El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
MONTANA Street
ORDERED PAVED
North Ell PasO Street Paw
ing is Accepted-Runa-
way Horse Discussed.

Favlng was the main subject dis
e1sSed at the meeting OF the city coun-
en- thursday morning An ordinance or
uerlng the Improvement OF Montana
street from Cotton avenue to Piedras
street was adopted, the paving OF North
III PasO street between Main and
Franklin streets was accepted and ire
contract with the Bitulithic company
Tor the paving Of Arizona street from
CLesoh street 70 Cotton avenue was
placed on its first reading
A letter from J. J. Corners. superin-
ten0ent Of the city eruptivs hospital
caused much merriment Corners com
planned that his life and his limbs had
oeen endangered by a risky horse and
he thought he ought to have another
one, so the matter was referred to the
finance committee
lie set forth in his communication
that the pesky critter he had been drfv-
ing had run away five times. once II
was scared by barking dog. once By
a piece Of sheet iron Tapping in the
wind once By big stone in TIE road.
once by a trace breaking and Tapping
against his of hind leg, and once OUT
Of pure cussedness
One one occasion he threw Corners
out into the roadway and injured his
feelings and several parts OF his an
atOmy.
The City's Health.
City health officer ". H Anderson's
weekly report showed a total OF %
births, Of which four were Americans
and IS Mexicans, while the death record
showed IA Americans, II Mexicans and
one negro But one case OF spinal men
nights remains IN town. II OF smallpox.
eight scarlet fever, 10 chickenpoX, one
mumDs, three diphtheria-
Inspections made OF meat markets
numbered 189, fruit and vegetable
stands 20s. laundries five. confectiOn-
cries, three, bakeries three. fruit and
vxee etable wagons 225, restaurants 29s.
premises 321, cattle 168. calves "a hogs
eight, sheep $40, slaughter houses q.
meat wagons p, diaries 1os, milk
wagons 1Ol, tamale factories 2 Orders
were issued for the destruction OF SIS
pounds OF condemned meat and 2Il
pounds Of fruit
City OffIeiaIs' Reports.
J. J. Corners. superintendent OF tbs
city eruptive hospital, reported the re-
ceipt OF $44 from patient at the hos
pitaL which he turned over to the
treasurer.
J. H Comstock, city seaIer OF weights
and measures. reported 81 collected by
him during the month OF January.
City assessor and collector Louis
E Behr reported s121 6S4.5s collected
on taxes during February
Sewer commissioner J. ". Hadlock's
report for tie past week showed sewer
IN block -, Alexander addition, com
pleted, oil pipe line OF 2300 feet to the
sewage disposal plant completed. five
= 8 put In. 10 plugged sewers cleaned.
Fire marshal Il. T. Reynaud report
ed four fires during the week, one
caused Ll NOT a1AEar QlA1 4M matches
evidently set on fire BY rats, one Dy
trash in a vacant lot and one by IN
known cause.
During the month OF February. 1872.
&17s was collected By plumbing meter
inspector n P MalOney-
Petitions.
F1orsncio Morales. who recently built
q home on Eighth street. near Florence.
asked that he be granted further time
to comply with the building ordinance
This was referred to the fire and wa
ter committee as was that OF a. T
Law for permission TO erect an electric
sign in front OF the restaurant at 500
North Stanton street
To the finance committee were re-
ferred the petition Of H. T. Powers and
". E. Truesdeu for a quit claim deed
and also the petition OF Nellye Witt for
a reduction Of taxes.
zeferino Moreno was granted
hawker's permit
Alderman sam BlumenthaI recon-
mended that sewer extensions be
granted n s.. Corbin for his place in
East FL PasO and Austin & Mari for
lots % and so. block s, Golden Hin.
and this was done
For street Grading.
The petition OF A. Rodriguez Tor the
street to the alley was denied. because
the cost would be too great at this
time
Reporting on the petition OF prop
erty owners on Montana street, from
Cotton avenue east, asking that paving
be not delayed. Mr.. Clayton said: This
Is evidently a most formidable decu-
ment and bears many signatures
don't know what they mean The mat
ter was held up for one week because
the engineer could not get around to
It, I recommend that the petition %
received and filed This action was
taken
Mrs. J. c. HardinE's petition asking
that a street be made along Ohio ave-
nue., was denied alderman Clayton de-
clariuE &c was not feasible at this tine
and would be entirely too costly.
Petitions for the erection OF electric
signs at the Owl restaurant Ryaz's
drug store. A A Howard and Hawkins
Bros. were granted-
Tax Petitions
The petition Of A n Dow Tor the
reduction OF tax assessment from
5000 to $3.50 was granted. while that
Of Chas- + Pelham for the same pur-
pose was denied
New Paving Work.
An ordinance accepting the paving
OF North Ell Poso street. between
Main street and Franklin streets. was
City. engineer Herbert Num- reported
the cost Of paving Montana street. from
Cotton avenue 20 Piedras street would
be e36.793.96. Of which sS1S7. 06 would
street railway company; SS4418 BY the
steam railway companies and s2S.041 81
by the property owners.
An ordinance ordering this paving
and setting the hearing FOR May 2 was
given Its first reading and adopted
Horse Runs Away Often.
J. J. Corners, superintendent OF the
city eruptive hospital, reported that
the horse had run away with him five
times and was unfit for his work The
matter was reIerred to the finance