El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-24
PARADE
STOPS COUNCIL
Mayor and Councilmen Quit
Work to See Elephants
and the Clowns.

The CITY council meeting was post
{ pOned Thursday morning until after the
circus parade had passed The mayor
and aldermen viewed the parade from
Z tie balcony CT the city hall
Recommendations Of the boari IF
health condemning u more adobe huts
| in Chihuahuita were adopted oy the
council and a resolution passed to have
Z the owners. tenants and agents Of these
houses appear before council at its
next meeting to show cause why these
houses should not be destroyed.
Consurs Claim Refused.
Upon recommendation OF city at
tOrney Joseph Nealon, the claim OF Max
Weber for damages as a result of his
property being flooded from an over
flow of city dixie, was refused.
The claim Of Jose AcOsta. for dam
ages for alleged injuries received while
in the employ of the city, was denied
The claim OF Antonio Rivers. dam
ages for alleged injuries receives while
in the employ Of the city. was de-
MED.
Eleven houses in block 46. CampbeITs
addition, continuing a rooms, were Te-
ported to be unsanitary and were
recommended by the board Of health TO
be destroyed The recommendation
were approved and the owners. tenants
and agents viii be notified to appear
before council at its next meeting to
show cause. if any, why the houses
should Tot be destroyed
City Health Report.
There were % deaths and &c births
during the week ending September p.
according TO the weekly report Of the
health department Twenty q the
deaths We're Mexicans- According TO
the report, there are Is cases Of cen
tagious diseases in FL Paso Thirteen
Of these are cases Of typhoid fever
The health department made SO IN
spections Of cattle during ths week
Police Report.
According TO the report o. CHIEF Of
police l. n Davis, there were $40 ar
gust by the police department The
fines amounted 10 S46zi. Of this
amount 1895 was paid
The report OF George Harper, san
itary commissioner for the carnage de-
partment for August showed that 80
men yzere- employed and 523 loads
hauled
Water and Sewer Reports.
The report Of the waterworlSs depart
ment shows a net income Of S5.lIS-55-
The report OF the sewer commission
er for the month Of August showed 400
feet OF sewer laid in blocks - and p,
Cotton addition. 500 feet laid ID High
land Park, 1900 feet OF sewer cleaned Z
Petitions Granted.
The petition Of c. G. Morris and 9TH
er property owners in block 50. Cotton
addition. for sewer connection was
granted.
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to build a wagon dock on their prem /
Petitions Referred.
The following petitions we're re {
ferred to the street and grades COM
4 P. Coles & Bros. to pave Grant /
avenue.
C. Barthelemy. to lay a concrete side Z
walk in an alley between south FL Z
PasO and Oregon streets
To the fire and building committee I
Alamo Machine company FOR gasoline
filling station at SlO3 Alameda ave
nue.. Alice 70. Barthelemy and others
for an awning on the corner of FL flso
and Second streets; futile Paint and
Glass company, 10 erect a bulletin 81 au Z
on its property at 412 Mesa avenue
Mrs. Margaret Booth. Tor an iron bal /
cOny, Edward A Fletcher. for a gasJ- I
line filling station at the corner Of I
stanton and Montana. Coles Building /
and Real Estate company. for a Ike Z
hydrant on Castle Heights
Taxes Remitted.
R H Thorne was granted remfs- ]
sion Of taxes on lots % and a. block I
13, Arson Mills map Of FL PasO-
Chief Of the fire department ". W ]
Armstrong, was granted leave Of alb /
senCe to attend the International AS
ISOLATION Of fire Engineers convention ]
TO be held at New Orleans in October.
The petition Of A. 5. J. Eylar for I
sewer extension was referred to the |
sanitary committee
Claims Are Referred
Claims OF j. E. Hunter and the City !
Transfer company, were referred TO che {
city attorney Hunter alleges he was I
run down by an automobile owned by
the city. The transfer company wants }
damages for the overflow Of sewer 4
on its property.
The ordinance to establish grades on /
Wright avenue, between Nevada and /
Grand View, was passed on its first 4
reading,
The bond OF T. c. Armstrong as city
patrolman, was accepted
Sidewalks Ordered Constructed.
The following resolutions ordering
sidewalks constructed We're passed. st
Marks hospital. AnEe street. j. Fl.
Goodman, Santa Fe street, j. r. Ma
tons, Cotton avenue; Mrs Findley 3.
Payne. Cotton avenue, IsidrO TaUl-