El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-30
THATCHER RESIGNS
PLACE IN HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
F. G. Lamb Is Named to Sue
ceed Him as Bac-
teriologist.

uros annointed to fill the place, While /
Dr Iau,b,s positicn in the health de- |
nortmant win be taken by F. A. May |
hav who was employed there prior to |
-. +,,o+ MAYOR c. E. Kelly started !
e,,.+,nar the expenses of the city gov |
eminent.
ras,gning that he did not care to con- |
+srue under the cut In salary. his |
.a-.u nav being reduced from $50 |
- e195 in this position and his pay Of I
coz as city veterinarian being elimin- |
ated.
A petition from persons living on the |
Eft. Bliss line, complalnln go1 poor ser
vice was filed, alderman Clayton stat
49, that the street railway company |
an5 the residents had agreed that a |
po,,le1yard car should be run in front |
Of the Fort Bliss car to relieve eonges-
ton.
90 North Kansas street from Montana 1
street to High street was placed on its
second reading and adopted, as was the
ordinance fixing the salaries OF city
officers for the next TWO years
Abrams was given seven days TO
-emove Constructions from the alley 1t
Seventh street between Ell Paso anF
Oregon streets where he constructedl
stairway and a shed. l
Further time was granted in re-
oard TO the petition asking for The
having of Epson avenue. The Petro-
iithie company which is to do the work
has it's outfit busy on other work at
the present time.
The Cfty's Health.
The weakly report OF city health Of
ficer W. H Anderson showed a total
of 20 deaths Of which II were Ameri-
cans. Mexicans-
The births outnumbered the deaths,
% being reported, OF which were
Americans 19 Mexicansl The cases
Of contagious diseases reported existing
were: Smallpox, 5; scarlet fever. Is;
measles. 6; typhoid fever, l; whoop-
ing cough. 2; chickenpox, /; mumps, .
Two hundred and seventy-six 1nspec-
lions were made of meat markets, 40
of diaries; So of slaughter houses; S62
of fruits and vegetable wagons; 40 OF
restaurants. 70 of residences. Two
hundred and sixteen cattle. &c hogs, As
sheen and SO calves were inspected ana
All pounds Of meat destroyed. Six fu-
migations were made
But One Fire During Week.
City fire marshal H. F. 'Reynaud re-
ported the state fire marshal had 1or-
warded blanks requesting report on
each fire. There was but one IRE our
ing the week which was on savannah
street in Altura Park outside the city
limits.
City electrician A. T. Samworth re-
norted s74.s5 collected for the month OF
February.
Sewer commissioner ]. W. Hadlocks
weekly report showed $50 feet OF sewer
laid in Cliff street. east OF Mesa ave
nue., 10 plugged sewers cleaned, TWO
Us put in, 80 flush tanks and man
holes examined. one manheie and flusn
tank in block IS, East Ri Paso, sSz-o'
collected for Y connections
WaterxyOrks Report.
Wafer superintendent Will E. Race
reported 1889 feet of II inch pipe laid
on Copia street from Orc street 70 G.,
IL. & S. A. railway; rs feet inch pipe
laid on Manzana street; fire Migrants
set at corner of Copia and Manzana
and corner Cotton and Myrtle avenues;
500 feet Of II inch force main Iald on
Myrtle avenue east OF Austin street
and 1000 feet of II inch pipe olstrlouteo
on Copia street.
Auditor d. c. Booth reported $o4o-Vo
collected ov the city engineer for work
done by his department and in future
2 n Todd will make immediate re-
ports upon the collection OF all moneys:
civ attorney W. NJ Coldwel reported
that the old poultry ordinance was held
invalid by the district court last sat
urday and the new ordinance went INTO
effect Sunday
petitions Granted.
The petition of John Sorenson ana
o+be,s For sewer extension on Cliff
street in block. q Alexander addition
Alderman Clayton reported that the
sideuall.s in front of 700 and 702 North
Santa Fe street Will be repaired fm-
mediately.
Persons residing on the Fort Bliss
car line reported that the service from
10 a m. TO 2 p. m and p. m. to II p.
m. cars running only every hour was
Inadequate. This petition was Illed-
A netition of J. G. Ballard for the re-
fnnd Of $40 taxes enormously col
lected on paving notes was granted
Annlications Of Alfonso Zamora and
Marfa p chavez for hawkers' licenses
were granted.
+erion church for the remission Of
taxes for 1906 was granted.
The petition of Mar Wah and Mar
Ren for reduction OF taxes from $1,000
To $50 on the Silver Grill restaurant
was granted. likewise the petition OF
Mrs r. Auerbach for a reduction Of
$1,000 on house which was not built
until the present year.
Petitions Denied.
A netition of the women of Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church requested per-
mission to hold an egg race on Hous-
TON square park April Is, but this was
ref,,sed on the recommendation Of al
herman Clayton, who said it might
cause the establishment of a bad prece-
dent
Petitions Referred.
The following petitions were re-
ferred to the various committees for
Investigation:
Kuhne and Mcclellan for reduction of
Taxes. to taxation committee. W. L.
Tooley. to excavate under sidewalk for
new hotel, to street and grade COM
mittee. Mrs. J. F. Crosby for refund
Of taxes, to taxation committee. Ell
paso lodge B. p. o. E. for remission Of
taxes. to taxation committee. Rosa e.
Rrvan. for sewer extension lots II and
| 10 block II, Mundy Heights addition,
to sanitary committee.
The ordinance fixing the salaries OF
city officials for the next two years
Il