El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-16
Council Meeting.

Last night the city council met in
regular weekly session. All were pres
emit to answer to roll call except AL
derman Clifford.
The clerk asked the council to dis
pense with the reading of the minutes
as be hadn't written them up on &C.
count of the meeting of the board OF
equalization. This was done and the
council got down to business.
On II call for the report OF officers
Chief Lock hart told the council that he
had seen Judge Crosby in regard to
the bad sidewalk In front OF the Pier
son hotel on st. Louis street and the
Judge had told him that that piece of
side walk was one of the best in town
and if the city would spend about a
dollar and a half to buy q few boards
he, the Judge, would see to having it
fixed up. The chief said he told him
TO go ahead and have II fixed as he
thought that the city would allow the
bill.
DR.. Race, the city health officer,
made his weekly report in VI hich he
stated to the codncil that he thought
that by next week he could let two Of
his smallpox patients go, as they were
well. but he was going TO hold them
another week. The woman who had
had the disease was still too weak to
turn loose, and would be detained a
while longer. The doctor said
that yesterday morning he went to
the smelter and up to Courchesne
TO vaccinate all in the schools at those
points, and while he was up there he
received word of a suspect patient in
town. He hurried TO town and found
that the suspect really had small pox.
IL so happened that John Myers, the
assistant nurse at the pest house, was
10 town for provisions so he just loaded
the woman into the wagon,
bedding and all, and shipped
her out. The doctor told the council
that up to last night fully 600 children
10 town had been vaccinated AID the
certificates signed by the different
physicians in the city showed that with
he numbsr which had been vsccinated
AID those who didn't need 1t there
we're about l 200.
Clerk Catlin then read the report
from the city tax collector and asses
sor which made a very favorable show
ing. The collector had collected some
ike $3.50. Oh during the month of Au-
gust. Motion was made that the re-
port be accepted. Motion carried.
The report of the chief of police was
read, which showed that during the
month OF August fines had been assess
ID to the value OF 81 ,591 and that of
and 500 was served out, leaving a bal
auce of S32 escaped.
The treasurer's report for the quar-
ter ending on June Goth showed that
the treasurer had on hand at that time
S4S, 1922. The report was received
and referred to the finance committee.
The finance committee was represent
ed by Alderman Badger, as Chairman
Gil ford was not present. Mr.. Badger
presented the following bills:
Mrs. John Myers, pest house. .s35 90
= tents for pest house. ..... $3.50. "A 90
John Myers. .........l IL 90
Sewer Department. .. 300
Committee on taxation asked for fur
Their time on the report of the collector |
and assessor.
The building committee was next !
called, and chairman Stewart told the |
council that the'contract for the houses |
for the pest house of detention was 60 /
ing TO be let soon. He also told the |
council that he had notified the archi- |
tects that they might begin to work on !
plans for city hall, and stated that |
he made it plain to them that the |
building was not TO cost more than $780,
300.
The clerk read letter to the coun-
ell from the Fire ExtinRuisher COM
DRny of Chicago in regard to the ship
ping of the new chemical engine, rs
The engine would be ready by the end |
Df this week and they would like to |
ship. Badger said that he was of the /
opinion that the contract was for the
engine to be- delivered when it was
wanted by the city and as they didn't
want il now, the clerk was instructed
20 write to the Chicago people TO that
affect.
Under call for new business, Mr..
Sadger said The was tired of waiting on
he report of the attorneys from whom
he city was buying the property for
he Jail and fire department and he
would like to hear from City Attorney
Kemp. Judge Kemp told the council I
hat he had the abstract in his possess
ion and as it was rather long he had 1
lot finished examining 1t, but from .
What he had examined he thought
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