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

The city council met last night in
regular session with Mayor Magofin
IN the chair. There were present Al
dermen Drummer, McGuffy. Clifford.
Stewart. Ogden. Burton, Grant, and
Badger.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
City Treasurer Fassett reported that
he had paid for and redeemed the sew
er bonds falling due to the amount of
$4,000 as authorized by the council.
Alderman Badger reported that the
committee on street improvement had
mad conference with Mr.. Mundy re-
Iative to the Sunset Heights and that
the matter would be adjusted in accor-
dance with the report of the surveyors
appointed by the MAYOR and read at a
previous meeting of the council.
Alderman Badger. as chairman of the
strete Improvement committee made
the following report:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen:
Gentlemen-Your n committee to
whom was referred the matter of
sutet crossings. would respectfully
re4 mmend that the city ask for bids
02the three following kinds of cross
ii s. and not to be less than ten cross
IL nut in: First-Stone tagging. to
of the following dimensions, not
Id than thirty-six inches long by
dkten inches in width and not less
II B six inches in thickness. to be of
til best quality of native stone and
tdbe firmly imbedded in four inches of
concrete to be composed of one part
cement TO seven parts of sand and
gravel. each crossing to have two
walks twenty-fOur inches apart.
SecCnd-Aspnalt bitumen to be five
feet in width and constructed as fol-
flows: Four inches of concrete. COM
posed of one part of cement to seven
parts of sand and gravel. with a top
finish of asphalt bitumen not less than
one and one-half inches thick when
finished
Third-Vitrified brick. to be firmly
laid on concrete bed four inches thick
and composed of one part cement to
seven parts of sand and gravel, the
brick to be Of the best quality of salt
glazed. vitrified brick and walks to be
fve feet in width.
We would also recommend that all
PARTIES bidding on either kind of walks
present their bids in person to the
city council while in session on Thurs
day, March IA, 1901, but should said
council fail from any cause to meet on
the above date, bids will be received
at the next regular meeting, and that
NO bids be received at any other time
or place.
Respectfully submitted.
J. B. Badger.
Alderman Badger stated in explana-
ton of the recommendation that bid
ders hand in their bids in person was
to avoid the possibility of complaint
afterwards that the contents had been
given away to other competitors.
Il was moved and seconded that the
committees recommendation be car
ried out and the clerk was instructed
to advertise for bids
The annual introduction of an ordi-
nance covering the occupation tax re-
auirements made by Alderman Grant
It is the same as in effet at present.
The ordinance was adopted
The following bills were ordered
paid:
Mrs. Sullivan feeding prisoners,
sac 90: Fassett & Kelly. s411.95; E.
W. Wales. s69.5O w. W. Robinson,
81 80: J. 3. Woodward, $3.50.
Alderman Drummer of the fire and
water committee to whom was referred
the matter of investigating the cost of
a new steam ire engine with power to
act, reported that tie committee had
selected a machine called the Metro
politan made by the Seneca Falls En-
CINE company of New York. The cost |
of the engine was S., $50. of which ST.
500 was to be paid in cash and the bal
ance in one, two. and three years at g |
per cent interest 1t would be three |
months before the engine could be built |
and delivered here. 1t was understood |
that a man could be sent here with the |
machine and it would not be accepted |
unless it proved entirely satisfactory.
Mr. Prurner also stated that the COM |
mistee had looked into the matter of |
putting a new boiler in the old engine. !
The contract price for this would be
$3.50. but if a new boiler was put in the
balance of the machinery was in bad |
shape 1t was estimated that the en- |
tire cost of putting the engine in first |
class condition would be 81 $50. The |
committee were authorized to have the |
work done. !
All the members of the board of the
library association were present in
person in support of a petition present |
ed to the council by Mr.. Morehead. The |
petition requested the council to au-
thorize the board to keep the library |
hall open until 9 o'clock every night in |
order that the railroad men and others |
who were employed during the day
might receive the benefit of the books |
= nj periodicals. In order to do this it |
would be necessary to have lights and |
heat. and an assistant librarian at a |
salary of S25 a month. The board stat
ed further that of the S75 appropriated |
them they had S25 remaining. They |
required eighteen chairs. one table and |
four book racks, and asked an addi- |
tioual sum to make these purchases. |
The petition was signed by Mary /. |
Stanton. president: Mary s. Allen. sec
rotary: Olga Kohlberg, Grace l.. Town
send. Mary b. Ramsey, Felix Martin
NJ Francis w Gallagher and Richarl |