El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-06
PETITIONS GRANTED
BY THE COUNCIL
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electric sign at 30 North stanton
street
William Rosing was granted permis-
second and third stories Of his pro-
posed building at the corner of Rio
Grande, Roosevelt and Mundy avenues,
four feet beyond the building line.
Permission was given the Texas
Bank q Trust company TO place over
the door It their place Of business zO4
North Oregon street, an electric sign
Dulces N Sapien, application for a
hawker's license, was granted
The application or W L. FearSon q
company TO erect a basement stairway
in building located on lots to T. block
$50 Second and Stanton streets, Camp
bells addition, was granted
The Methodist Episcopal church mis-
sion was given permission to stretch
a gospel tent on lots % and so, block
a. Bassetts addition.
Petitions Referred
The petition Of Chas. ROhzar for cor
rectiOn Of taxes was referred TO H.
nance committee; the application OF
the El PasO sign company to hang an
electric sign at 211 Texas street, fire
and water committee; petition OF T. r.
Burgess ct al, for sewer extension IN
Sunset Heights, was referred TO police
and sanitary the petition of John F.
Bowling ct al, for permission to con-
struct sidewalks on Wyoming and Lee
streets, was referred to the street and
grades committee; the application of
the Ell Paso Sign company to erect an
electric sign at 800 san Antonio street
was turned over to the fire and water
committee.
Improvement West Rio Grande Street.
The petition for the Improvement Of
West Rio Grande street and West Bou-
levard from its intersection with the
east line Of the alley IN block is, sun
set Heights. was presented to the city
council by the owners OF property on
those two streets and the petition
called for the improving or West RIO
Grande street and West Boulevard, be-
tween its intersection with the west
line of North Oregon street and with
the east line of the alley in block Is
Sunset Heights
The improvements asked by the pc
titiOners contemplated the grading and
raising of the streets, the construction
of curblugs- and the paving of the
roadway with bitulithic pavement The
petition was referred TO the street and
grades committee
Vehicle Ordinance ADOPTED.
An ordinance providing for the Ii
censing Of public vehicles engaged in
the carriage Of baggage and passen-
ers for hire IN the city. regulating the
same and prescribing the place where
they shall stand at the union station.
and prohibiting soliciting OF crying out
for traffic nc the station, and licens-
ing runners, was adopted dispensing
with the rule requiring the reading OF
the ordinance at two regular meetings
of the city council.
The ordinance. requires that every
owner Of vehicles employed in tbis
Of traffic shall secure and
register with the city clerk a number
to be attached TO his vehicle in con-
spicuOus place The license fee fived
in each case was as follows. Each
omnibus S6.25 per quarter. Of tbree
months; each hack, $3.50 ner quarter:
each wagonette, $3.50 per Quarter. eacb
wagon, So per quarter
All public vehicles engag in III
Pas9 at the union station. according
their stand on the north side or San
Francesca street along the curb line.
IN the following positions. First and
next toward the building buses: Sec
OHu' 70 east or omnibusses, hacks;