El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-07
To the Amount Of Seventy
Five Thousand Dollars
To Be Voted On.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISES
All Refused, and a Request
Received For Right Of
Way For a Long Dis
tance Service.

All eight members of the board of
aldermen we're present last night NJ
the regular session of the city council.
which turnedout to be she most import
snt OF any meeting this year. A measure
to submit to the people at q called cleo
tion . proposition to vote S75 900 bond 8
for school purposes was passed unani-
mously after some objection. The two
petitions for telephone franchises
which have been before the council for
some time were re fused last night, and
a third petition was introduced for q
franchise for right OF way over certain
Ell Psso streets, for q long distance
telephone line between El Psso, Silver
City, and Deming.
= Aldermen Clifford and Ogden also
played . short farce which amused
even the couneilmen n themselves. This
WAS brought about By Mr.. Clifford
and was In regard to . bill presented
by architect McClintock for work on
the city hall.
A caucus was held In the mayors
office for half an hour before the
council convened. 10 is understood
that the question of tax on the slot
machines in this city was under dis
cussion, but the matter WAS not
brought up in the council meeting.
The city clerk did not have the
minutes Of the previous meeting owing
t, the fact that he has been at work on
the board Of equalization.
Mr.. Badger stated that the tele-
phone matter was settled, and that 1t
could be brought up. His committee
recommended that franchise be
granted to Mrs. A. NJ. Brett Mr..
Burton made a motion that the report
of the committee be adopted. The
question was put to vote and was lost,
aldermen Brunner, Grant, McDufiie,
Ogden and Stewart voting against il.
Mr.. Badger than stated that Mrs.
Brett would make another petition for
q franchise.
''In order to be on the winning side
once" said Alderman Badger, 81 move
that the other petition for q telephone
franchise be refused" The motion
was carried, Alderman Stewart voting
10 the negative. This franchise Was
the one asked for by Jonathan S. Dodge
and others.
Judge Kemp read an amendment to
section 2 Of the delinquent tax ordiuan-
ce, adopted the 23d of June, 1898, max
ing It necessary to publish the delin-
quent tax list only three times instead
OF twenty-one times. The amendment
was adopted.
Alderman Clifford of the finance COM
mitsee stated that the cost of feeding
the city prison ers fo- the month of
August was $3.50. This bill, with one
Of SIS. IS for street and park work, was
allowed.
Mr.. Clifford then stated to the conn
Gil that c. D. McClinsock, the architect
of the city hall, wantsd s43. .52, the
difference between S510.55, his or
iRinal bill, and s467.03, the amount
which he had been paid.
City clerk Catlin got out his books
and showed where Mr.. McClintock
had given receipt for payment in
full.
Mr.. Badger inquired. why the bill
for s5l0.55 had been cancelled and Mr..
Cstlin answered that It had been done
by order of the committee.
Mr.. Clifford and Mr.. Ogden then got
into discussion of the matter. AL
aermsn Ogden said that the proper
thing for Mr.. McClintock to do was to
make out q bill for the amount due
him, but he couldn't m AXE Mr.. Clifford
understand, and that alderman insiste
that all McCllntock wanted was the
difference between the two bills. Mr..
Ogden then discovered that the bill
had been o. KID twice, and to get rid
Of the taugle the whole question was
TO the building committee.
A N eetibg OF the school board had
been held in the office of superinten-
dent Putnam, and at this iuucture