El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-01
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Ed Wales is Camping on the Trail of an
unknown DetractOr

Ed Wales is Camping Oh the Trail of an
unknown DetractOr.
The city council held brief sess ion
last night in the county building.
All the same. it was not devoid of q
ensation, and that sensation was the
appearance of Street Commissioner
Wales before the municipal ssnatus
| academicus. Ed was on the war path.
Some unknown and mean child of err
ror had been spreading it around that
Ed was carrying the names of dear
departed" on his pay roll and the com
the collar bone of the galoot who had
more than insinuated that he was col
lecting from the city for dead zen, aud
then putting the money where it
would 60 the most good" Ed was hot.
He called for an investigation to
clear up his record. The coun-
ell owed, owed him court
simple aud adulterated justice. City
Clerk Catlin arr Sc to sympathize by
stating that thu same unknown, gentle
spirit who had been spreading false re-
pOris about the street commissioner,
must he the same lineal descendant of
i Annanias aud Saphira who had been
! giving out mean and lying hints about
! received from building permits. The
clerk then lighted fresh cigar and
sat down in cloud of righteous indig-
nation, looking as though he would
l, Ike to join forces with the street COM
missioner and ''whale the fur out Of
somebody. while the commissioner also
sat down 10 pour his woes into the ears
of the chief OF police. It was COM
plimentary rather than otherwise that
the council seemed to regard the COM
plants in numerous than any serious
! light, and the concil did not appear to
think the matter worth investigation.
! The city assessor presented the tax
{: roll which was approved by the coun-
Gil
consider its action of the last meeting
and allow him to erect his street sign
as be had Intended. He said It w.,s.id
not b on the side walk. the post would
I be IN the gutter, and other store keep
er5 were enjoy ing TIE p. iv lege. Judg e
Cold we'll thought that if one was acord
Ell the privilege tina. sli were entitled
to it. Finally Mr.. Schultz was granted
his petition, with the unders. an0ing
that if when the council saw fit to Or
der the Hsign down IL was to be taken
away. The sense Of the council was
that eventually Overland street should
be at some time cleared of al ST. ct
signs as San Antonio street has been
cleared.
! Mr.. CT ford FIR the finance commit
tee reported favorabiy Oh the str,et
commissio er's bills amounting to S29 :
"a. Approved.
Mr.. Whitmore asked if the county
| was furnishing ice water for the city
offices. The mayor assumed q philo-
sophical air. and after few seconds of
abstract thong ht. said hs rather CUES
sed SO. He had been drinking the
water, and thought that the county
furnish d the same. Mr.. Whitmore
seemed much relieved. However,
ed wonderment at the couociimeo
drinking water Judge Coldwell re-
ed by asking Mr.. Clifford if he
judged others by myself. Mr.. Clifford
reiapsed into thoughtful and more
| sombre vein of fought, as Mr.. Whit
more leaned over and whispered softly
ia the EXTENDED auricle of his neigh
ed the genial gentleman from ward 2
had better new pull in his horns.
Toe mayor called attention to the
fact that the contract with the Electric
Light company expired July 81, bext,
and thought if the idea of the counci,
as expressed some time prev ously,
that it would oe good plan to invite
com petition for furnishing electric
lighting to this city, that it would be
just as we'll to begin nov looking
around. Some suggested advertising,
but Mr.. Clifford said that had been
tried before, and in so good an adver-
tising medium as the Mining and En-
gine ering Journal without succ sss.
The Gordian knot was fpally cut by
leaving the matter with his honor the
mayor to devise some scheme to At
itpli A
tract might be entered into extending
over two to five years.
The mayor reported the failure on
the part of property or owner ia
Cotton addition to sign the release to
lad needed for the levee, and that it
was proposed to send Judge Merchant
to Boston for a conferences. The mayor
was author zed to take such action as
the exigencies seemed to call for.
The Ell Paso Foundry ard Machine
company, represented by it's president
and agent, w. N. Small, press ntei a
petition for a franchise to run spur
from the maio line of the G. 81. & S.
A. railway to block 81, between AL
thony and Durango streets in Camp
oell,s addition. This is about opposite
the Davis & Co. hide house, and is in
a very convenient location for both
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe connec-
tions. MIR. Small said he contemplated
removing his foundry plant to the
vest side location spec fieo, as his pre- =
sent surroundings were too cramped for
he work. He was intending to increase
ths capacity of his establlshm- Mt aud
employ more men, and the railroad
spur was needed for shipping facilities. |
Referred to the street aud grades COM
mittee with Instructors to report next
Thursday night.
The trOu blesome matter Of repay |
meDt to tax payers of the $25, 900 to
f27, 900 collected on account OF the wa
ter works levy was brought up, and
the council seemed badly puzzled. ! h.
city collector said there were som
5000 receipts on which The tax WAS 70
be refunded, and he ented the coun-
ell to shed good strong light on how
the little refunding act was 10 be got
through with. The collector was not
given the 90 ID strong light h so earn
estly prayed for. On the cOatra,y the
situation grew murkier. 1t was agreed
with the City attorney that it was
question mostly OF bookkeeping: but