El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-08
OUR new.
HIGH SCHOOL
Hopes Of Securing the Plaza
Site Are Destroyed
WHAT THE MAYOR SAID

WHAT THE MAYOR SAID
To the School Board At the Meeting
OF the City Council Last Night
Other Proceedings Of Interest
The Sheldon Sidewalk Those
Bonds - New Election Street
And Park Matters
The school board, accompanied by
nam, appeared before the city council
last night to ask for new'high school
building, as was foretold in Tuesday 9
HERALD. The alderman were great
ly interested in President Races sum-
mary of.the school situation in Ell Paso
at present and we're agreed, apparent
1y, that something should be done
promptly.
The hopes of the board of securin g
destroyed. Mayor Msgoffin. as soon as
DIR. Race had finished his address,
said: ''Now, gentlemen, you might as
we'll dissbuse yourselves at once about
the plaza site. You can't get it," He
went on to explain that the site is in
hopeless litigation unless q compromise
can be effected. He said the suit
could be settled If the oity would agree
tolconvert the site. into alpsrk and keep
would have to be selected, and one
could probably be found which would
answer the purpose just as well.
After the routine business of the
council was transacted the school
board was invited to present its bust
ness to the council. DR.. Race, as
spokesman, presented the facts in the
case substantially ss told in the HER
AID. He said that by the end of the
present. school year every seat that it
is possible to provide in the school
buildings of the city will be oc-
cupied, and that next year
children will be crowded out of the
schools if provision is not made for
them. He said that the present size
and growth of the, city demanded a
building to be used as a high school
building exclusively: that the high
school should be separated from the
ward schools to properly carry on is
work. A high school building, he
said, should be as near as possible to
the center of the, city geographically
and as to population.
Alderman Ogden moved that the
matter be referred to the street i'm
provement committee. Alderm an
Badger said he couldn't see what con-
nection the erection of a high school
building had with the street improve
ment committee.
"Wen, it will be an improvement to
the street, won't it?" asked Alderman
Ogden.
"Yes, concede that, but the school
board doesn't want to build the school
house in the street, as l understand
it,
1t was then moved to refer it to
special committee, to be appointed by
the mayor. His honor appointed the
finance committee to look after it..
This matter disposed Of, DR.. Race
asked the council for room in the city
hall in which to hold board meetings
and an Office for the city superintenc
ent. The aldermen offered the council
chamber to the board for it's use, but
DR.. Race said that it was larger than
is necessary for any ordinary meeting
of the board. Alderman Ogden sug-
gested that there are two unoccupied
city, hall, one OF which
and one to the city
physician. This suggestion was unan-
imously carried out DR.. Race said
the superintendent room would be
amply large for the board meetings
and thanked the council for it's courte-
sy.
THE SHELDON SIDEWALK
The controversy about the extension
Of the sidewalk around the Sheldon
was finally settled. Mr.. Sheldon is to
be allowed to extend the sidewalk in
ST. Louis street inches for a distance
of 80 feet, commencing at point 80
feet west from the corner
of Oregon street; also to extend the
aide walk on the Little Plaza 3 feet,
with an extension in the center of
inches for 81 feet, and to raise the
curb inches. Mr.. Sheldon submitted
the following petition to- the council:
Ell PASO, Texas, Dec. 2, 1899.
To the Honorable City Council of Ell
Paso:
Now comes L. M. Sheldon and
with the city council, asking certain
changes to be made in the sidewalks of
what is known as the Sheldon building
on St. Louis street and the Little
Plaza, and in lieu of the ct anges in the
original petition mentioned he asks to
be permitted to make the following
changes, to-wit: To extend the side
walk on st. Louis street inches for a
distance of 30 feet, commencing at
point 30 feet west from the corner of
Oregon street.
Also to extend sidewalk on Little
Plaza feet, with the extension in the
center 6 inches more for 30 feet, COM
at point So feet from the
corner of the alley, and to form a curve
1t the corner OF St. Louis street and
Little Plaza, and also at the corner of
Little Plaza and the said alley, all in
with the pencil lines indi-
,ated On plans submitted herewith.
The area to be feet wide for the
eng tn of SO feet, more or less along the
vest front of the said Sheldon building
IN Little Plaza aud to raise sidewalk
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