The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-03

water and telephone companies
both came up as usual for discussion
In the city council yesterday after
noon and as usual both gave promise
OF bobbing, up again at future meet
ings, But the discussion yesterday
had much more definite tone than
usual and in both CASES the council
was able 10 work nearer 20 conclu-
sions than has heretofore been pos
sible.
Franchise Report Postponed.
The application for a second tsle.
phone franchise which tho Num- com
pahy presented at the last meeting
was brought up by the committee to
which II had been referred. The
committee announced not ready 10
make = report and on motion of the
council was given six months in
which to investigate and report.
City Physicians Report.
City Health Officer ", w ,shirey
presented his report for the month
and gave statement OF all calls for
his services. on the matter of Sc
wer use and abuse, care OF streets
and alleys, he commented at some
length. He especially called atteu-
ton n the open ditch east OF the
Pecos Valley shops which drains off
The waste from the shops. This he
reported TO be In bad condition and
he repestsd the recommendation
made at former msehnss that the
waste pipe from the chops be turned
into the sewers 30 that the water,
Instead ~ Y. coming q publir nuis-
snee by running in an open ditch
might assist in flushing the sewers,
This recommendation was immedi-
ately taken up by the council and the
city engineer will be instructed TO
make the necessary survey for the
proposed improvements.
Amount Of Typhoid Is Small.
81 am confident that there is not
half as much typhoid this year as
there was last year" said DR., SlD-
rey, In answer to question from
Attorney Gee" The number Of cases
Is not large and am sure that It
cannot be traced 10 general cause
like city water. The cases arc scat
tered over widely separated parts Of
the town and the cause In each case
is probably something more local
than general 1t might be from milk
which has not been properly cared
for or from COWS that have become
contaminated. have no exact fig
ures as TO the total number OF cases
but | am sure II is not large. There
is state regulation that requires
every physician treating typhoid to
report the cases TO the health Off
GER. This has been neglected here
but / would be glad to have It more
fully observed The statistics from
this source arc Of considerable value
and may assist in getting at the cause
Of an epidemic or even OF apparently
sporadic cases"
Accept New Roller.
W. n. Ellis, manager for the ]. !.
Case Machinery company, appeared
before the council with. the request
that the purchase order for the new
road machine be confirmed by the
proper officers. The complete road
test OF the machine would, he stated,
be made the next meeting OF the
council and the company would be
pleased to get the deal complete. The
guaranty covering the roller is suck.
be assured the council, that even il
the city paid cash for the machine,
there would DO no loss In case the
roller turned out to be unsatisfaci
tory, The council granted the re-
quest and will accept the roller with
two years time TO pay out the cost.
Mr.. Ellis also presented an appi-
cation for D switch from the Rock
Island to connect with the company's
warehouse on North First and Polk
streets. This request was fayorably
referred to the committee,
Ask Price From Water Company.
Mayor Miller then presented let.
ter from Judge Ramsey, OF the hold
ing company which owns the ANA
rillo Water, Light q Power Co., in
which he stated that It would be
impossible owing to other business
arrangements to get to Amarillo with
other officers OF the company for a
conference before the last OF the
month or the first OF November He
further stated that the company was