El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-23

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| c. Stansel gets an increase of $40 pei
month, while that of assistant city
health officer ]. B. Butler is decreased
! SIS, as he is permitted to collect fees
| for examinations in excess OF that
| amount each month. The salaries are
fixed as follows to become effective
after the final passage of the ordin-
| ance.
| City attorney 1925; city treasurer
I $3.50; assessor and collector ga per-
cent Of all monies collected; judge Of
corporation court 500; assistant city
! attorney 1925; city clerk s175; deputy
| city clerk $50; street commissioner
| $3.50; sewer commissioner $50; build
! ing inspector $50; city health officer
! 5000; assistant health officer 500; ply
stefan in charge Of contagious diseases
500; city engineer 5000; city cleo
| trician S125; inspector of weights and
measures $40; chief of police s175; as
sistant chief s125; day sergeant S110;
night sergeant s110; patrolmen $50;
mounted police 500; night jailer SIS;
day jailer s7S; clerk of corporation
court 500; plumbing inspector S125;
city bacteriologist S125; city auditor
$125; park commissioner S175; fire
| marshal 800; chief of detectives $40;
other detectives $50; fine collector $50;
city sanitary commissioner $3.50; guard
for city prisoners SIS; stenographer to
the mayor SIS; stenographer in clerks
office SIS; chief of fire department
$175; keeper of pest house s125; nurse
81 per day when on duty and $50 per
month when there are no patients;
city hall janitor $50.
Fire MarshaIs Report.
Fire marshal H. F. Reynaud's week
" report stated Is buildings had been
inspected and five fires. one of which
was from hot ashes. one gasoline. one
a flue burning out and two Of which
the cause was not determined.
Sewer commissioner ]. w. Hadlock
reported 800 feet Of sewer laid in blocks
44-45. Alexander addition, one manhole
put in, cleaned eight plugged sewers
and one block of plugged sewer be-
tween st. Vrain and Hill street on
Ninth street. Collections. 500.
Plumbing inspector Mike Maloney
reported $12e1O collected during the
month Of February.
WaterwOrks Pays.
Supt. VIII z. Race of the waterworks
reported 2429 feet Of 12-inch pipe laid
on Copia street from Hueco to Orc
streets and 112 feet of 6inch pipe on
Copia, Tularosa and North Kansas
streets and new MIGRANTS installed at
Rayner and Manzana streets. His re-
port showed $51. 1904 on hand March
1, $12,466.04 having been received and
S32,554.29 having been disbursed dur
ing February. Net earnings, during
February showed s3500.3S. The report
showed 1926, 800 gallons pumped at
cost of only -05 per 1000 gallons, which
is IL cents less than it cost the In
ternational Water company.
The report of chief of police Ben F.
Jenkins for February showed $1613.25
collected during that month.
To Change Hack Ordinance.
Alderman Blumenthal reported that
there are five men operating wagon
cites who have omnibus licenses. 81
recommend that we revoke these IL
eenses" McGhee said that the city
attorney, w. NJ. Coldwell, had given
instructions to the effect that all We
hicles carrying more than four pas
sengers should be classed as oInni-
buses. This will be taken up and the
ordinance changed. Only one company
operates omnibuses.
Elevations recommended by the en-
cheering department and the street
and grade committee for curbing on
Chihuahua street between Seventh and
Eighth streets Garcia street and Canal
street in Stevens addition, were ap-
proved.
Petitions Granted.
The following petitions were grant
ed:
knights Of Columbus for remission
Of and exemption from taxes; Fred
Eicke for remission of taxes on i'm
provements not made on lots and Z,
block Sc. Highland Park; First church
of Christ (Scientist) exemption from
taxation; George Look. remission of
taxes on property sold the city for ex-
tending West San Antonio street; Mrs.
Diza G. Witt, reduction of taxes from
$2490 to s170O on one and one-half
lots and five room house, block 65.
East Ell Paso and lots Is to 81, block
SIS, East FL Paso addition; Taber and
McGhee, lots IA to II, block 22O,
Campbell addition, reduction to S15,-
500; c. w. Brock, for electric sign on
San Francisco street; A. J. Massey, for !
electric sign at PIG 12 San Antonio
street; Poodle Dog barber shop, for
electric sign.
Petitions Denied.
The following two petitions were
denied: E. Collins, for reduction of
taxes on two brick houses, lots IL,
block 65, Magoffin addition, from
$3.50 to s2150; Guaranty Trust and
company for readjustment of
taxation.
Petitions Referred to Committees.
The following petitions were referred
to the various committees for approval
or DENIAL: PhOen1X-El PaSO building
Co, C. L. Rogers and E. A Bartlett,
for water main on Cliff street from
Campbell to Florence street; Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church to use Hous-
ton square park for egg hunt for chill
dren on Saturday, April IS; Joseph L.
Dwyer, ct ais. requesting repair of
sidewalk in front of 700 and 702 North
Santa Fe street, referred to street and
grade committee; Mrs. E. Auerbach for
remission Of taxes; Silver Grill res
taurant for reduction Of tax assess
ment; First Presbyterian church for
remission Of taxes; Aileenf Berg for re-
duction Of taxes on lots IL to 20. block
40, Campbells addition, referred to the
finance committee; fire marshal Henry
+. Reynaud for removal of frame |
houses 1878 South Campbell street, |
opposite the courthouse, referred to |
fire and water committee.
Paving Ordinances.