El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-06
COUNCIL BREAKS
RECORD FOR SPEED
Meets, Works and Adjourns
And Uses Only Twenty
Minutes.

All know. records for council meet
ings were broken Thursday morning by
the common council of FL Paso, Tex.
when the city dads" met, disposed Of
the. routine business and adjourned
with no greater loss of time than it
takes to ride to Juarez on an open work
street car.
The report of the city health officer,
showing among other things that the
population of FL Paso's Chinatown had
been increased by one China girl, was
read, the reports of the city commissions
ers were heard, the bills recommended
paid, petitions presented and granted,
hawker given permission to hawk all
he pleased, a South Stanton street
wagon yard owner was given permits
sion to move it bag and baggage to the
corner OF Second and Kansas, the clerk
droned the roll call and the mayor de-
eaared the council adjourned Time.
0:2o flat
Health Officers Report.
DR.. W. H. Anderson, city health Of
ficerEreported that there had been "a
deaths and 21 births during the week.
OF the deaths, eight were caused by
tuberculosis and five by pneumonia
The report of the contagious diseases
showed that there were two cases of
smallpox, II of typhoid fever, three OF
one OF typhoid fever.
The report Of sewer commissioner J.
W. Hadlock showed that 800 feet Of
sewer pipe had been laid in Cliff street.
loo feet in the alley east OF Mesa and
north of Cliff street
Building Inspector Reports.
The report of the building inspector
g. B. Haggart for the month of March
showed that 81 permits had been is
n
s1l1.50.
Fire marchal Henry F. Reynaud
showed that so buildings had been in
spected and nine occupants notified to
comply with the fire prevention. Three
fires were reported during the week,
the causes being given; One from chill
dren with matches; one from burning
flue. and one from improper arrange
ment of stove.
The construction work in the water !
works department was reported to have !
included the setting Of three fire hy-
drants, and the laying 1894 feet of main !
on Myrtle avenue between Austin and |
Walnut streets.
Curb Ordinance Read.
The ordinance fixing the elevation OF |
curb lines on streets in the Santa Fe |
addition was given its final ressaiAg
City engineer Frank H Todd pre- |
scented a report recommending the ele-
vation of curb lines on California street /
from Ange to Noble; River street from /
Ange to Noble; Nevada street from Oc- |
tavia to Noble. The council adopted the !
recommendation
Petitions Presented.
A petition from the Church of God, |
open air mission, to erect a tent on
south Ochoa street was granted
The petition of the Elks lodge for its
taxes to be RENTED for the year as
has been done in the past was granted
, The petitions Of L A. Barnes and 0.
S. Blanton for reduction of taxes were
referred to taxation committee.
W.. ]. Collins presented petition for
the installation of a sewer in the al
ley of block 81 in East FL Paso. It
was referred to the sanitary committee.
Mrs. Lydia L. Christy, F. B. AIexan-
der and H. Leavel1 presented a petition
a private Sc wer in Bassett ad-
dition to the city.
Ross E. Bryan requested the extern
sion of a sewer to his house in Mundy
Heights. The request was referred to
the sanitary committee.
to move his wagon yard from All South
Stanton to the corner of Kansas and
Second streets.
L. r. Kline, through his attorneys.
presented a petition for DANA ges TO his |
lots 9. 10. IL. in block TO Of Campbell's
the grades of streets and al
legs abutting the lots having been
raised damaging the lots.