El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-27
CITY FATHERS IN
DISCUSSION Of
PAVING
North Kansas to Be Paved.
Many Petitions Are
Presented.

| The ordinance assessing the cost of
| the paving Of North Kansas street
| against the property owners was
| adopted by the city council Thursday
morning. Another ordinance granting
| j. J. Mundy privilege to effect a mar
| ket house was given its first reading
The petition Of property owners for
| the paving OF North Ochoa street,
| north Of Montana, was referred to the
street and grade committee.
City attorney W. M. Coldwen re-
quested that the council excuse him
from making report on the Foster
matter in view of his time having been
occupied for the past week with the
two liquor cases set in the county
court. The council excused him.
The following reports for the week
ending July 26 were submitted and
fled
The City's Health.
The report of DR.. w H Anderson,
city health officer, shows IS deaths,
Americans s, MeXicans 10. Births re-
ported IS, Americans 2, Mexicans Is,
negroes I.
Thirty-hve cases of conta gious dis
eases were reported as being under
medical attention, divided: Smallpox
1, scarlet fever II, measles 8, whoop
ing cough 9, mumps 1, typhoid fever
TO- The report shows inspections of
meat markets 1872 fruit stands lat,
fruit and vegetable wagons 500, baker
les 8, restaurants 8, premises 2S9, room
ing houses g. cattle 10, calves %,
sheep "a, dairies los, milk wagons so.
meat wagons SO, slaughter houses SO.
Condemned: $40 lbs. meat, 209 lbs.
fruit, buckets eggs
Notices served to have cows tested,
10; nuisance notices served IA; COM
plants attended to. SO.
New SeEy Wc-k.
The report of J. W. Hadlock, sewer
commissioners, showed Us put in, so,
feet inch iron sewer across canal
between Campbell and Kansas streets,
cleaned 400 feet s inch sewer in alley
between, Campbell and Kansas street
south of canal, cleaned s plugged sew
ers, worked four men repairing main
line discharge pipe between the river
pumping plant and the river, completed
putting in tank and pipe connections
at river pumping plant for printing
pump.
Four Fires Reported.
The report of Henry F. Reynaud, fire
marshal, showed 45 buildings In
spected and occupants notified to
comply with ordinance for prevention
of fires. Four fires were reported, one
caused by rats, one by tramps and
two by unknown cause.
The renort of J. H Comstock
sealer Of weights and measures,
showed a collection of $3.50.
The report of F. G. Alderete. sani
tary commissioner, showed a collec
ton of s103s.9O
New Water Work.
The report of Will E. Race, super
intendent of city water works, showed
1871 feet of s inch pipe laid on city
property. from South Ell Paso street
to Durango street, fire hydrants placed
at corner Santa Fe. Leon and Durango
streets pumping machinery with all
connections now Installed. new boiler
at Mesa pumping station near compile
tion six new wells completed at mesa
plant renewed 1922 feet of
kilowein pine from San Francisco TO
Durango, laid 271 feet Of s inch and
10 inch on San Francisco street
The report of the operations of the
city waterworks showed: Receipts.
s13.25S.19, against this the following
were made: Mesa pump
ing plant, s3597 II: city pumping plant.
$15942e; Altura pumping plant,
s25459; distribution system, s2143-46-
Total operating expense. s75e0.11:
gross earnings, s56eS-os; annual ex-
pense, s4o3250; net earnings, s1635.5S.
gallons pumped.
The cash statement for the quarter
endingJune 80. showed, receipts, SAT-
S15.51; on hand April 1. s25.e50.S6; to-
tai. s73.46s.37: expenditures for quar- !
ter, s6363677: cash on hand, June
80. sss2960.
The report of C. W. Fassett. city
clerk, for quarter ending June 80.
showed total receipts, $500. 5000; to-
tai disbursements. including transfers,
s2S4,52991; total expense for three
months, s24S,712.S5.
Petitions.
The petition OF patrons of Fort Bliss |
car line for better service was received |
and filed.
petition Of property owners on
Rivera street relative to condition Of
the street was referred to the street |
and grade committee.
The petition of property owners on
Gladstone street relative to the con-
dition of the street was referred to the
street and grade committee
The petition Of the Magnolia Petro-
leum company to erect an oil station
near the T. & P. stock pens was re-
ferred to the whole council for inves-
LEGATION.
The petition Of A. J. Zlahosky for re-
fund on an occupation license was re-
tee
The petition Of residents of Alexan-
der addition on the corner of North
Stanton and Cliff streets to have