El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-15

resolution authorizing the city ehsl-
neer and a corps OF assistants 70 -
! once run a line from the Alexander
addition through TO the Mammalian
I Heights addition along the RIM OF lLle
mesa for the purpose OF deLlLlILe-S - -
lining The proposed scenic QIlNe- " % n n
Of establishing this line viii be started
at once and the city Will lnen secul Z
options on the ground necessary 10 De
acquired TO complete the driveway
Controversy Over Paving.
City attorney Joseph ~ Neaton SUD
mitted 10 council his opinion IN the
controversy arising over the paNlh6
OF North Florence street, for Whlcn a
contract was awarded TO the SOulA-
western Paving company and later a
petition signed by the property owners
Of that street protesting against this
paving submitted TO council By Tom {
Lea, representing the Texas Bitulithlc
company.
Mr.. NeaIon recommended TO the cOun-
Gil thac it hear the arguments IN the
controversy between the attorneys rep
resen Ting the two paving concerns. This
the council did and Tom &. Lea, repre-
sent.Ig the Texas Bitulithic company
presented TO the council the arguments
in behalf of his company. He said that
the council should give the properly
owners sshat they wanted and that they
wanted bitulithic paving instead Of
the Southwestern paving. This, he
said is the reason the property own
against the Southwestern paving and
expressed a desire for the bitulithic
paving.
Sweeney Tells OF Agreement.
Judge j. L. Sweeney, representing the
Southwestern Paving company. said it
had been agreed among the paving
companies that when one company went
in on a street the others were TO re-
main off that street One company, he
said failed to do this and thar he
Q Of business . a.
same thing. the speaker said. that the
Texas Bitulithic company was trying
TO do Mr. Sweeney said that If poll
tics was allowed 70 enter into paving
contracts. the work Of paving the city
would be handicapped He said the
city would be liable 70 the Southwestern
company If il broke its contract for
the paving Of North Florence, and
closed his argument by saying that the
Southwestern company had 60 percent
of the property owners signed for the
Florence street work
Lea Challenges Statement.
Mr.. Lea challenged this statement,
saying il judge Sweeney could produce
the names Of so percent Of property
owners TO his petition or signatures OF
50 percent Of the property owners to
contracts. that the Texas Bitulithic
company would withdraw from making
an effort to secure the work
The signatures were counted and the
the council
The Mayors Message.
Mayor kelly's message, submitted to
the council Tuesday morning. follows:
Within a short time we viii make
the budget and fix the tax rate for
the coming fiscal year, and. therefore,
a short resume Of the work done dur
ing the past year and suggestions for
our guidance during the one coming
are in order Consequently I desire
to submit for your consideration, my
annual message.
FL Paso has been most prosperous
during the past u months. surprising
all previous years in this respect Ex-
penditures have been Of necessity
heavy, but they have been made most
carefully after due consideration and
with the proper supervision by the
heads Of the various departments. The
present condition Of the city fully jus
titles the expenditures that have been
made during the past year. While
these have been large, collections have
been prOpOrtiOnately larger and we
have been enabled to show some in
crease in the surplus over the year pre-
ceding.
Revenues Increase: Expenses Less.
owing TO collections made by the
corporation court the revenues have in
creased while the expenses have de-
creased and, in spite OF the great
growth Of the city during the past year
the expenses have been reduced, owing
to careful attention on the part of
the administrative officers OF the city.
Efficiency has been the watchwOrd