El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-03
ACTION RBCONSIDBRED
By Which the Council Elect
ed a City Electrician Be-
fore the Office Was
Formally Created.

| With the exception of Mr.. Whit
more, who Is sick, every member o
the city council was present At tn
meeting last mig ht, in anticipation o
an interesting and exciting sessio q
| The galleries and the standing room
on the floor of the council room wer
| filed with nearly hundre'
mem bers of local labor unions VIII
followed every step in the proceeding
with close attention, and expeciall!
that part concerning the recent elec
trio matters over which they have
bsen stirred up since the appointmen
| by the city couc Gil of Mr. Petticolas Il
the Office of city electrician.
On motion of MIR Ogden the reading
of the minutes was dispensed with
and the attention of the council was
brought at once to the electrician ques
tion by the motion of Mr. Brunner, who
moved that the city council reconsider
Its previous work in electing q city
electrician. He was informed. he said
that the coun Gil had been a little hasty
in the matter. The motion to recon-
slider was carried unanimously. The
name OF Mr. Petticolas was not men
toned once, to the evident satisfaosio q
OF the representatives. of the labor or
ganizations present.
The council, on recommendation of
City Engineer Wimberley, decided to
incorporate into the sewer system of
the city, the sewer OF the old Grand
Central hotel( Mills building provided
the latter be raised to the correct
grade.
The city pay roll, amounting to
SO, ,617, WAS read by Mr.. Catlin and ap
proved The pay roll of the sewer
commissioners. amounting to s255.3
was also approved.
Mr. Oxds n then submitted an ordi
nance TO change the direction of a
number of alleys in CampbelI's addi-
tion which was adopted unanimously
The city attorney then read, at the
request of Mr.. Ogden, petition from
the Ell Paso and Juarez Traction COM
pany asking for q franchise to con-
struct and operate an electric railroad
line over the streets now occupied by
the present mule line, with the sddi-
tion Of q line of tracks on Stanton
from San Antonio to Seventh street.
While the ordinance was being read
Alderman Stewart noticed that Sec
tion had been scratched out, and he
requested that it be read. Mr.. Besll
then read the eleventh secsion, proVid-
ing that any other street car line
desiring to reach the center of the city
was auth rized to use the tracks Of
the Ell Paso and Juarez Traction
company, for distance OF not more
than two consecutive blocks, the cost
of repair of suoh portion OF the tracks
used to be paid equally by the compan-
les using them.
Mr.. Stewart said that unless this Sec
tion be Incorporated in the ordinance
he could not vote for 1t. The motion
to grant the franchise to the ele ctric
car company was carried by vote of
to l, Mr.. Stewart casting the only op-
posing ballot.
The Ell Paso and Jusrez Traction
company In It's petition guarantees to
have in operation over the streets of
El Paso as named in the petition, an
electric railway within twelve months,
the same to be guaranteed to the city
by S., 900 bond guarantee. The
charter asked for is for space of forty
years, and the petition states that after
the city of Ell Paso has attained
> population of fifty thousand,
the company may be taxed at the
discretion of the city council, accord
ng to law. The street car line is
guaranteed 10 be the equal of any car
inc in the United States having a
population of that of Ell Paso. The
iranchise as granted by the city coun-
ell provides 8 five cent fare within the
,ity limits.
The question of an additional fare
~ L 1.