El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-12
CITIZENS COMPLAIN
AGAINST THE NEW
STOCK PENS
Ask Council to Take Action.
Protests Made on Mis-
souri, Street Paving.


ell Thursday morning and entered q
| protest against the establishment OF
| the. Southwestern stockyards. The mat
| ter was referred to the council as q
| whole for investigation.
| These yards are located on the Texas
| & Pacific and Ell PasO & Southwestern
| railroad property in Cotton addition
| between Twelfth street and the river
| although the streets have not been cut
| through there. The property is owned
| by the railroads and the joint tracks
of the two companies run past the pens
which are full at the present time.
On March %, 1910. building inspector
S. B. Haggart issued g permit to John
/ T. Cameron, a cattle dealer, to construct
| these yards, which are 500 feet long,
| by 500 feet wide, the estimated cost be-
| ing $4,000.
To the north are several small farms
while on the south is railroad property
which has net been laid out In
| streets. There are only few houses
! located near the pens, these being used
| by the farmers.
Weisiger pointed out that a man liy-
| ing within three blocks of the pens Had
been arrested for keeping two cows in
the city limits in violation of the city
ordinances and said he believed this
! would prove a greater nuisance, as it
the neighborhOod noisy.
Three protests were entered against
the paving of East Missouri street by
J. J. Ormsbee, c.. NJ. Cunningham ana
Al Howard. though Cunningham with
drew his protest when assured that the
connecting street would be properly
! graded through Cotton addition
The Cfty's Health
The weekly report of city health Of
II CHI %0+ al
of SO deaths, 8 being Americans, q
| Mexicans and l Chinese; 13 births,
! being Americans. Mexicans of which 8
were males and 10 females. The cases
of contagious diseases reported exist
ing were given as whooping cough Ca
smallpox ,, measles 25, scarlet fever q,
chickenpOx >, humps I, typhoid fever 6;
128 inspections were made of meat
markets, 120 of dairies 20 of slaughter
houses, 10 of fruit and vegetable wag-
ons and stores; 1874 of premises, ia
cattle inspected, As calves. 80 hogs. 116
sheep, 70 pounds of meat condemned.
Police and Sewers.
The report of police chief B. F. Jen-
kins for the month of April showed col
lectiOns amounting to s1542.75- The re-
port was received and filed.
Sewer commissioner ]. w. Hadlock's
weekly report showed 200 feet of sewer
u plugged sewers cleaned, 80 flush
tanks and manhOles examined. s155
collected for making connections.
The sealer of weights and measures
reported s4.55 collected during April.
Salary Raised.
Alderman Blumenthal recomme nded
that Dr. Thatcher be paid s175 per
month instead Of s125. This carried
Alderman Clayton, reporting on the ce
cTlrhinO WorL SnnarVicad Nick
Carter on North Oregon street, recon-
mended that he be allowed 10 percent
of the total cost of the work which is
S191. Engineer Todd said that he I'M
derstoOd Carter was to have been paid
Is percent on his payroll.
Carter said: There has been a misun-
Outstanding with Mr.. Todd and 1 un-
derstoOd Is percent was to be paid on
the total cost. I am willing to take
foreman's wages which are IS a day;
that would be $3.50
Robinson said: Ten percent seems
just return on this work"
Carter said: q have saved the city
$40"
Hewitt said "As for his saving the
city money that is what he is supposed
to do; 10 percent is customary and that
is what 1 think he should have"
The motion made by Clayton TO pay
10 percent then carried
To Pay for Shacks.
Alderman N~Ghee reported that Jose
1"---'"~ " . ~ -'st- were crdereu
destroyed, had II shacks or rooms on
south Santa Fee street, some Of them
only feet high. and he believed 500
would be sufficient reimbursement.
Blumenthal moved that the rNcommen-
datic be approved and this as done.
TO Excavate Under Sidewalk.
Hewitt recommended that Richard
Caples be granted permission TO ex-
cavate under the sidewalk where the
Bazaar formerly stood and this was
granted.
]. L. Campbell entered a protest
against paving in front of his home on
Rio Grande street with petrolithic pave
ment.
H L. Howe and others presented
petition asking that Roosevelt street |
be repaired. This was referred to the |
street and grade committee.
Protest ut Stock Yards.
s. P. Weisiger representing 1900 /
signers to a petition protesting against |
the new Cameron stock yards said: ut I
was our understanding that the work |
had been ordered stopped but after be- !
ing referred to the chairman Of the |
sanitary committee, the yards were |
built. 1t is not the desire of those |
whom I represent to prevent the es-
adjustment of new industries but we /
believe it will prove a nuisance. We l
have an ordinance which prohibits the /
keeping of COWS within the city limits. I
It IS unsanitary to have stOckyard |
in the city limits where cattle are
shipped in and out. 1t will draw mil
lions and millions of flies and win
make il noisy. 1t is true, the greater
number of residents there are the !
poorer class but they have rights. It
seems to me it would be a great injus-
ice for the city to permit a stOckyard
o be established there. If we lived
within mile of there, we would not
want the stockyards.
Citizens Want to Be Heard
4 recognize the fact that there are
egal obstacles there preventing the !
city from stopping these pens until
hey become a nuisance. Before any
lefinite action is taken or this is laid |
.side, we would like TO have a commit
ee appointed to hear the protests of
hese citizens / believe it is in direct
of the law when am Informed
hat g citizen living within three blocks
vas arrested because he kept two cows.
{ this was nuicanse. the stockyards
must be made so"
Mayor Robinson asked "a 70 1-O,, ron |