El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-24
LABOR UNION URGES
CONCRETE PIPING
says Pipe Made Of ii VIII Save City
5000 and Is Only Kind Offering
EmnIoEment for SEIIIel Lnhnr-

FaVOring the reinforced concrete
/ pipe Tor FL PasO's deep sewer, the Cen
| tai labor union, through a letter by
! its secretary. ". G. Griffin, asked the
! city council Saturday afternoon to con-
/ slider the purchase Of that class of
! pipe. In support of the request the let
! ter stated the purchase of the pipe
/ would result in a saving of $4,000 TO
| the city, besides. It was the only type
OF pipe that would offer employment
/ to skilled labor. It was also stated
! that the concrete pipe had been tried
IN various places and had proved 4
/ success. No decision has yet been
made on the class Of pipe for the pre-
The following is the health report
for the week ending March 20: Deaths
%: births s. Eight of the deaths were
smallpox at the county eruptiVe hos
pitaL COMBINATIONS included 1S3
pounds of meat and 101 pounds Of fruit
and vegetables
The tax collections from March 9 to
March 16 amounted TO S1S,S17.44 as
shown by the report Of city tax asses
sOr L Z. Behr-
The collections of tie city sealer for
the month Of February amounted to
The total value Of the buildings in
yolyed in fires during the month of
February was S94,72O, as reported by
ire chief W. W. Armstrong. The value
of the contents was given at SIS, 900
and the loss amounted TO S6345.5O.
There We're 20 alarms registered for
that month.
Petitions Granted.
J J Crawford, TO remodel building
at 1920 Epson avenue; Southwestern
iron works to build fire escape; Hall
q Fullan for water mains TO lots in
Manhattan heights E. Klein for a re-
refund Of taxes; ". J POkOrny, for a
reduction Of taxes r l. Halliday, to
swing a Democratic banner across
san Antonio street
Petitions Denied
Mrs ". F. Robinson ana ". NJ. Stock
we'll for reduction of taxes
Petitions Referred.
To the street and grades committee.
Residents TO open crossing at Harris
Viaduct; J. G Rouse, Jr-, and others, to
grade California and St. Vrain streets:
property owners on Ange street for
i5-fOOt curb line.
The taxation committee: A NJ Dow,
for reduction of taxes in BaSsett's
addition; Mrs c. Z. Alvarez. for a re-
a reduction Of tax valuation; E. Z.
Hess, for a refund Of taxes.
To the fire and water committee:
J. A Billings, to move an electric sign.
To the sanitary committee. Frozen
Dainty company to operate wagons ana
blow whistles on the street; c. \. Glib
son and others, for a feedyard at SIS
South Broadway.
Additional Fire Plugs.
ERE plugs are to be installed al the
following places: Bliss and Piedras,
---e-- esT- anu -SlA- 49, Luna anu DoA6-
las, Luna, and HuecO, Bliss and Alta
Luna and CloudcrOtl, Wyoming and
Magnolia Douglas and Copia Mis-
souri, and Lee.
Paving Ordinance Adopted.
An ordinance letting the contract for
the paving of Mesa avenue from River
to Blacler to the Texas Bitulithic
company, was adopted The contract
price is $1-46 per square yard
The ordinance assessing the cost
agalnst property owners for paving
Dallas street, from Arizona to Non
tana, was adopted.
Dr- J. B. Brady, in q communication
to the mayor and city council stated
that ne had force Of men working
On Magoffin avenue and they will he
Kept there until the paving is com
pIeted- This is the street which had
70 be repaired on account of the paw
ing wearing out.
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