El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-09
NAMES Of 70
CITY STREETS
TO De CHANGED
Ordinance Introduced in
City Council Makes Many
Innovations.

An ordinance proposing to change
tne names Of 20 streets was placed on
It's first reading at the Thursday morn
| ing city council meeting.
| The streets affected are: Bliss from
6!eoIas to stevens, to be called East
no Gfande; CanOva street from West
Main to Mundy, named Randolph: Chi
huahua in AleXander's addition to be
randolph; Commerce from Warren to
! Pledras named Cypress: Crosby from
gan + francisco to Davis, named Davis;
CIOSDy extending to the west line of
the Alexander addition, named Prospect
! avenue; East Canal avenue in Bassett
ADDITION, to be named San Antonio;
! DaSgett, to be named North Brown;
I DorcneSter from San Antonio to Bassett
/ named North Lee; Dorchester from san
! antonio to Texas-PaCific named South
! Lee Durango extending to the west
( line of AleXander's addition, named
1 LaWtOn avenue; DuraZnO from PiedraS
/ to Stevens, called Mills; Euclid from
! Los Angeles to Romero, called West
! Nevada; Fisher from West Main to Up
/ son, called North Davis; Frutas from
! PledraS to Stevens, called Myrtle; Fin
! ley, East Overland; Grandview way
| 10 be named Hillside avenue; Gladstone
/ 70 be called West Missouri; Gold street
| IN Alexander addition to be called North
J Noble Guadalupe from Epson to West
| boulevard to be called Bryan; Hill
\ street to be called Crosby; HIttOn to
] De called Laurel; North Leon TO be
/ called Hawthorn street.
Macmillan street is to be called
Bryan; MADEIRA street to be called East
Franklin; Magnolia in WOodlaWu adj
! dltion to be called Central avenue;
! West Main in Stevens, Sunset Heights
and Mundy Heights to be called Cen
! tral avenue; ManZana to be known as
East Main; Merchant to be called EuCa-
lyptus avenue; Michigan extending to
} Ptedras to be called Olive; MOntezuma
extending to West Boulevard to be
named Randolph; Monterey in BassetU
addition extending to Willow to be
called East Overland; NorWald in
Alexander addition to be named North
| Octavia; Oklahoma in Bassett and East
El PasO additions, extending to Ala
media, to be called MagOffin avenue:
ORC to be named East Missouri street;
East Olive to be called Olive; West
olive street in Franklin Heights and
Magotfln Homestead addition to be
called Olive; Orient to be named
Brookline street; Palm street to be
! called Coles avenue; Pera to be named 1
BaSSett avenue; Putnam to be called
Los Angeles; Romero to be named Ran
dolph; West Rio Grande in Sunset
Heights, extending to West Boulevard,
to be called Los Angeles; Roosevelt
avenue to be called West Missouri;
Rampant to be called East Nevada;
Rivera to be called Olive; Rosa
changed to Texas; Rio to be Cebada;
RiverView to be Aurora.
TuiarOsn to Be East Boulevard.
North Santa Fe in the Alexander ad-
dtiOn is to be Los Angeles: Stevens
avenue to be Charles street; West San
ANTONIO to be called Station street;
Sonora to be called West San Anto-
MO; TObin Boulevard to be Bassett
avenue; Tularosa to be East BOule-
called South Noble TeXas-Pacific ,
to be San Antonio: ThurlOW avenue
TO be Willow street; Viaduct street
70 &c Hart street; Warren to be I
4 L.
Grant avenue; Walnut street in Gar
den sub division to be East Overland, /
ana that part Of Walnut street in /
W oOdlaWn and Washington park addi-
tons to also be called East Overland; ]
White Oaks to be Wyoming; Williams /
TO be Brookline; Curri to be Schultz; I
Golden Hill terrace in Golden Hill ad- I
ditiOn extending to East Rio Grande /
to be called Austin.
Now Sheldon Street.
Ihe street IN the rear of the Shell /
don hotel running from oregon to !
Pioneer plaza is to be called Sheldon /
street. That street had no name be- /
fore.
Forty Die; IS Born.
The deaths for the week ending |
april tOtaled 40. which was p in ex- /
cess Of the births, those being Is. OF
the deaths, 20 were residents of FL ]
PaSo There was one Chinaman in |
GUIDED, "a MexicaGs and Is Americans
Seven Americans were born and II !
Contagious diseases reported are:
Scarlet fever, 10 cases; measles, two;
typhoid fever, five; diphtheria, six; |
chlckenpox nine; smallpox, three.
Condemnation included 1877 pounds
OF meat and 3o1 pounds Of fruit and !
vegetables. Two whole cow carcasses /
were condemned
Building Permits Number 121.
Collections Of the various city de-
partments Tor March were: Building, !
$3.50. There were 121 building permits /
issued, the total valuation being $248,-
$50; sewer, S1126O: electricity S168. l
plumbing and gas. $172.50; engineering,
S333.5O. The expenses Of that depart
ment were reported at $1446.75.
March Fires.
The value Of the buildings involved |
IN fires during March was S153,190 and
the value of their contents, S70,335 The
estimated loss was $6926. There were
"A fires during March. The report was
submitted by fire chief W. W. Arm
strong.
The number of square feet of side
walks constructed during March was
It cost $61O.a5 to feed the March city
prisoners.
There was a total Of 872 blocks
sprinkled during Marcn. The number !
swept was 1885,
The blacksmith work done for the
to $4,000
The city's balance on hand at the
end Of March was $222,74699.
Petitions Granted
Petitions granted were: Williams
and Hignett and T. J. Cassidy. Quit ;
claim deeds; E. H Dixon was given a /
hawkers permit; H. z. Cornwall for (
quit claim deed for property in block |
3, Satterthwaite's addition.
Petitions Denied,
The petition of the reclamation SER I
wee to build an annex near the end /
of the Santa Fe street bridge. was |
denied. The proposed building. it ig I
stated would occupy part Of a city /
street.
Petitions Referred.
PeIIuons referred to the street and
grades department were: w. n. Bowdep
Tor sign at 713 East Missouri street.
Il; w. Parker to have yard copings on
stewart place remain as directed bv
city IN January 1909
10 the sanitary department: A. 7
barron TO keep three horses at Austin
street and Myrtle avenue
To the finance committee. Maur,,
Kemp to have sewer in the alIev he
tween Ange and ST. Vrain and MYRTLE |
ana Magoffin repaired Mrs. 10. y
ocanIon Tor reduction Of taxes.
To the city attorney: The claim of
l.. w. Hoffecker for $500 damages. on
account OF water pipe bursting and