El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-06
Again Present a Bill For Light
ing Service To the
City.
LITTLE FARCE GONE OVER
And the City Attorney Does Not
Take Long to Write Out and Sub
NIT His Opinion, Attorney Bur
ges Seems to Have an Electric
Railway Scheme In His Hand,
But He Refuses to Talk;About 1t.
Routine Matters.

The city council met last night wit
five aldermen present. After the az
proval of the minutes the city alto,
D ney reported that the city had won i
! the suit of Mrs. Look.
The June pay roll for the cit
!; amounting to 1882, and the sewer pa
roll OF $40 20 we're sppr owed; also tn
street commissioners pay roll of 81
and bill for feeding prisoner
amounting to $50 80.
The request for an arc light at Sal
Antonio and Ell Paso streets wa
allowed.
The Ell Paso Gas and Electric Lighr
company presented bill for 1921. IL
for light furnished In June, accom-
panied by communication from At.
torney Patterson asking the city
council to declare by resolution
whether the CITY would continue to
take the company's light according to
an alleged contract or whether the city
denied the existence of such q contract
The matter was referred to the city
attorney, who reported at once in the
following written memorandum:
Ell Paso, July 6, 1900.
To the Honorable City Cou ncil:
Gentlemen: You having referred to
me the bill, communication attached,
OF the Ell Paso Gas, Electric Light &
Power company, for 81 arc lamps at
VI each for the month of June 1900
1921 Is, beg leave to recommend that
the bill De rejected for the reason that
II said lamps and lights have been
furnished it has been without the city's
sanction and against its express instruc-
tion to said company, with whom
the said city has no contract or under.
standing whatever for the furnishing
OF lamps or lights. Respectfully,
WYNDHAM KEMP,
Attorney.
The report was approved and the
bill rejected.
The bill of the International Light
and Power company was referred to
the fire and water committee, as was
also pet tion from St. Clements |
for permission to move the
present building to one side OF the 10,
and build an addition.
A. Wolff, of the Phoenix hotel, |
wanted the city to pay the expenses he
incurred by hunting for the cause OF a
'soppage in the plum bling of his house.
1t was found after considerable work
lad been done that the trouble was in
he city sewer in the alley, and the
'lty then removed the stoppage. Mr..
Wimberly said he did not see why the
'lty should pay for the expense Mr..
Wolff incurred by work done on his
'wn property, and the council took the
anne view.
The smelter road improvement mat
er was laid over another week. At.
orney burgess reported that the rail-
DAD had dec.ued to go no further in
he negotiations.
Mr.. Burgess also stated that the
nactlng clause had been omitted
rom the citizens street railway :
ordinance and in behalf of !
eopls negotiating for the franchise he I
sked that the ordinance be repassed =
18th the enacting clause. This was =
one. Mr.. Burgess conveyed the i'm
ression that his clients were ready to t
axe preliminary surveys at once.
The jauitor of the city hall was in f
ructed to act as inspector of the new s.
ty hail sidewalk during it's censtruc-
On, since 1t was alleged that the \
ntractors were trying to run in poor
aterial.
A vote Of thanks was given to Super
tendent Martin of the G. II. and to m
lperlntendent Greig and Assistant g.
eight and Passenger Agent Alexan- d,
r, for oourtestes shown the city's 8:
ests last week.
Alderman Clitford's leave OF absence
10 extended and Judge Kemp was
zen months leave to visit his old
me in Virginia. 81,