El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-18

stands, 8O5; bakeries, ); iau md 3;
1872; premises, 49, IIuIC
and vegetable wagons, 9SU' NJ
wagons. %: milk wagons, 70; dalrles'
50: sIanobfer houses. 20; hogs, 4; sheep,
$50; cattle, 1872; calves, 81; coHIeI.Ioil I'm,
cries, 6: rooming houses, 3; bread
wagons, 6.
There were condemned $50 pounds OF
meat, 90 pounds of vegetables anu
whole COW carcasses.
The report of the plumbing and meter
inspector for the month Of June showed
that S14S50 had been collected
Tax Sale Approved.
The sale of the six pieces OF prop
erty for delinquent taxes made by city
assessor and collector Louis +. Behr on
July 2, was approved. The property was
sold to C. B. Stevens and the taxes, pen-
alties, interest and costs amounted 70
S96190.
According to the report Of sewer COM
missioner J. w. Hadloek for the, week
ending July II the following work was
done: Laid 300 feet 10-ineh pipe IN
Piedras street; relaid 100 feet S-lncn
pipe on account of the storm sewer on
Main and San Francisco streets; lad ZOO
feet of sewer in alley east OF Cotton
avenue, between Montana street and
Boulevard; cleaned eight plugged sewers I;
pumped Mills building and Sheldon hotel
sewers night and day; pumped East II
Paso sewer each day.
Petition Granted.
The petition of citizens and property
owners to build a bridge across the
canal on South Florence street near
Eighth street was granted.
Mesa to Be Improved.
Mesa avenue, from its intersection
with the south line of River street to its
intersection with the south line OF
Blacker street, wiz be improved, accord
inc to the action of the city council
Thursday morning granting the petition
presented BY property owners along
those streets for that purpose. The
street grades are to be raised and filled
and the standard bitulithic pavement IS
to be laid.
Paving Ordinance Adopted.
At its second reading before the CITY
council, the ordinance directing the work
of improvement of North FL PasO street
from California to Cliff street. which
Is to be paved with Bitulithic pavement,
was adopted. The bond and contract
approval of the Texas Bithulithic com
panY. which IS doing the work. was also
included in the ordinance.
1ue DCLtLAOu VI L. W lAuolA ANA =
sewer extension through lots 1 to 4,
block 122, East Ell PasO addition, was
granted.
Chamber of Commerce Exempt.
On the ground that it was a public
institution the petition of the chamber
of commerce to be exempt for taxation
was granted The petition was present
ed to the city council last week when
the chamber of commerce was presented
with a notice of delinquent taxes alleged
to be owing the city.
Following the report of A. z. Bat
lett. building inspector. to the effect that
the building at 307 South Oregon street
Is in a dangerous condition and a menace
to the neighborhoOd, the CITY council
ordered the owners to be notified. A
hearing on the matter viii come Up
later.
Democrats Get Cleveland Square.
The petition of the county Democrats
headed bv Judge A IT. Walthall. Albert
s. Evlar. Pevton J. Edwards and others
to use Cleveland square. together with
the band stand on the night Of july 26,
was granted The ring was give1 per-
mission to use the park Friday night
The petition of Calderon brothers FOR
remission and release from taxes for
1911 was granted. The taxes amounted
to S6060 and was taxed on personal
property at 10 East Overland street.
The petitioners stated they were not in
business at the time the levy was made
H. Famora, IgnaciO Moreno. J. J.
Tarin and VI. Parada were granted per
mission to carry on the business Of
hawkeTs.
Petitions Referred.
The petition of E. o. Hally for a sewer
extension through block 20. Sunset
Heights addition. was referred to the
sanitary committee.
The following petitions were turned
over to the street and grades commit
tee: Petition of property owners to
pave California street from Mesa ave
nue. to Los Angeles street; the request
of J. T. Morgan and others for the grad
ING of Third street from Park street to
Cotton avenue; the petition to pave
Tularosa street from Piedras street to
Stevens avenue.
The fire and water committee received
the following petitions: The request of
Pedro AbogadO to build a balcony on
his house at the intersection of Eighth
and Stanton streets; the petition of Ed
gar Park to erect an electric sign at
GIG San Antonio street; the petition OF
James P. Lee to erect a tent on South
Oregon street
Soldier Asks Damages.
Clifford R. Howard. a corporal in
troop III" second cavalry, is asking the
sum of $500 for injuries to his right
hand which he alleges he sustained On
June Is on the "Toboggan slide" at
Washington park.
In the petition presented to the city
council Thursday morning. the corporal
alleges that he was struck by an iron
bar which INSTRUCTED the slide. A three
eighth carat diamond ring which he SAYS
he was wearing at the time was cracked
and broken to such an extent that it
was almost valueless. The petitioner
states the ring cost him $50. The petit
ton was referred to CITY attorney w. N.