El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-03
COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCIL Meeting.
(Continued from First page.)
out eide the city was informally discus
| sed after the meeting by q few alder
men. The extra fare, If it Is the inten
tion of the company to exact an sddi
tional fare when the city limits have
been reached, was thought would be
partIcu larly hard upon the employees q:
the smelter. and those living in Juare1
and working in Ell Paso ,or vice versa
After the railway matter was dis
posed OF Mr.. Ogden submitted an or
di nance providing for the regulation
OF all telephone and telegraph wires
q nd appliances in the city, and GREAT
ing the Office Of city electrician. AZ
provided in Mr.. 0gden's ordinance,
th cost Of the inspection of electric
Tres Is to be paid in the form of fees
by the property holders having such
electrical installations upon their
property.
Mr. Badger opposed the measure.
81 want to state" said he, land don't
want to be misun derstood, that favor
the creation of the Office of city cleo
trojan. 1 protested against the last
ordinance, and 1 protest against this
one. 1 object on account of the fees
which this ordinance provides for.
Fees are form of taxation and the
people of Ell Psso are taxed enough IS
1t Isl
The motion of Mr.. Ogden for the
passage of his ordinance was carried
by a vote of to 1.
The following bills we're approved
and ordered paid: T. b. Bonuet, for
blacksmith work, Observation-Disclosures 80 Is
r. Z. Lowell, for cement work around
city hall, $500. 90
Sewer department., ..............S 15 %
The interest on the outstanding
bon 1s of the city WAS ordered paid.
Before taking up additional business
Mr.. Osde submitted to the city clerk
to be read the following petition from
the Gate City assembly OF the Knights
of Labor:
PROTEST FROM UNION MEN.
Resolved, that we condemn the action
of the city council in electing s. @. Pc
tticolas to the office of city electrician
without having in some manner first
considered the qualifications of bona
fide resident electricians. We especial
ly condemn the council for ignoring the
application and endorse ments of MIR.
Burke and in elecsing to the of6c non
resident whose only interest in the COM
munity is that of transient office
seeker. We are not familiar with Mr..
Petticolas' qualifications, but however
competent he may be. we insist that
the council INDUCED in dark-lantern
of his opponent, Mr.. Burke. Alder
man Badger having voted contrary to
his colleagues il this matter we most
heartily commend his action. Be 1t
further resolved that in ignoring the
right of citizens to petition those who
are vested with the power of govern
ment, . sacred principle Of citizenship
and of Amerioanism was violated by the
council land werespectfullyreque your
honorable body to reconsider its for
mer action in the above matter that
this question may be dis posed Of on its
merits and in the interest OF the
Unanimously adopted this 31st day
Of July, A. D 1900, by Gate City As
sem bly, K. of L, ut Ell Paso, Texas.
J. M. ELLIS, Master Workman.
Attest: l. BLUM. Recording Secretary.
These resolutions were accompanied
oy an endorsement from the Contra
Labor Union composed OF the Carpen-
ers, Plumbers, Electricians, Typo
Painters, and Cigarmakers
Jnions, tie Order of Railway Con-
luctors and knights of Labor.
Mr. Catlin reported that the bids fer
he work on the smeltsr road were all
n, and be was authorized to read them. |
The lowest bid was that of Schefer |
md Evans, at Is cents per cubic yard,
md on motion of Mr. Burton the con-
ract was declared awarded to that
[rm. The other bids follow: J Y !
Is cents per cubic yard;
Ford, II cents per cubic yard; j E |
Terry 164 cents per cubic yard; James
Hilbert 1S4 cents per cubic yard !
3u chapan and Powers 1911 cents per |
u bic yard. There was general sat-
sfaction expressed over the low bids |!
eceived. Each bid was accompanied !
" Q check for $3.50.
Mr.. Kimberley then advocated that
bid be called for to supply 25. 900 hard,
Machine made brick for the construc-
lon of the waterway under the smelter
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