk read one from
the secretary of the fire department
stating to the council that there was a
lot of loose paper around in the al
leys and stairways which should be
cleaned out as it made the chances
good for a fire in the business part of
town, and the matter should be attend
ed to. Whispered questions were heard
as to what was the matter with the
look after this matter. There was no
answer to the questions. 1t was moved,
seconded, and the motion was carried
that the matter be referred to City
Scavenger Chairman and he be instruc-
ted to attend to the matter at once.
A communication was read from Mrs. |
NJ. A. Mediation asking that she be al
lowed a warrant which was due her to |
the amount of S112 20. The matter |
was referred to the city attorney to
look into.
a communication from Mrs. NJ. Mil |
Ter was read, asking that the council |
reconsider its action at it's last meeting |
refusing her permission to move q |
frame building to lot of block forty |
five of the Mills addition after it had |
granted her a permit to do so two meet |
ings ago.
H. A. Woods came before the coun-
ell and explained that the property |
owners who had petitioned the council |
to refuse the permit were in no way
liable to raise in fire rates, because |
there was only one house near there |
that was not built of adobe. He was |
asked il any OF the houses there were |
insured. He answered that he didn't |
know but he didn't think they were.
He explained that Mrs. Miller was q |
poor woman a nd that he would like to
see the council reconsider its previous
action and grant the permission. A |
motion was put for reconsideration,
which was carried, and then q motion |
was put to grant the permit, aud as
the vote was about to be called for |
Alderman Badger said that he thought
all this talking was child's play ,and |
that the three different reports of the |
fire and water committee on the mat
ter were hard to understand, as the re-
port was different at each meeting, or
words to that effect He moved that
1t be laid over until next Thursday
night. and in the mean time let the |
fire and water committee go down
there and see exactly how the matter
was and then report. Mr.. Burton said |
that they knew how the matter stood |
and that they could report at once.
They were in favor of granting Mrs.
Miller her petition. The question was
pat before the council and the ayes and
noes were called for and the petition
was granted, las therewere four in favor
Of it.
oL<i' hOSI IA1 THEM DEBTS.
The mayor sighed a sigh of relief
Ind called new business. In answer to
he call Alderman Burton got up and
aid, "Your Honor, there has been a
natter which | have been thinking to
put before the council for
'ome time, but have hated to do it,
It Is in regard to our police. There
nave come to me numerous complaints
regard to the city's police not pay
ng their bills and l don't think that
he merchants of FL Daso should be
,reated this way by the city's officers.
i they won t pay their bills | am in
avor of firing them from the force"
Alderman Badger said he fully
agreed with Alderman Burton. He had
heard good many complaints and as
The police were paid good salaries and
promptly each month there was no ex-
use for them not paying their. honest
iebts and he was in favor of firing
hem too. After little talk on the
matter the chief of police was instruct
ed to notify the city police that they
must either pay their debts or they
would be let out.
JUDGE BEALL 5 OPINION.
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