El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-31
UNHEALTHY HOUSES
To Be DESTROYED
BY THE CITY
Council Grants Permission
to Labor Unions to
=. Use City Park

Use City Park
At the meeting of the city council or
| Thursday resolution. proposed by al
derman McGhee, was adopted, providing
that certain houses that have been con
demned by the sanitary board as be-
/ ing unsanitary, be destroyed. The
| houses are all on the lower south side
The petition of the Central Labor
| union, to have the use of Cleveland
square on Sunday, September 8. fol
| religious service. was granted.
Mayor Kelly, who has been away
/ for some time, presided
The report of the health department.
was received and filed. During the
week there were % deaths, 10 Amer
\ leans II Mexicansr and one Cuban.
. Eighteen births, IL Americans and
seven Mexicans, were reported. Three
| smallpox, five scarlet fever and four
! typhoid cases were reported during
| the week The following were in
! spected: One hundred ninety-three meat
markets. 12s cattle, 81 calves, eight
hogs, As sheep, los diaries. 45 premises,
| As slaughter houses, 35 meat wagons,
| $50 milk wagons, $50 fruit and vege
| table wagons, 215 fruit stands. and
| three bakeries; $50 pounds Of meat
[ and 425 pounds of fruit were condemn
| ed Complaints attended to numbered
| 48 and nuisance notices served, 30.
| Water and Sewer Reports.
The statement of the operating de-
partment of the city waterworks for
| the month of July was received and
filed.
The report of the sewer commits
sioner was received and filed. During
the week 200 feet, of eight inch pipe
was laid in blocks II and Is. East Ell
Paso. Sewer connections in Epson ave-
nue. were relaid. Two ''Y's" were put
in, 80 flush tanks and manholes were
examined, and the river main line was
pumped "a hours per day The T. & P.
street sewer was pumped each day
and the Mills building sewer was
pumped day and night
The report of the city electrician
showed that during the month of June
receipts amounted to s69-65 and for
July. 5000.
Moving City Scales.
The petition of transfer and mer-
chandise men to have the city scales
moved to a paved street was received
and filed. The scales are now being
jail.
The petition of ". J. Hood for an
auto stand east of the Sheldon was
granted.
The petition of J. B. Lake relative
to grade at the corner of Rio Grande
and Dallas streets was referred to the
committee on streets and grades.
The petition of M. Z. Williams to
erect an electric sign on the FL Paso
hotel was referred to the committee
on fire and water.
The petition of the FL Paso Plumbing
company to amend the plumbing ordin-
ance was denied.
The petition of the Wslkover Shoe
company to erect an electric sign on
its premises was granted.
The petition of \. s. Corbin for sewer
extension on Tularosa street, from AL
anna gordo to Copia street, was referred
to the sanitary committee
The Fire Chief to Convention.
The request of fire chief Armstrong
to be allowed to attend the Association
of Fire Engineers, to be held at MIL
waukee, September 1922, was granted
The petition of Fred Woodwork for
remission of penalties on lots 8. 4,
and S, block II, Franklin Heights. was
granted.
The petition of Mrs Annie Harris for
remission of taxes on lots 81 and 30.
block 90, East FL Paso. was referred
to the taxation committee.
A resolution was adopted trans
ferring $4,000 from the waIerworks
operating fund to the waterworks con-
struction fund
Houses To Be Destroyed.
The following houses, which had been
were ordered destroyed on
motion of alderman McGhee: rs Ocampo
alley, sol to sos Seventh street. back
of 500 IL South Florence street, SIS
South Campbell street. III, Is and IL
South Stanton street, 909South Stanton
street, back of 917 South Chihuahua,
9O5 IL and COS South Chihuahua street
and 1116, IS, ~ and 20 South Ell
Paso street
The application of Gust Georgelos
for a hawker's permit was granted
The contract and bond of the Texas ,
Bitulithic company for the paving of
North kansas street, were received
and approved
An ordinance establishing grades on
Hutton street, from Cotton to Grand
View avenues, Nevada street from
Hutton street TO Grand View avenue,
on Grand View avenue from Cotton
avenue to Hutton street, on Fisher
street from West Main street to Epson
avenue and on North Ell Paso street |
from California to River streets, was |
given a. second reading and passed.