El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-24
The City Hall Will Be Sup
piled With Costly Gas
Fixtures.
FURNITURE TO BE BOUGHT
By the Mayor And the Building
Committee-City Hall Was Ac-
cepted And All Balance Due
the Builders Ordered Paid

Mexico. He had gained considerably
| In weight.
Judge Kemp reported arguing the
electric light case in the court OF ap.
| peals and Major Wimberly reported
laying sewers in an alley and that sew
eral new houses had been built closing
alleys and abutting several feet on the
| streets.
| Mr.. Whitmore said that something
oug ht to be done to correct this en-
croachment on the public streets and
suggested that few of the houses be
torn down by the chief of police and
| that the city attorney should take
some action.
The chief said he didn't like to un-
dertske to tear down any houses Tor
fear he might get shot. but If the coun-
Gil ordered such action "down the
buildings would come"
On motion off Alderman Ogden the
matter was referred to the chief OF
police and city attorney with power to
act.
The chairman of the street improve
ment committee, Mr.. Badger, recon-
mended that the city attorney draw up
an ordinance for the side track OF A.
Munzenberger. The changing of the
direction Of an alley in Satter-
thwaite's addition was also recommend
ed.
Alderman Clifford presented the
following bills, which we're approved
and ordered paid:
Santa Fe Railroad Co. -Sl2 Oh
Street departments. % oO
Mrs. w. A. Walker. .......-.. 10 90
Sewerage department. 1890. o9 5O
THE NEW CITY HALL.
Chairman McDuffie, of the building
committee, recommended that the
city hall be accepted. He further re-
commended that lights be placed in
the new building at once and that the
floors on the upper porches be timed
over to prevent damage by
water.
He said it was rather hard to get at
the furniture and proposed that Its
purchase be left to q committee which
should be instructed just how much to
pay for it.
The library association, which will
occupy rooms in the new building, had
submitted list of furniture and fix
lures needed.
Alderman Whitmore moved that the
mayor be authorized to purchase all
necessary furniture. Mr.. Badger
amended by suggesting that the mayor
act with the building committee and
Mr.. Whitmore accepted the amend
ment. The motion was then adopted
with the understanding that the build
ing would be furnished, ready for oc-
cupancy, by Decem Der l. The list of
furniture as needed by the library as
sociation was ignored.
Before the recommendation of the
building committee with reference to
the city hall had been adopted Mr..
Burton interposed with an objection,
saying, that there was 8 discrepancy
between the architects report and the
claim of Contractors Buchanan and
Powers for the stone work of the
foundation. He said he did not want
to pay Buchanan and Powers more
than was due them. Mr.. Whttmore
favored allowing the contractors their
claim as submitted and. on motion, the
bill was allowed.
Judge Kemp was allowed S18 for his
trip to San Antonio.
On recommendation of Alderman
Drummer it was ordered that fire
plug be placed at the corner Of Octs-
via and Texas streets.
CATLIN'S STRONG POINT.
Bills and communications are Catlin's
specially and he always has some of
them to submit. Last night he pre-
the city schools as follows:
Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. End, 1899. To
the Honorable Mayor and City Couu-
cilmen:
Gentlemen, We herewith very re-
spectfully submit the following state
ment of the requirements for the
public schools for the ensuing year:
Salaries of superintendent,
teachers and others, en-
ployes of the public schools 80 S40O
Fuel for the various schools. 600
Stoves for the new school
mousse. -. AoU
school supplies 800. 500
Water for the school houses. $50
Insurance 600
lnc1de ntals, for repairs ETC.. 800
Amount to be received from
the state. ................... 5000
We beg to state that the above
amounts will be necessary to cover the
expenses of the public schools, as near
ly as we can estimate, as they now
stand. We have enrolled at present
seventeen hundred children and more
coming all the time, and it may be that
we will have to furnish other rooms
and employ other teachers; and, after
the probable delinquent |
tax list, it is our opinion we will re-
luire levy Of fifty cents the limit of |
the law, and we respectfully ask that |
you make said levy.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. r. RACE,
President of Board.
E. @. PEW,
Secretary. |
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