El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-07
THE CITY COTNCIL.
A Quiet Evening, and Small Amount
of Grist Worked Over.

A Quiet Evening, and a Small Amount
of Grist Worked Over.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night with Aldermen Whit
more, Coldwell and Del Buono absent.
The first mentione ed is in Florida where
he is learning what cold we .ther is,
and the other two were confined to
their beds of more or less pain and
anguish, and sent in what is koown in
school as ''sick excuse"
The clerk had a regular picnic with
''the minutes of the previous meeting"
There was whole library to be read,
read. and when he got through read
ing, he read and read again. 1t was
eautiful-at least be thought so, what
ever the council and reporters may
have thought on the subject to the COZ
trary.
The city attorney, Juede Kemp, re-
ported he had faile d to make any ar
rangement with William Tegmire who
had been occupying the Merrill house
half of which was owned by city. so he
had brought suit in the dis riot court
and secure ed judgement for back rent
IN $l3O.S5 and the possession of the
property. Mr.. Tegmire had moved
out that very morning. "Did you get
your cash, jude PEP" timidly asked, Mr..
Burton. The judge gazed off thought
fully into the distance for one moment
and the fra ction of q second moment
as he wistfully, pensively replied that
he had not. However, in the sweet bye
and bye, the little whirligig of time
might so readapt matters and things
that the Judgement could be satified.
1t we're we'll to view the situation OPP
timistically, as it were, or words to
that effect. The attorneys report
was approved and the collection of The
rent from future tenants was left to the
chief of police rather than to any real
estate agent. Judge Kemp thought it
would be well for the city to deal with
some guardian of the minor Koels r
heirs in settling for the rent for
the half of the premises
ed to- The rent for the properly was
liked at SIS per month. 1t is on North
Campbell street.
The mayor notified the council that
a lette al been received from Cen
rel Mills advising that the city coun-
oil draw up memorial to congress re-
lative to the cutting off of the PENN
sular below the city. The matter was
referred.
Mr.. Burton asked that the city en-
9ineer be instructed to give the grade
i1uCS Vi Uu0 StICOu Oh ILL ohI ecu OO-
tween First and Second so that resi-
dents could rebuild their sidewalks.
The request was granted.
Mr.. Del BuOaO sent in a brief com
muuicati1n ating that his atten-
ton has been called to the dangerous
condition of the south wall of the city
hall, and thought some action should
De taken. Referred.
Mr.. Scott reported the purchase of
ten tons of coal from the Payne-Bad-
ger Coal company at Sc. rs per ton, the
er, and screened, positively seemed.
This last occasioned a sigh of heart
felt relief from the jsniJor that swept
over the council like q Rocky Noun
tain zephyr through box canyon.
Action approved.
Mr.. Clifford of the finance commit
ZEE reported the street and park pay
roll at $2S.97; eagineers's department.,
$40; sewer Department., 50. Bills ap-
proved.
A vide aud varied assortment of
bills for December were referred
to the finance committee for decluti-
ton.
Judge Hunter notified the council
that be was erecting building on
East Overland street, and with due and
proper regard for law and the osseous
int gritty of pedestrians, had set red
lanterns at the excavation to prevent
the wsyfaring man from falling there
n to his probable hurt and the deple-
mage suits. However, evil minded
persons had been stealing these Ian
terms, and as the condition of the per-
sonal and individual! treasury Of petit
Toner did not warrant his buying new
lanterns every night for people to
steal, he wished the council would sta
ton an officer in the vicinity of
the excavation to prevent further
depredations. His honor the
mayOr with the calm air of a stole sd-
vised that he reat,er the lanterns be
the small boy who was evidently the
offender. But here, several aldermen
rudely wanted to know what would
hinder the poles aforesaid from being
pulled over to get at the lanterns.
After much discussion pro end CON-"
as t. country weeklies would say, the
gordian knot was cut by referring it to
the chief of police to wrastie with
as best he could.
The retail license ques of Mr..
Dieter on MIR. Robinson's request was
referred to the city attorney as it in
volved question of la " more or less
studded with knots.
Joseph Ruggle recited through a
petition, his falling in to a Texas
stree excavation to the almost seq
OF his cervical vertebrate.
He said there was no light. there to
warn people. Some alderman remark
sd the petitioner had to walk over a
large Pile of earth to fall into that
hole. A Mr.. Rugg1e desired 81 600
for balm in Gilead, his little request
was ii ferred TO the ci y attorney.
Supt. Evans of the Can Il company |
,ompl aimed that j. T. Nesom had will |
July fenced in g ound belonging to the |
Canal company's right of way, and to |
which the +. ncer bad no right what |
yer. Mr.. Evans requested that the
chief OF police be depu,ed- to swoop |
Town on Mr.. Nesom and apnihilste /!
lis fence. Judge Edwards, counsel
or the CANA company, notified the
1uncil that Nesom wa o trespasser,