El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-19
COUNCIL ORDERS
PAVING Of MESA
No Protests Are Made; Ari-
iona Street Paving
Is Adopted.

There being no protests Thursday
morning, the city council ordered the
paving of Mesa avenue, from River to
Blacker street. The ordinance assessing
the costs against 26 property owners
had its first reading According to the
ordinance, property owners IN blocks
2S, As, So and n, Alexander's addition,
viii pay S4.053 per lineal foot of 'front.'
age; blocks 81 and lis, S5.1544; blocks
29, 45. 81 and rs, S4.053; blocks, 90 and
ia, S51544
Arizona Paving Ordered.
The ordinance assessing the cost
against property owners for the proposed
paving of Arizona street, from Golden
Hill terrace to Hutton street, was adopt
ed. The city clerk was instructed TO
advertise Tor bids on the paving
No Protests
No one protested about the paving
of blocks 21S and 219, Campbelfs addi
ton, and the ordinance assessing the
cost of the work against the property
owners had its first reading. The cost
assessed is S17141 per hneal foot OF
frontage
On the recommendation of mayor c.
T. Kelly the eity's books viii be audited
covering the period from last April to
-
by Masquellette and Robinson up to /lass
April The same committee that en-
gagged that firm will Be instructed by
the mayor to recommend an auditor Tor
the present auditing 1t Is estimated
that the work viii cost $500.
City Health Report.
For the week ending December 19 the
number of deaths exceed that of the
births by 10, according to the report OF
the city health department for that
week. There were p deaths and Il
births. 1t was reported that is of the
deaths were residents OF Ell PasO and
six nOnresidents.
There are still remaining seven cases
of smallpox. One case was dismissed
last week.
Inspections made by the department
included; Meat markets, 100; 80 restau-
rants, 159 fruit and vegetable stands,
10 rOOming houses. five laundries, five
bakeries, 400 slaughter houses, 255
premises, % slaughter houses, rs daiRies,
IS milk wagons, 20 meat wagons, six
bakery wagons, 242 cattle, SO calves,
166 hogs, 158 sheep. There were con-
demned 479 pounds of meat and IS
pounds of fruit and vegetables.
The work done by the sewer depart
ment for the week ending December
49, submitted by J. ". HadlOck, was as
follows; Laid 1900 feet of sewer in Eas:
FL Paso in blocks 16 and II, cleaned
eight plugged sewers, put in six ''Y's,"
pumped East III PasO sewer every day.
Mills building sewer pumped night and
day, examined 40 flush tanks and man
holes.
Petitions Granted
The following petitions were granted:
Application of ?. Rodriguez for a run
ner's license; F. G. Stiles for a sewer
extension to block IA, Cotton addition;
R. +. Hines for a sewer extension on
LawtOn street. Mundy Heights; A POgus
for a reduction of taxes, Norman +.
Neasey for tax deed to lots p ana
%. block 10. Altura Park; Juan Jill
was given a hawker's permit.
Petitions Denied.
The application of Luz de Ia Cruz and
J. r. Silva for hotel runners licenses
were denied.
Petitions Referred.
The following petitions were referred
to the street and grades committee; Pc
titiOn of property owners to pave Ne
vada street from Los Angeles to North
Oregon; petition of property owners to
pave Montezuma from Prospect avenue
to West Boulevard; Ell PasO Ice ana
Refrigerator company to extend a plat
form over the sidewalk at Ochoa and
Mills street.
The fire and water committee re
eeived the following petitions: VIII r.
Winch for an electric sign at the Wig