El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27
MUCH OPPOSITION DEVELOPS To
THE PROPOSED LEVEE BOND ISSUE

right IN believing the river should be
protected I understand the reason Tor
haste and / believe that you have start
ed too late to protect against the spring
floods.
The city can be protected by an ex-
tension OF the city levee in East Il
Paso and the other additions one mile
I'VE are proposing bonds for road work
and then we are going to use them Tor
building q levee. ] do not see any rea-
son for this circumvention OF the Jaw
I believe the Water Users assOclattou
should confer with the reclamation
service and make this d part OF the
Elephant Butte project"
The Mayors Position
Mayor c. z. Kelly said: II signed the
petition for the reason that belleVe
the floods next spring VIII be as pad
as they were in 1897 The water during
this winter has been IS high as II was
in the spring. Next spring the SHOWS
are bound to melt and that VIII Hehe
heavier floods. When 1 signed t1e pc
tition this is what 7 thought Of nave
seen people right here at the court
house In boats, and / believe We VIII
see the same thing next spring
Il have 19 acres near WdSnlnB ton
park which I bought a short time ago
At that time I pledged myself TO spen99
a certain amount in protecting the laho
from flood damage, and that / am golns
to 90. whether the bond issue goes or
not However, ] an willing 10 ldhe
that money and put it into the county
treasury and pay my part OF the tax
Judge Eylar then asked If there was
any definite action the meeting de-
sired TO take. ana r +. Burgess suB-
gested that an advisory vote be taken
Martinez objected on the ground thar
only q few taxpayers were present,
Mayor Kelly said he would not vita
draw his name from the petition. as ne
still feared there would be heavy floods
in the spring.
HadIOck Appeals for Levee,
Il &
stoned appeal for the bond issue, say
ing: II the valley land isn't worth
3 cents on the 800 IL isn't worth
cent We want to build u story office
buildings; you bonded yourselves TO
build the Elephant Butte dam. but you
will not do anything TO protect the
valley land. The future Of the city OF
FL Paso depends upon the county
r F. Burgess said that It was his
opinion that the county could legally
construct the road and protect It with
r F. Campbell then asked: why do
you want to build e highway parallel
TO the present one along such a
crooked right Of way as the river
z J. Hadlock seconded Burgess no
ton that a vote be taken and judge
Eylar remarking that the hour was
late. called for a standing vote, which
Clint Taxpayers Protest
The taxpayers OF Clint Tex. who
signed the protest against the proposed
bond issue are:
C. NJ Mckinney, D L Peters. II. II.
Williams, D. n Reid, w ". Santana. s
r. Spared, 1. L Rose, sam Carr, Homer
Wells, A T. Celum John Celum, J. l.
Page. c. D. Humble A. T. Martinez, Pat
Dolan. Joseph Silva. c E. kellogg. J
H Paget. NJ. JungjOhann, c. L WetZig,
John Carr j. J. Schairer K S. warn,
J. 2. White, Sam Carr. H ". Elan, J.
r Elan c. Elan, VIM Hamilton. L
r. Thompson. Bob Carr, sam Celum. J.
Madrid, ]. J. Monte. V H. Hunt r. c.
Elane, c. Q. Coffin, Roy H Davidson.
r. c. Murphy. G. 81 Garcia, Jeff Jones,
W r. Henderson. J. 2. Warn, K G.
Schafrer. H Thomas ". p. Skov H
B. Elliott s. 3. Biddle. J. ". Dallus,
Robt. r. Richardson. W. J. Stahmann W
aL Baker D. r. whitaker, ". 3. Wat
kfns. Albert H Celum A z. Brown. r
s Garnett. ". D. Krebaum and J. Nc
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