El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-16
PASTORS UNION
PLEADS FOR BOYS
Asks the Council to Prevent
Messenger Boys From Co
ing Into Reservation.

representing the Pastors union,
Revs Henry Easter and Kenneth
Brown appeared before the city council
Thursday morning and requested that
stems be taken to keep small boys off
the reservation. They pointed out that
beys. some of them only u years old,
employed as messengers, were fre-
07JentIv sent into that section to hunt
for people. Mayor Kelly assured the
ministers that a committee would be
appointed TO make plans to put stop
to the practice He VIII f1fsI mold a
conference with the prOprietOrs Of the
various messenger services and induce
Them 70 refrain from sending boys
there. II that does not prove success
fuI more stringent methods VIII be ap-
piled.
The petition Of Highland Park resi-
dents for a 15-minute car service all
day and more cars during the rush
hours was granted
THE session lasted until noon, paving
ordinances ordering paving on Mesa
avenue in the alleys in blocks Us and
919 Campbell addition; on Roosevelt
Bliss Tularosa, Montana, Arizona West
Rio Grande, Florence, West Boulevard
and Dallas streets, were read and near
g ings set for February q
The council will meet again Saturday
morning to pass on the ordinance Tegu-
Iatirg the storage and sale of gasoline,
as the ordinance presented proved de-
fective.
city health officer ". H. Anderson's
weekly report showed % deaths, OF
which q were Americans and II Me1l-
cans Three cases Of measles, nine OF
scarlet fever Two of typhoid fever, one
diphtheria- one ehickenpoX, ana i've OF
T-hOOping cough were reported There
o. Is no SMALLPOX. Vegetables amounting
to rs pounds and 1899 pounds OF meat
including one whole COW carcass were
condemned
me report Of sewer commissioner J.
W. Hadlock for the week showed 500
feet of sewer laid in blocks 120 and
- 6sit 80 ASSESSOR and collector L E
Behr's report for the week showed
Sz0S.5 so collected
The report Of fire marshal H 2.
Revnaud for December showed q
alarms, Of which three were false
Years Buildings $2s227, 9O5.
Building inspector A E Bartletts
report for the year 1912 showed 6SS
nents costing s2-227 ,905-
ii cost the city $40S.06 to feed 27O8
prisoners at the city jail during De-
eember at q rate Of 10 cents each
Collections in December.
Chief of police 1 N. DavlsS report
for. December showed 1854 collected
Plumbing inspector NJ P. MalOney
collected S134 for his department dur
inc December while A T. SamwOTth,
CITY electrician collected SS15.05 for
the same month and sewer commission
er J. W. HadloclIs collections for that
month were $3.50. Building inspector
= p Bartlett collected S162 for Deem
her. while the city engineers cOllec-
lions for that month amounted to
$685. ...,
The petition of Mayfeld Realty com
many for sewer connections in block
II. Cotton addition. was granted, as
-ves that of John SorensOn for sewer
Connection in block 100, East FL PasO.
Better Car Service.
on motion Of alderman Hewitt the
r,afftiOu Of Highland Park property
661r-ners for a 5 minute service all day
TONERS also ask for extra cars between
Gao and 1880 a. m and $40 ana t:lO
- n, The committee signing the petit
ZION was composed Of Edgar Held, w
r robert D. F. White, j. r ElIls
Paving Bids Accepted
Alderman Percy McGhee recommend
al acceDtance of the bid of the South
western Paving company to pave Tula-
go street from PiedraS to stevens
e.Fraef at S1.20 a yard, ana the DloS
Of the Texas BitulithIc company Tor
,,sviDg Roosevelt from Rio Grande TO
Boulevard, and Bliss LroIlL 49, - 7, 20
stevens streets, and Tor west RIO
C-snde street from oregon 70 vest
Boulevard and this cOmpanyS DID LOT
T,avfng West Boulevard from Los
Angeles street west, and unaI OF the
Southwestern Paving company Tor paw
ing Arizona street IN Goloen falL 5,,-I+ 81
race and Hutton street, were ADOPTED
The action Of the mayor IN purcnasy-
F1ey eight head Of mules was approved
Chas. Dawedoff was granted per
mission to place a, clock IN front q
226 IL San Antonio street
Petitions Referred.
To the city attorney; Petitloh OF