El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-18
LEGAL STATUS
IS DISCUSSED
Citizens Question Right of
the City to Build Audi
forum and Market.

Has the city Of FL Paso a legal right
to build an auditorium and market
This is the question that arose at the
joint meeting Thursday afternoon OF
the city council the county commits
siOners. a committee representing the
Rotary club members Of the incoming
board of commissioners and representa-
tiveS Of the chamber of commerce,
which was held at the council chamber
Tor the purpose Of discussing plans for
the proposed new joint county and city
building and a market-auditorium-
It was the opinion of those present
that an auditorium is needed more at
the present time than either a city or
county building. Several who spoke at
the meeting said they believed an audi
forum should be built this fall. II
possible. When Claiborne Adams
brought up the question as to whether
the city had a legal right to build such
building, mayor c E Kelly ap-
pointed attorneys Joe Nealcn and VIII
Burgess, a committee Of two to ascertain
II this city has this right The meet
ing then adjourned until next Tuesday
afternoon at ? o'clock, when another
meeting viii be held at which the com
Fifty Are Present
The joint meeting was largely at
tended. about so business men in at
tendance. Judge A s J. Eylar was
made chairman Of the meeting, and
Roy Barnum secretary In opening the
meeting judge Eylar announced that Il
had been called for the purpose OF Sc
curing expressions from the representa-
tive citizens Of FL Paso regarding the
building of the joint city and county
building and as to the adviSa bil1ty OF
building a market-audttOrium and II
such building is deemed necessary,
whether it should be built on the court
house, or some other site This cues
ton. he said, should be settled at
once so that plans for the buildings
can be drawn and the contracts
awarded.
DR.. Robert L Ramey, representing /
the Rotary club. said that at meeting |
of that organization. its members went !
on record as favOring an auditorium. J
but objected to a combination market /
auditorium. believing that the audi /
forum and market house should be ]
two distinct buildings and should not /
he built on the same property He said j
the members of the Rotary club favored 4
the city building the audllorluIn norln y
OF the railroad tracks
Bert OrndOrff pictured the urgent 4
need Of an auditorium. saying II
sbouId be built at once He SAID that
- -sseo1 the Rotary club believed 4
the auditorium should be built ABOVE
the tracks. because the Work co ulu
he started at once while II II was
buflr on the court house property Il
y-ouId necessitate a long delay
Would Encourage Conventions
Robert Krakauer, president OF the
chamber of commerce. salu ne n !
--l75fo-f,1r71 was more essential 20 II
-, +t1- either a new city building !
- CONT house The speaker sara suCh
> building would be greaI lluuo
TraDr to bring conventions mere H.
HTavor {. +. Kelly SAID Indt luS - !
q, ,5--,i-,isrration had been considering
T1arIzet-auditOrium for some IlllAe - !
- r. believed such a. building coulu
~ T7771+ on the court house block ma
~ co71nty- agreed TO rent the site IoI
90 ,-esrs al 81 a year. The mayor salu
- administration would ho"eEeE'
L-,j15 +be auditorium wherever the Gu
zens favored it being built
ODuoSes Above the Tracks
Alderman Levy objected 70 Lle a ulL
+-,-571-7 being built above the IraChs'
-s--7r,g- II would cost too much 70 aC-
-11ire a site for one reason ana Ior me
second that il would be too 1ar ulstSAt
F,CT77 the heart Of the business district
Toe Wright said that he old NOT pc
fieve the market house should % Du-i1
IN the court house block
Claiborne Adams then oroushl "
the question of whether inc CITY ma
the legal right to build an auollOIl 'lli-
Bonds Hard to Sell
T77dpe Evlar said the county coInrlls-
5rIs-s I,aye had a hard time trying to
55eDose Of the bonds He said they
80 had three offers. one from
marty who offered to purchase % per
.lrs77t ~ them. another from a contractor
Who agreed to building and taking the
bonds as cash and another from con-
tractor who agreed TO build the build
inc with ten percent added to the cost
Of construction for his compensation |
c H Leaveu made a short tax IN
which he said the auditorium should ]
-. r,,fT+ IN the hotel district, near the