El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

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hall to preside.
MINUTES SAY 1T FAILED.
The minutes of last meeting were
read. Alderman Whitmore called at
tention to the fact that the minutes
said that the auti-scalping ordinance
had failed whereas the city attorney
said it had passed. He thought the
minutes should be corrected.
In response to the request OF the
mayor Judge Kemp made q statement
to the effect that there was no doubt
but that the ordinance had passed.
WANT TO RECONSIDER.
Here Alderman Bcuuner spraug a
sensation by moving that the action OF
the council be reconsidered and the
ordinance committee to report on 1t
again.
Chairman Ogden, of the ordinance
committee, seconded the motion of Mr..
Drummer, saying that there bad evil
IDENTIFY been a Misunderstanding in the
matter. Nothing was done however at
the moment aud it laid over until later
on.
Chairman Badger, OF the street
maintenance committee, reported in
favor of making an appropriation OF
$500 or as much thereof as might be
necessary for the improvement of the
smelter road in conjunction with the
county. He said that the conn ittee
had investigated aud found things in
very bad shape. He wanted the city
engineer to prepare an estimate OF the
cost. The report was adopted
The following bills were allowed
Street COmmissiOuer..-..-..S 81 30
Engineers Department-.-..- 5 90
Pest 2lO 90
Fsssett & Kelly ......,..... $3.50 90
Chairman Clifford. of the finance
oo~~Tttaa oaIIa6 attaTtinn tn the in ]
terest on bonds, being 5000 on the
$50. 900 issue OF 1890, bearing the rate
of 6 per cent, toe same being for six
months. Also on the funded indebted
ness bonds. of the same year., $40, 600.
at the same rate and for the same
time, 5000. Added to this wss $3.50
for exchange to the Chemical National
bank of New York City.
The report of the city clerk showing
the issuance OF twenty-four building
permits for buildings valued at $50, llo
during the month OF February was re-
ccived and filed.
Chairman Drummer, of the fire and
water committee, favored having
Lights put up by the new company at
all points now occupied by the OLD
company's, and at the following ad-
ditional ones, fire department., city
hall, Stanton and Wyoming streets, at
the Santa Fe depot, one on Myrtle
fOAoO oAa Il NA 5000
RAILROADS SHOULD PAY.
Mr.. Badger thought that the city
should compel the railroads to furnish
their own lights. He understood other
cities required it.
Chief Lockart said tina lights were
~imperatively demanded at the @. 81.
crossings at Kansas and Campbell
streets as the place was dangerous at
nights so much switching was going on.
Mr.. Whitmore said that ne thought
the company would put them in If
asked.
AS the lights could not be put in for
some time yet this phase of the matter
was dropped for the time. i
The recommendation of the commit
tee was then adopted. !
NEW NATAToRIUM.
The clerk read q communication
from G. E. Bailey. proprietor of the
new natatorium, asking permission to
encroach on q small part of the alley by
the building as necessary to the work.
1t was referred to the street improve
ment committee with power to act.
STEAM HEATING PIPES.
The following communication was
read and referred to the street i'm
provement committee.
Ell PASO. Texas, March 18th. 1900.
To the City Council of the City of Ell
Paso.
Gentlemen:-The undersigned here
by make application to your honor
able body for a franchise for the pur- ,
pose of laying and maintaining iron :
pipe and conducting steam through the :
streets and alleys of that portion of the !
City of Ell PaEo described as follows.
to Wit: ,
North of Third street. south of '
M ain street. west of Florence street :
aud east of chihuahua street, with {
such safeguards and upon such condi- I
as are Usual in making grants OF :
such franchise. The steam so conduct u
to be used for the purpose of heating
buildings in the territory described.
If such a plant were constructed and
properly operated, it woul have the q
effect of reducing insurance rates and q
causing q more extensive use of steam S
which would be a great benefit to the 8
OF you city.
Respectfully submitted.
0. 81. BAUM
RECONSTRUCTED UNANIMOUSLY
Here Mr.. Ogden renewed his motion ~
to reconsider and refer back to the =
ordinance committee the anti-scalping +
ordinance. On a rollcall the vote was
unanimous in favor of the motion.
TOO GENERAL IN R
J. P. O'Conner was again before the n
council with a protest against the Fl
of the ordinance which he r
aid was general in its terms affecting
AL tickets, not the G. HIS tickets to
teachers convention alone. His t
frm, he said, had several hundred e