El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-04
And the Citizens Committee
Can Now Proceed With
Negotiations.
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
And the Council Showed A Disposition
To Do Exactly What They We're
Asked To DO.-The Ordinance Was
Passed Substantially Without Any
Discussion OF Details.

Last night the city council met in
regular weekly session with Mayor
Magoffin in the chair and all aldermen
present as well as all the officers of the
city except Chief HOLLAND of the fire
department..
After the read ing Of the minutes of
the meeting of the council OF October
goth, which contained the different or
dinances for the bond issues and
covered forty-six pages of the minute
book, the mayor called for reports OF
officers
City Health Officer Race said he
had three patients with smallpox at
the pest house, and al three were con-
valesceut aud could be discharged by
next Thursday He had had no deaths
lately and everything in his depart
ment was moving along as smoothly as
possible. He said that Superintendent
Martin of the G. II. had reported two
cases of the disease at a place on that
line called Finley, and he had secured
the appointment of the agent at that
point as a deputy sheriff, whereby he
could use authority in keeping the
houses and inmates isolated
He also told the council that he had
commenced to vaccinste the children
on whom the first vaccination had not
been successful, and he had re-
vaccinated about three hundred and
fifty
City Attorney Kemp made a report
on the contract with Buchanan and
Powers for the new fire department
and Jail building. Judge Kemp stated
that he had the contract up In good
shape and it had been acknowledged
by Frank Powers before q notary pub
lie and was all right. The city's legal
advisor also told the council that he
had in conjunction with the contract
drawn up the bond Of S., 600 which was
to be signed by the mayor
as it had been signed by
Buchanan & Powers; as sureties it was
singued by Dick Caples and John p.
O'Connor. The bond read that the
building was to be finished and deliv-
cred to the city according to the plans
presented by Msydwell and McClin-
took by the Bird day of March, and for
every day that the building was not
finished over that date the city was to
receive the sum of 80. Alderman Bad
ger made motion that the bond be
approved and accepted Motion carried.
A motion was then made to accept the
contract as drawn up by the city at
torney. Motion carried.
At this point the city attorney read
an ordinance making it a misdemeanor
for piling or storing loose in flammable
matter in such way as to increase the
badger of fire to property in close prox-
unity, and fixing a fine of not less
than one or more than twenty-five dol
lars for the violation thereof. The or
dinance was referred to the ordinance
committee.
The next matter taken up under this
head was the city's monthly pay roll
for the month of October, which, was,
in general totals:
Mayor and city officers. ...... $3.50 SO
Police force. 1917
Street and grade. .......... 80 80
Sewer department. ............. 25 90
Grand Total ...... .s2763 80
There is outside of this a special pay
roll for the sewer extension work,
which amounted to SS42S1.
The next committee to make its re-
port was the street aud grade commit
tee, which reported favorably on build
ing the cement sidewalk on the west
side Of the main plaza, the bid of Nick
Carson being accepted, which was to
do the work for II cents per square
foot. The work is 10 commence i'm
mediately and to be under the super
vision of the city engineer. The money
to pay for the work Is to be drawn
from the general fund.
The council accepted the report OF
the committee and a motion was made
work begun. Motion carried.
Under the call for the ordinance and
rules committees report Chairman
Badger OF that committee said that
since the last meeting of the council
that committee had met with the
citizens committee in regard to the
franchise for the electric car line and
several changes had been made In
the franchise which all thought
were for the betterment of the docu-
ment, and now he thought that it was
ready to be presented to the council.
The clerk was called on to read the
franchise, but Judge Clark volunteer
ed to do it as he was more familiar
with the wording Of 1t.
On coming to the thir section of the |
franchise, referring to price OF lights, |
three kilograms were read, which were |
answers TO the ones sent out by Tom |
O'heeffe, as he had been requested to |
do by the citizens committee. The |
first one was from the city clerk at San |
Antonio which said that that city paid |
for her lights at the rate of % cents |
per 1000 watts. The second was from |
Dallas, cents per lamp hour for Is |
candle power lamps. The third. from
Tucson, stated that they paid l cent |
per lamp hour of 16 candle power or |
20 cents per 1000 watts.
Alderman Badger made a motion to |
reconsider his motion made at the last |
meeting of the council asking that the |
committee be given thirty days to ex-
anime the franchise as they had COM |
pleted their work and were ready to |
report. The motion was carried.
Alderman Badger made another mo-
ton that the right-of-wsy up Mesa
avenue be changed to Oregon street |
Motion carried.
Mr.. McCutcheon suggested that the |
rate for electric lights be 20 cents per
1000 watts. Accepted.
Alderman Rad GER made a motion, 70 /