El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-11
MAYOR To ASK
BIC BOND ISSUE
Says 100000 Are Needed to
Lay Deep Sewer and I'm
prove Water System.

Because mayor 9. Z. Kelly does not
believe that the citizens should be
compelled to pay taxes on permanent
improvements there viii be q call for
an election on the proposition of issu-
ing $400, 900 worth of bonds for the
purpose of making these Improvements
IN the several city departments The
city school will not be considered
A city ordinance, embOdying the
reasons, and detailed statements rela-
tive to the proposed bond election ana
authorizing it to be held, will it was
stated by the mayor. have its first
reading Thursday morning. Accord
ing to that ordinance it is stated the
money expected to be realized from
the bond issue will be divided among
the city departments in the following
amounts: The sum of 100000 will be
given to the water works department;
the sum of $3.50, 900 will be represented
by sewer bonds; $4,000 will be de-
voted to a street and grade improve
ment fund.
The mayor states that at the time
the city water works was taken over
there was an Indebtedness of $15O,00O
represented by vendors lien notes
Fifty thousand of that amount, he
states, has been taken care of by the
city, and with the 100000 expected
to be secured for that department,
following the bond issue, the mayor
says that the entire Indebtedness on
the plant would be wiped out. The
IGo4uuGs Il Is stated, VIII 20 LOWaEuS
installing new machinery, laying of
new pipes, and making other general
improvements.
To Lay n Deep Sewer.
With the $4,000 worth of sewer
bonds, 1t is proposed to lay a sewer
IA feet deep, from Leon street to
Washington park A Sc inch pipe viii
be laid in the deep sewer. The pro-,
posed sewer line, it was stated, would
take care OF a city of 100000 popula-
In cd n folr Of
sewage Of the large buildings at pres
ent going UP in the city, it VIII re-
heve the congestion which has ex-
listed, it was said, at the Hotel Shell
don and Mills building. According to
the reports Of the sewer commissioner,
which have been submitted to the
city council for the past several
weeks, it is found necessary to pump
the sewer of those buildings at times,
night and day.
Following the bond issue it is pro-
posed to lay a sewer line to old Fort
Bliss in order to take care of the resi-
dents IN that section That line viii
connect with the main on Leon street
Another sewer line it is stated, viii
be laid in the eastern section of the
city, running up to within short dis
lance of the entrance of Evergreen
cemetery
The remaining s5O.OOO viii go to-
wards street extensions and street
No School Money Yet
That the city schools are not to fig
ure in the city bond issue was stated
by the mayor Wednesday morning.
The members of the school board at
a meeting held Monday night drafted
a resolution in which they asked the
city for the sum of $35O,000 when the
bonds were issued, stating at the time
that they did not want a cent less
AS was brought out by the school
board, on account of the condition Of
some of the schools, and the congested
conditions existing generally in an OF
the schools, il was imperative that the
school board be furnished the money
so that some remedy for taking care
OF these conditions might be provided.
1t was stated in the resolution that
if less money than $3.50, 900 was given
the schools it would be impossible to
do anything either for the advantage
of the schools or the taxpayers of the
city.
The resolution requesting the city
council to turn over -S350,000 viii be
presented at the meeting of the city
council Thursday morning.
The mayor stated that more things
need to be taken care of than the
schools at this time, but they would
be taken care of later.