El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
WILL USE FUND
TO REDEEM BONDS
CITY Hall and Sewer EXten-
sion Issues Are to
Be Paid.

The city will invest $4,000 Of its
sinking fund bonds IN the redemption
of its own bonds which were issued Is
years AGO. A resolution to that effect
was adopted Thursday morning
The city hall bonds. amounting to
$4,000, being 80 $1,000 bonds each,
issued for the purpose OF erecting the
city hall. constitutes the largest bond
investment by the city. These bonds
were issued July 1, 1888, and are IN
numbers from 1 to 80, inclusive The
bonds are to be redeemed on October
1. of this year, and held by the city as
an investment.
Ell Paso sewer extension bonds, Is IN
number. and representing in the aggre-
gate $4,000, viii be redeemed These
bonds were issued on the same date as
the city hall bonds, viii be redeemed
at the same time, and ike those bonds
viii be held by the city as an invest
ment.
The report of the health department
for the week ending July "A, follows:
Deaths, IS; births, %.
Concentrations included 352 pounds of
meat and 1S6 pounds Of fruit and vege-
tables.
Dave Sullivan, tax collector, reported
that the collections made from July 9
to 16 amounted to s10,441.62.
The sum of $3.50 was collected dur
ing June by the department of weights
and measures
Petitions Granted
Applications for quit claim deeds
granted were: Leon GemOets, for prop
eTty in block 80, East Ell Paso; Eliza
beth Bell, property block Al. Mills map;
A. j. Fullan. property In block IL Alex
ander's addition. r
~ o. Wright was granted permission
to erect balconies on the building at
Montana and Stanton.
The petition OF property owners, block
SO, East El PasO. to extend alley east
and west and to close alley IN the block
running north and south, was granted
The petition OF property owners Tor
better drainage at South Stanton and
Seventh was received and filed.
The grades on Cliff street, from Ochoal
to Ange, established by the city engi-
mech, were approved. Il
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred to the fire and wa
ter committee were: Request Of fire.
chief W. W. Armstrong for leave of abb
senee to attend the fire engineers con-
vention at New York, September !
j. G. Miller, to hold a carnival at See
Ond and Santa Fe-
10 the sanitary committee: Mavfieid
Building company. for sewer to block
", Bassett-s addition; F. A. Mayhem,
for leave of absence from August 1
To the city attorney: J. P. Dieter
estate, for a quit claim deed for p feet
Of lot p. block "a, Mills map.
Legislates Against Hand Bills.
The city council adopted definite
measures Thursday morning to put a
/ stop to the scattering of hand bills and
4 other advertising matter by the passage
/ OF an ordinance providing a fine of
/ from 81 to 800. The ordinance had its
! flrst reading and VIII be passed at its
/ second reading next Thursday morning.
! The ordinance makes It unlawful for
anyone to scatter, throw, hand out. dis
( tribute or circulate any advertising hand
] bills OF waste paper on any public street.
alley, sidewalk, public ground, park or
I plaza Any person EMPLOYING another
/ TO hand out bills viii be guilty of viO-
I latlng the ordinance.
/ Ihe ordinance Is IN effect an amend
ment TO the ordinance now IN effect.
1 by the insertion of the words. shand
! out" Merchants. the police claimed.
avoided the punishment provided BY
/ handing their advertising to persons.
/ They then claimed that they did not
scatter it.
Must Get Permit.
Anyone who desires to construct a
sidewalk or curb must make an spplica-
/ ton to the city engineer, who viii Issue
( the permit. The work then is to he
completed IN SO days The fee is s.. so.
After the walk is down the engineer
must be notified and he viii inspect II.
to see that it conforms TO the CITY ordi-
nance. The fee of $3.50 is for the first
IUV hneal feet Fifty cents viii be
/ added Tor each additional 100 feet. No
( permit VIII be issued covering work IN
1 be done on more than one street. exeeDt
/ where such work Is done along and in
/ lront OF property which Is at the corner
/ OF two streets The ordinance provides
/ that either the owner or the cOntraefor
! may. apply Tor the permit It also
/ provides a penalty of a fine Of not less
! than $40 or more than 800 for a failure
/ 70 make the application. The ordinances
\ after its first reading became immediate
/ " effective
The ordinance establishing grades Of
/ a number OF streets IN Highland Park
I had its first reading. Erie. fremont
l Fltts6urg. Portland are the thorough-
] fares affected.
Must install Lights.
Resolutions ordering the Galveston
Harrisburg & San Antonio and Soufbs
western railways to install electric LIGHTS
| ana signal alarms was adODted.
me southwestern VIII have to plaee
/ lghts at Dallas, Wyoming. Boulevard
Montana and Octavia- Signal alarms
VIII have to be installed bv It at Dallas
wyoming. Boulevard. Montana, Octavia-
Durango, buchanan, West Main and san
I Francisco. al
The G. H. must place lights at F.
trella, Rayner, Piedras, Mills and Or
tavla and Main. Signal alarms must n,
installed at Estrella, Dallas, Ravner
Piedras, North FL Paso. DURANGO and
those streets named for the Southwest
e 5rh: Inc companies have 80 DAYS in
Whlcn TO put in the lights and siT
months IN which to install the sio5s1
, o Z I ~ zones, owning property in block
70, Franklln Heights, and J. Snover IN
ms .te sam me block, were ordered to con-
i.; Inc bond Of Jack F. KeeviI, as CO