El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-01

payment upon notification from said
treasurer of the owners Of said SO per-
cent OF abutting footage having
signed this agreement; such amounts
so paid to said treasurer to be paid
over by him to the order OF the mayor
and city council shall notify him that
whenever a sufficient amount shall
have been received to carry into effect
the general plan Of parking herein
referred to, and whenever said mayor
and cit ycounciI shall notify him that
the city authorities are ready to go
ahead with the construction OF said
parking under this general plan.
And in order that such parking, and
the trees, shrubs, and grass thereon
may be uniformly and properly main
tanned, we hereby petition your hon
orable body to increase the assessed
valuation of our property abutting on
Epson avenue. at the rate of s1S5 for
each % feet abutting on said portion
of Epson avenue to be parked under
this plan, in order that sufficient funds
may be turned into the city treasury
TO maintain and protect said parking:
and we further petition that there be
hereafter annually appropriated by the
city council of the city Of Ell Paso,
Texas, out Of any funds not otherwise
appropriated. a sufficient amount neces-
sary for the proper care, maintenance.
and protection Of said parking and
the trees, shrubs, and grass growing
thereon, and for the renewal of any
thereof as such renewal may become
necessary; and in explanation of the
figures given in this paragraph and OF
the purposes and effect of this portion
Of our petition, we respectfully refer
to the table prepared by the park COM
mission and incorporated below in this,
our petition.
We petition further that commit
tee Of two property owners. upon the
portion Of Epson avenue to be parked
under this plan, be appointed by the
mayor to act IN conjunction with the
park commissioner of the city Of FL
Paso in selecting and deciding upon the
kind and character Of trees and
shrubs to be planted within such
parks and to determine and carry into
effect the details incidental to the gem
eral plan for such parking herein ac-
cepted and adopted; and we desire that
the entire authority, direction, and
control, to be exercised in establishing
such parking and in continually main
tanning same, hereafter shall be vested
in the park commissioner of the city
of FL Paso and two resident owners of
real estate on Epson avenue within
the portion to be parked under this
plan, said two resident owners to be
appointed by the mayor for a term OF
two years and until they are duly sue
ceeded by other appointees-
And we further pe%tion that the
mayor and city council enact the
necessary ordinances TO carry this plan
into effect and to insure adequate
maintenance and protection of such
parking in future.
We desire that this petition be re-
ceived and accepted by the mayor and
city. council as their authority for all
city to carry such parking system into
effect.
The general plan OF parking as
recommended by the park commission
and as accepted and adopted by US for
Epson avenue between its intersection
with Missouri street and Lawton ave
nue., includes for each side Of the street
six foot sidewalk at or near the lot
line and a park strip approxima teIy
eight feet wide between sidewalk and
curb east OF Santa Fe street and an
proximately II feet wide west Of Santa /
Fe street; water pipes are to be laid
the full length Of the parking on both
sides Of the street TO provide for con-
venient and economical irrigation. The /
parking strip is TO be graded; a new !,
curb built where necessary to conform
TO the lines herein adopted throughout 1
the length Of the parking; soil and I
fertilizer put in TO an average depth /
or seven inches; trees planted, spaced /
about 20 feet apart; evergreens alter /
mating with the trees or planted in /
ciumps. the row Of trees next the 1
sidewalk and the evergreens nearer
the curb; blue grass or clover to be
planted, and implements and incidental /
expenses TO be provided for The fol- I
lowing table prepared by the park 4
commission is adopted BY US as the i
basis Of the estimates of cost and i
maintenance and other figures incor- 4
porated in this petition.
(The agreement has already been I
signed by owners representing about 4
1000 feet Of frontage on the avenue.)
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