El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-11
PROTEST MADE
AGAINST AUTOS
BEING PARKED
Claimed Street Is Blockad
ed; City Has a Large
Balance on Hand.

What may result in the passage of
more stringent traffic ordinances came
an lne form of a protest Thursday
LlloL llIhS from the White House de-
par tInent store on Pioneer plaza,
asdlhsJ parking automobiles ana
Mdsous IN front of that store. The
Ptotesl' calling for some action by the
SitS council. stated that the standing
fehlcleS blocked the traffic, making
AZ impossible for customers in some
LllstslIites 70 enter the store to do their
sttlOPplAS- me protest was referred TO
lhS street and grades committee
The combined bank balances Of the
SllS IN the four recently selected city
Ce PoslloIies on May 81 was 1881, 6S5. y.
IN Inc with more and better streets
LOT II FaSO the council Thursday
morning accepted the bid of the Texas
BltuIlthlc company to pave North Kan
sas street from BIacker To Cincinnati
sIeeIS- Inc amount Of the bid vas
Sl-4o per square yard of paving. The
street viii be paved with light stand
ard bitulithic.
Reports Submitted.
The report Of the health department
for the week ending June II. follows:
Deaths, SO. births. p CONTAGIOUS
diseases reported. are: Measles, Al
cases; scarlet fever, Is. typhoid fever,
three; smallpox. 10. diphtheria nine.
chicken pox, five whoOping cough,
four.
The net income o. the waterworks
department for april amounted TO
$3,724.41.
The May payroll of the park depart
ment tOtaled S1.O3O15.
The blacksmith bill of the city for
May amounted to S73S.40.
The valuation of 931 building per-
mits issued for May totaled S123,245.
ment amounted to S205.5O- Collections
o. other city departments for May
were; Plumbing and gas. S279.5O; cleo
tricity, Sl5Al0; sewer, $40.
Fire Report.
The value OF buildings involved in
fires during May Jotaled S36S, O65. The
value of the contents was SS15.1O0. The
estimated loss was I.ven at SI2.6SI.6 so.
There were . alarms, three Of which
were false.
During May 1885 square feet of
sidewalks constructed.
The cash on hand at the public Ii
brary on June 1 amounted TO s474S7.
During May 891l blocks were
sprlnkIed and 2SI6 were SWEEP
Petitions Granted.
Petitions granted were: J. A Buck
Ter and Harry D. Low. quit claim deeds;
sam Bloom and GregOriO Ybarra, hawk
rs permits
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred to the street and
grades committee; Property owners.
for relief from flood waters around
block l1Z. Campbell addition; H Nor
valid company, TO replace grade on
West Second street; property owners,
for Improvement of Blacker street,
from Mesa avenue to St. Vrain street;
White House, protest against wagons
and autos consesting traffic in front
Of store.
To sanitary committee: V. E Ware.
for extension Of water line 10 block go,
AleEander's addition; MayfieId Building
and Improvement company sewer eX-
tension TO block 90, Bassett addition;
Mrs :. r Marty, TO have corral removed
from Denver and Cotton
To fire and uilding committee: Alta
Vista Improvement club, for fire pro-
lection in Alta Vista district; South
western Electric and Machine company,
for a sign at sos Myrtle avenue.
To fire and police committee: 3.
Watts and others. TO erect a tent for
revival meeting north Of Lamar school
To building committee: ". H Rat
tenbury, to eXcavate under sidewalk at
101 san Antonio street.
Court Fines.
Fines in the corporation court for
May amounted 10 1857. OF this amount
S1S56 was collected, 1854 was served out
and S1162 was RENTED.
a number of resolutions ordering
property owners TO construct sidewalks
were adopted