El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
City Council Awards Print
ing Contract Covering
All Public Notices.

/ paper OF LlG new CITY administration
and was awarded the contract for
/ printing public notices Of the city, at
| the regular meeting of the council
/ Thursday morning
Prior TO action on the bids for city
! printing, which were submitted to the
! council one week ago, W NJ Laughlin,
] advertising manager Of The Herald,
! and Wyche Greer, business manager Of
/ the Times, made statements concerning
Z the bids. Mr. Laughlin stated that the
! city. under the Herald bid, could desig-
nate the kind Of type to be used He
I explained that If agate type was speci-
/ fed the matter would run II lines to
[ the inch, and that If nOnpareil were
! used, il would run II lines TO the
inch.
Mr.. Greer stated that The Herald had
not specified in its bid what type would
( be used whereas the bid of the Times
had specified six-point type at II
cents per line and agate at 3 cents per
line In either case the bid amounted
TO ~ cents per inch, whereas the
( Herald's bid was so cents per inch.
THE city having asked for bids, I
don't think il right to let The Herald
come in at this late date and change
its bid" he said "As for the circula-
ton Of the two papers, 1 think they
are about equal After all is said, the
fact remains that the Times bid is s
cents lower than that Of The Herald
and on that ground I ask that you
award US the contract"
Mayor Votes For Motion.
The motion was put by alderman W.
1 G. Jolly that the bid Of The Herald be
accepted When the roll was called
aldermen Fisher and Jolly voted for
the motion and alderman O'COnnOr
and Stevens against. Mayor Lea cast
the deciding vote in favor Of the
motion
In explaining his vote Mr.. O'Connor
stated that as a taxpayer he could not
vote for the higher bid. 4 do not
mean by this that I would vote for the
Times bid" he said. Alderman Stevens
stated that he took the same position.
resolution was then presented
making The Herald the official paper
Of the administration. effective Friday.
This merely covers the publication of
official city advertisements Aldermen
Jolly and Fisher voted yes" and alder
men Stevens and O'COnnor, no"
Mayor Lea cast the deciding vote in
favor Of the resolution.
Bids for city depository were sub
mitted by the FL Paso Bank & Trust
company, Security Trust and Savings
company, and Texas Bank & Trust
company. each for One-fourth OF the
balances were received. Another bid
was expected and those submitted
were referred to the finance committee
Quit Claim Deed Recommended.
The recommendation of the city at
lorney that quit claim deed be given /
by the city to Mrs. L Delaney on lots
10 and II. block 80, Bassett addition,
was approved.
The weekly report of the city health
officer showed IS deaths Of which
nine were Americans and SO were Mex
leans. Births totaled 29 Of which u
were Americans and II were Mexicans. Z
SlXty-tWo cases of contagious diseases
were reported, as follows: Measles. Il; /
scarlet fever. six: small pox, four: ty-
phoid fever. nine; diphtheria, %; chick I
enpox. three; whooping cough. one. A
total Of 635 pounds Of meat and %
pounds of fruit were condemned One |
COW was condemned. A total Of S96
inspections Of animals was made; 9TH
er inspections numbered 1872.
Petitions Are Granted
The following petitions were grant I
ed knoblaueh & Wolf, to hang cleo
trio sign at 222 Mesa avenue; Knights (
Of Columbus, to build three story We |
randa and sleeping porch at 500 Myrtle I
avenue; kayser & Mari. for refund Of ]
overpaid taxes; Peter March, 10 cancel /
1914 taxes on houses in block IS, Ma (
Coffin addition; Nell D. Aichelmore, [
for refund and reduction Of taxes; H. c. |
PlatL to place two advertising clocks /
on Mesa avenue and Oregon street: |
The Texas company, to raise grade and +
repair Eucalyptus street; property |
owners, for sewer TO block p, Bassett /
addition; also TO fill Willow street, be- /
tween oklahoma and Michigan avenue !
Only 10 Fire Alarms. /
The report Of the chief of the fire de- /
partment for April showed 19 alarms, 4
the estimated loss being S9922.57.
The weekly report Of the scavenger (
department showed total Of 526,656 I
pounds Of garbage handled
The following petitions we're denied: \
E. H Neville, TO install signal alarm !
service; Great Western Oil company,
for gasoline storage tank; G. +. Sada.
for soda water and ice cream stand 4
at Third and FL Paso streets; T. c. {
Singleton and 1. J. Burrud. TO operate /
free moving picture show in Cleveland I
square; W F. Reynolds. for peanut I
sumers Ice company, for refund OF /
taxes overpaid-
Contracts VOided.
The contract Of Geo. Delgado, for /
grading on West Main street was de- 4
clared void, on the recommendation Of /
the city engineer.
Petitions Are Referred.
The following petitions were received /
and referred: Spanish Methodist /
church, for exemption from taxation i
on lots Is to 20, inclusive. block 49.
Magoffin addition: J. c. RC-s ir, 10 4
compel W T. Young to comply with !
his contract for grading St. Vrain and I
California streets; J. c. Rous, IT., to
compel Cottingham estate to grade a
portion Of Hill street; property own
ers, for paving Of AlamogOrdo street
netWeen P1edras street and Stevens
avenue.
John COnnOrs Wants SI35.
John Connors petitioned for reim-
bursement Of S135 spent for fixtures |
bought for automobile while he was 1
park commissioner. G. Porras petitioned