El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-12
AR IONA PAVING
ORDINANCE READ
Cost as Assessed VIII Be
So. 3348 Per Lineal Foot
of Frontage.

An ordinance ASSESSING the costs
against SO property owners Tor the pro-
posed paving of Arizona street from It's
intersection with the east line OF Golden
Hill terrace to its intersection with the
west line of Hutton street, h" its first
reading Thursday morning The city
council at a prior meeting ordered the
work done.
The assessment when levied will be
$2.234S per lineal foot OF frontage
resolution ordering Florence u
Thorton to construct sidewalks at lots
% and a. block "a, Franklin Heights,
was adopted.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad COM
pany was granted the right to construct
a spur track on the south side OF East
Overland street. from the east line OF
Cotton avenue and the intersection OF the
Texas & Pacific reservation to the east
margin of St. Vrain street
The City's Health.
During the week ending December L,
according to the report OF the city health
department, there were 29 deaths and "A
births.
There are four cases OF smallpox re
NAMING. One was dismissed last week
Inspections made were: Meat markets,
I2O; 10 rooming houses so fruit and
vegetable stands. 80 slaughter houses,
"a restaurants, $50 premises, bakeries,
laundries, 5 bakery wagons, ~ meat
wagons, 90 diaries, Is milk wagons, 45O
fruit and vegetable wagons, 314 cattle,
10 calves, 81 hogs. There were con-
demned $50 pounds OF meat and 1O5
pounds of fruit and vegetables.
From December to December s city
tax collector L. E. Behr collected SOL
Sewer Pump Unreliable.
L. 1Te=1 rnn
complained to the city council that the
automatic pumping station located IN the
alley to pump the deeper sewer connect
ING with sewage from the Mills building
and Sheldon hotel was not reliable. Ihe
matter was referred to the city attorney.
The total collections Of the police de-
Dartment for the month of November,
according to the report of police chief l.
\. Davis, amounted to S19l6-
Petitions Denied.
The petition OF Manuel II. JuareZ for
permission to erect a tent on South FL
Paso street as a photograph gallery, was
Petitions Granted.
The petition OF ]. A. Barnes and Others
for repairs on eulverts on Dakota and
Indiana avenues. was granted The pc
titiOn of property owners to pave Por-
firio Diaz from Mundy avenue to West
Boulevard. was granted. According to
q city engineer's estimates the work
will cost s611O15. or $3467 per ineal
foot of frontage. Following the adoption
of that report the council passed an or
der notifying the property owners OF the
hearing on January %.
The property owners were given an arc
>ght at the corner Of COpia and Durazno
streets.
Petitions Referred.
The following petitions were referred
to the sanitary committee: J. PeytOn, for
rent for wagon used by the city; j. R.
Silva, for hotel runners license; Luz
de Ia Cruz and P Rodriguez, for the
same.
Bliss Street Paving.
The finance committee received bid
from the Texas BituEthie company OF
S1.46 per square yard for paving Bliss
street from PiedTas street to Stevens
avenue. A similar bid was made by that
company for paving Roosevelt avenue
from West Rio Grande to Putnam.
Asks Tax Reduction
Abraham POgue petItioned the council
for a reduction in the equalization OF
his property at 412 Texas street. He
stated that when the city council acted
as g board of equalization his property
was raised from $3.50 to SIS ,600 but
on being assured. he said, that his prop
erty had been equaEZed with that of his
neighbOrs, he retired satisfied. Since
that time, ne stated, he had learned that
the property adjoining had been re-
duced, and so he wanted q reduction,
he said. The matter was referred to
the finance oOTT1r1f4faa