El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-06
CITY REFUSES To PAVE STREETS
THROUGH THE COTTON ADDITION
Council Is Divided and Mayor Sweeney Casts the Decd
ing Vote Sweeneys Attention Is Called to Slot Ma
chines-To Invest igate Gas Heaters.

tions were owned by the city and the
city should pay for paving them.
Mayor Sweeney made a mistake, say
ing that he voted in the negative, but
finally declared himself IN favor of Rob-
inson's motion.
Several times during the morning the
mayor remarked about the admission OF
additions which had not been properly
improved and said that this was the only
city in the country that had admitted
such additions 10 the city without conf
peling the owners to make improve
ments-
Mayor Gets Angry.
The mayor read a letter. written on
signed save by one who STYLED himself
Secret Investigator. 1t read:
TO the Honorable Mayor:
IF you do not take those nasty slot
machines out of the Gem saloon / will
get Golfers after YOU
The mayor said:
The man that wrote this is a con-
teTnptible coward and afraid to sign his
name. The city has been working all
the time to get rid of these slot ma
chimes and wherever one is found it viii
be suppressed.
The person that wrote this / cannot
call a gentleman, but l want him to
know that / received his letter and want
to let him know what I think OF him. -
The letter was given TO chief of police
Ben Jenkins fer investigation
The City's Health.
The report of city health officer w
H Anderson for the week showed a
total of 80 deaths, being Americans
one Syrian, p Mexicans and one Chi
nese
The cases of contagious diseases ex-
listing at the present time are reported
as Whooping cough, 8; chickenpox. l;
diphtheria, 1; smallpox, 2; typhoid fe-
yer, l; measles, IS. There were eight
cases of tuberculosis repered and Ia
fumigations made Sixty-n:ne patients
were treated at the dispensary and AZ
at their homes
Inspections were made of 2s9 meat
markets $50 dairies, 40 slaughter
houses, 2e4 cattle, 90 hogs. 20 sheep, II
fruit and vegetable wagons. IS restaur-
ants, 20 premises, while 10 pounds OF
meat were condemned and destroyed
rests were made, two resulting in con-
victions.
Land for Garbass Plant.
Mayor Sweeney said: During the
week / purchased 10 acres of land for
q sewer disposal plant and three acres
in Cotton addition for garbage dis
posal plant and city stables, the two
tracts costing $13,59O.6O. I have in
structed the city attorney to arrange
for the advertisement for bids and
they have been made returns Die Feb
ruary 3.
May Park Main street
The mayor then said: Some time
ago 1 induced the G. H. railroad COM
pany to pave its crossings. put down
sidewalks and build fences 1t has
been suggested that So one-hundred-
tnousandths Of an acre on Main street
is city street but of insufficient size
TO be used as a street, therefore I sug-
gested TO the railroad company that it
plant trees and grass there and the
city would probably close it."
The mayor then read for the first
time an ordinance permitting the rail-
road company to do this, the property
extending from Stanton street to the
alley on the west, a crossing to be CON
structed continuing TO the auev across
the tracks. the railroad connaDv 70
retain this strip for park PURPOSES
only
Says Heaters Are Dangerous.
Dr. Anderson. after reading his re-
port, said: I'VE have had several
deaths on account OF the use of in
Simultaneous gas heaters The reason
is that when these have been INSTALLED
the gas company or plumbers INSTALLING
them have failed to place vents there .
The mayor remarked: 1.-The plumbers
and contractors know that these heat
ers are dangerous and the matter
should be presented to the grand Jury
and I viii call the attention of the
court to it,
Referring TO the matter of two ole
fire horses being pensioned the mayor
stated that he had authorized Johr
Connors 10 retire the two horses.
Department Reports.
Sewer commissioner Hadlock's re.
port for the week showed that the de-
partment had laid $50 feet of sewec
in East FL Paso; cleaned plugged
sewers, put in Us and Inspected II
flush tanks.
Building inspector S. B. Haggart re-
ported 27 permits issued during De-
! cember, $3.50 being collected in fees
The report OF the scavenger. depart
ment for December showed s1O46.25 col
leeted.
Petitions Acted Upon.
Alderman Blumenthal recommended