El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
COUNCIL DECIDES
ROSTERS HAVE
RIGHT 70 CROW
Fails to Take Action on
Complaint Of Apartment
House PrOprietress.

/ The CITY cannot stop BOOSTERS from
] GROWING or dogs from barking, so
! there was no action on the protest OF
] Mrs II J. Ewing filed last Tuesday.
! That vas the substance OF the report
] of the police committee made to the
! city council at its meeting Thursday
/ mOrniug.
! Mrs. ewing is the proprietress Of the
I apartments at III West Boulevard.
/ She complained about the noises made
/ by chickens owned by Mrs A Williams
/ and a dog owned by \ Schwartz
! Thursday morning the protest was
! marked received and fled
To Improve MaEOnin Avenue
: Na-oniu avenue, one of the subjects
/ OF the report of the last grand jury,
J Will be improved The council Thurs
! day morning adopted an ordinance TO
] that effect. The city engineer is di-
/ rected TO make ana file with the city
! clerk a written estimate of the probable
] cost of improving Magoffin avenue.
| abuttiug on the line proposed to be i'm
/ proved
The cost of improvements in front of
] the lots is to be assessed against the
I paving all intersections Of streets and
! alleys with the street railways and
! steam railroads.
! Street railways and steam railroads
| II occupying streets lntersectlng with
] portion Of MagOftln avenue proposed
! to be paved, must pay the whole cost
/ Of paving the point of intersection
from curb line to curb line
] The contractor TO whom the work
may be awarded. the ordinance Speci-
I fes, must look TO the owners of rail-
, roads and street railways occupying
the street or its intersections for the
proportion Of the costs Of improve
ments-
Improvement Zone Outlined.
That portion Of MaEoflin avenue TO
| be improved begins in the center Of the
avenue 1875 feet west Of the inter
section of MagOffin avenue and New
man street; then westerly along the
center line of the avenue 10l-47 feet;
thence northerly II feet 10 curb line;
easterly and parallel with the center Of
I the avenue at right angles i feet to
point of beginning
Paving Material Designated.
It is proposed TO grade. raise and I'LL
this portion of MaEoffin avenue It is
TO be paved with biruminous concrete
pavement specification as adopted by
the association for srandardiZing paw
ing specifications. at its meeting held
at Pittsburg. Pa, in February 1918.
A concrete curb VIII be constructed
along the north side Of the portion Of
the avenue proposed TO be improved
Report OF Health Department..
Following is the report Of the health
department for the week ending July
- Deaths Sc; births. 20
Contagious diseases reported are
Measles, u cases diphtheria, seven,
scarlet fever six typhoid fever. four
whooping cough. five; chickenpox,
Condemnation Included 2o7 pounds
OF meat and 1Of pounds OF fruit and
vegetables
The payroll Of the engineering de-
nartmsut for June amounts to 1870.
Fees collected amounted 10 $3.50
Twenry-siN leaSy meters were found
by the city meter inspector during
Petitions Cranted
Petitions granted We're; f. A Drake
and p 7 Savage, quit claim deed. Pop
uiar Realty company. refund and reduc- [
ton Of taxes; property owners to fix |
fremont street, near its intersection l
with Indiana avenue, W r higgins,
barber pole at 3l5 san Francisco street. |
produce houses to prohibit certain par /
ties from selling fruits and vegetables I
from doors of railroad cars = W. and 7
Mrs G. Mawhinny. to withdraw from I
the bond OF the Lone Star Messenger /
service; Alice c. Rartholemey. to eX- !
Cavare under sidewalk on Second street, ]
Young Mems Democratic club to use 4
Cleveland square on the night OF July i
"a; ferguson club to use the square I
July %; Herman Preeper, sewer extern
sion 10 S09 California street. 7. A. \
Pickett, same to block -. Alexander's
addition property owners. same 10 I
block SO. Highland Park: Willard Pat
terson, TO cancel taxes for ~ E. church
tSoutnl- Tom Ejuya. Marvin Bowles
" Hernandez Mike Snider, hawkers'
permits
Ordinance Is Adopted.
Inc ordinance recurring vendors OF
fruit and vegetables from railroad cars
to pay a license was adopted.
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred TO the street and
grades committee. were Property I
owners TO grade blocks y. %. So and /
81 Highland Park: property owners to
grade and improve West Main from Z
L-aWton avenue to the yiaducti prop
erty owners TO grade Grama street
from Bisbee 10 Bliss. also to protect !
same from floOdwaters.
To the sanitary committee: Ed Z
SiceDOtham and others for sewer ex-
tension TO block IL. East Ell Paso-
W hite and Stevens for sewer Through
alley in block a" Santa Fe addition.
To finance committee. J. H Kra-
kauer for remission OF tax penalty: 7.
n Wingo for refund Of taxes.
To fire committee Fisk-Rausev
Realty company to install fire alarm
box at West Missouri and Buchanan
streets
a petition from the Texas Produce
relative TO an ordinance
creating a wholesale poultry district