El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-17

Highland Park improvement league, to
have streets sprinkled.
Petitions Denied.
Petitions denied were: Claim of FL
PasO Dairy for loss Of contents OF
wagon as the result Of its going into
a WaShOut; property owners to grade
California street, between Newman and
Noble, and Newman, between CalifOr-
MIA and Nevada; Burleson staten, 70
temporarily turn off arc light in the
400 block, on North El PasO street, on
account of bugs.
Refuse Alta Vista Improvement.
The petition OF the Alta Vista In
prOvement club for a water spilIway TO
Cebada street, ana other street i'm
prCVemenJs, grading COpia and Doug
las, was denied 1t was stated that
while the Improvements made in Alta
Vista reflected great credi 10 the citi-
zens, the city must distribute the i'm
prOVemenu money 70 each district as
nearly as possible in proportion TO the
amount Of taxes they pay. The build
ing or the inverted street, as proposed,
was favored, IL was stated, but in JUS
uce 10 other taxpayers, the city nj
a only q proportion Of the cost of the
waterway, II was claimed. It was SuS-
geSIed that b petitioners get togeth-
ct, determine what noun they can
council
To Place More Lights.
The council approved the recommen-
dauon of alderman J. l. Hewitt. that
arc lights be placed at the following
places: On Estrella, RayneF and Pie
with the G. II. 4 ). a railway; Mills
n OctaVIa; Main and Octavla; Dallas,
Wyoming, Boulevard, Montana and Oc-
taVia, at their respective intersections
with the Southwestern railway The
railroad companies viii be notified to
install the lights.
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred to b sanitary
-l~--e-A-- --- - Ur-=---1-a A#hew-
for a sewer from block 62 to Ga, East
FL PasO; : S Franklin for a sewer
extension to block 16, Cotton addition.
To the street and grades committee;
Property for a better drain
age at South Stanton n Seventh
To the finance committee; W. N
Drury, relative TO paying taxes on OF
flee furniture; B +. stevens. same.
To fire and police; n, o. Wright to
erect balconies on a building at Mon
tana and Stanton
TO the city attorney: Elizabeth N.
Bell for a quit claim deed in block
q. Mills map.
Paving Resolution adopted.
Following h adoption of the res
OIutiOn ordering the paving of Mon
uezuma street, from West Boulevard
to Prospect avenue, an was
passed assessing the cost of the i'm
proTements against the property OWN
ers TO be affected.
The ordinance assessing the cost OF
paving West san Antonio street from
Fl Paso TO Davis, against the prop
erty owners. was adopted.
PaVfnS Accepted
The paving of Mesa avenue from
River to Blacker was accepted by or
Ginance. The amount of S7976-75, &C
cording to the estimates of city en-
gineer Herbert Num-, is still due the
Texas Bitulithic Paving company for
the work. The total estimate was
S17,529.O5. S955O.3c has been paid.
Sidewalks Ordered.
Resolutions ordering the construc-
ton of sidewalks adopted, were as
follows: Alice Casey Hunt, Texas
street; Agnes Davis, TOrnillO; l. Z.
Booker, South Stanton; a. Bertsch,
West Main; Mrs. G. A. Bush, Texas
Alice Casey Hunt, Ange street
Police Bonds Approved.
The following police bonds were ap-
proved: J. D. Thompson, G. P. Powers,
W. J. Stewart P. Duran, c. F. Leary,
A. c. Letcher, W. a. Warnock, John
C. CayWood, c. T, Henderson, Gus
ChitwOOd, s. J. Benson.
Juan Monies and Rafael Gonzales
were given haWkers' permits
P Z. Kern was given a quit claim
deed TO fractional block %, Alexan-
deris addition