El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-24
THE CITY
COUNCIL
Transacted No Business OF
importance Last Night
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
Asked For BY Mrs. Brett.-Board To
Meet To Hear Tax Assessment
Protests Next Monday.

Practically no business was trans
acted At the regular weekly meeting OF
the city coupcil last night Aldermen
BADGER. Burton, Clifford, Grant,
| McDuffie and Stewart we're present.
Mrs. A. NJ. Brett, whose late hus-
band and his associates were granted
q telephone franchise, which WAS for
feited, appeared before the council with
. petition asking for . new franchise
for . telephone system. A caucus vas
held In the mayors office before the
council WAS convened, and Mrs. Brett
discussed the matter, and made re-
quest that her petition os granted.
| Alderman Ogden who wac called
from the city suddenly, was granted q
leave of sbsense for two weeks. The
minutes OF the last meeting were read
and approved.
| The report OF the city assessor and
collector for July and August. showing
col ections amounting TO 81 2SI. was
| referred to the committee on taxation.
The chief of police reported tiaes 20
the amount OF OIL, AL collected curing
the month of July. The report was
approved.
MIR. Badger made q recen. request
that the sidewalk on North Stanton
street. between Arizona and San An
tonic streets, be widened to II feet.
i i De request was Sroutcu ouu FciSEEco
TO the ordinance committee. The city
engineer stated that a line Of trees
which are now 10 feet from the fence
line, would be two feet inside the
curbing IL the Sidewalk is widened.
This he thought would be entirely
satisfactorily. Mr.. Badger stated that
no or lection TO the work had been
| made
! The committee having in chsrge
the cItizsns psIition for automatic
gates - ra.iroad crossings In T.. Pa+O,
| was given more time TO consider tie
matter.
| Jonathan ). Dodge as tots point
asked the mayor what had become OF
the telephone franchise asked for by
| his clients several months sgo
Mr. Badger replied sharply tina. his
committee was not really ID discuss
that matter, and that when they were
is would be taken up A second petit
| ton ne said, had been handed in by
other parties for u similar franchise
On recommendation of Mr.. Clifford
Mrs. Redmond's taxes were REFUNDED.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE WANTED
The following was read by the city
clerk:
FL Paso Texas, Aug. %, 1900.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
City Council OF the City of FL Paso.
Texas:
CONDENSATION petitioner. Mrs. A.
NJ. Brett, respectfully prays that your
honorable body grant TO her, her sue
cessors and assigns she right and fran
chise TO erect, construct and Esintain
an electric telephone and telegraph
plant In the city of Ell Paso, state of
Texas, aud to carry on the business In
said city of FL Paso of teleRrsphing,
renting electric telephones and furnish
ing telephone service generally for q
period Of thirty years.
That your petitioner, her successors
and assiRns, be granted authority and.
permission 10 enter the public streets.
alleys and other public places Is said
city, and to construct, operate and
maintain In said streets, alleys and
other public places of said city all
needful and proper poles, mssts, cables,
wires and other appliances and fixtures
for electric telephone and telegraph
purposes.
Should such rights aud franchises be
granted your petitioner, then che
agrees and binds herself, her successors
ard assigns I'd furnish good telephone
service, and shat she will charge there
for as q yearly rental, for the use OF
each telephone, for ordinary business
purposes, at q rate not to exceed $50,
and for private residences q yearly
Tcubdl bot " CAtecu o-o lOE c0Cn tEIe
phone. In case my subscriptions should
exceed 900 phones, then, and 10 tina,
event the yearly rental OF said phones
may be increased in proportion to the
expense Incurred 10 the plant, but 10
DO case shall the yearly rental of saiG
phones exceed $50 for business phones.
and $50 for private phones. | further
, ask permission for your honorable bod
to grant TO me the privilege of putting
the wires OF said plant underground,
At such time rs the said plant NAV
justify, or myself and associates may
deem advisable, or at any reason bic
: time that the city council may de-
signate.
4 Petitioner further agrees that in she
construction or extension OF said plant
I all poles, wires and cables etc used
l shall be used under the supervision OF
\ the city council of said city or whomso-
ever they shall designate.
That your petitioner, her successors
and assigns during the continuance OF
such franchise will furnish to said city
free OF charge the use OF Ave telephones
and will place the came In any part oi
said city that said council may desig-
nate.
Your petitioner further prays ehe
be permitted TO assign all the rights
and privileges granted TO her to such
company as she may hereafter incor-
porate, under the laws of the state oil
Texas, and that such corporation have
the power toexercise the same rights