El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-30
HELP IS URGED
FOR PLAYGROUND
Temple Mt. Sinai and Equal
Suffrage League Ask
= Council to Act.

~ A petition signed by % members Of
Fthe congregation Of Temple Mount ST.
mai was presented Thursday morning
/ to the city council asking the council
: TO make provision in the annual bud
} get for the sum Of $4,000 for the con-
tinuance of the playground move
I ment The petition states that il would
! be a step backward not to recognize
/ this need Of the child TO play
The petition is signed by Rabbi Mar
I tin Zielonka. Arthur A Kline Mrs. Ar
| thur A Kline. Mrs. Chas. DawedOff.
! Mrs, Max Dawedoff, Miss Taube Davis,
: Mrs. G. W. Young. Mrs NJ LspOwski.
J. Elton. H A. Richwald, Karl HOcken
burg, Henry Miller Mrs Harry Bar
nett, Mrs. Louis Hess, Mrs. c. Freu-
I denStein. Mrs : Bargman, Mrs. Nancy
/ Barnett, Max Abrams, Mrs L Nord-
valid, NJ 5. Leveinson and Marcel
Weille.
Another Request.
A second petition making the same
request was that OF the Equal Fran
chise league and signed by the follow
ing women Mesdames s J. FennelI,
3. F. Jenkins. o. A. Critchett, J. 6.
McNary, 5 S. Baker. H A. Lay. D c.
Booth. J. l. Campbell h R Gamble
and Miss Grace V. Logan.
The bid for the paving Of Prospect
avenue from the north line Of Epson
avenue 10 the south line OF West
Boulevard was awarded 10 the FL PasO
Bitulithic company.
To Move Alameda Tracks.
An ordinance was passed requiring
street car tracks to be removed 10 the
center Of Alameda avenue in the city
Of FL Paso from their southern loca-
ton on this street from Myrtle avenue
to Boone avenue When the tracks
are moved the proper grade viii be
established.
For the week ending December %
the health department reported 81
deaths and a. births OF the deaths
Is We're Americans p Mexicans and
one japanese.
The city scavenger reported for the
week ending December %. that $40, zoo
pounds OF garbage had been hauled TO
the city disposal plant
The number Of contagiou diseases
reported remaining were Measles. >,
scarlet fever. II; smallpox, :; diph-
iberia. H. The health department con-
demned 733 pounds OF meat and 10
pounds Of fruit
Petitions Granted and Referred.
The following petitions were grant
ed Lone star Motor company, for
gasoline filling station at 315 West
lots ] Z to - in block 112 East FL Paso,
for Tadlock-Cope Building company;
J. T. Knox, for quit claim deed to lots
Il and IS block 1876. East Ell PasO-
The following petitions were referred
10 the police. fire and building COM
mittee; f II. Fletcher. to install
gasoline filling station on lots 20 TO %.
block 70, Franklin Heights, at Mon
Ware company, to install a gasoline
filling station at corner of Anthony
and station streets.
Petitions to Council.
To the taxation and finance COM
mittee was referred the petition of
Horace E. Stevens, agent for Hugo
\-chwald, for correction of delinquent
taxes on lot 9. block 105, Campbell
addition
The council as a whole Will act upon
the following petitions and report back
on them at the first session during
the new year. Equal Franchise league.
for continuation Of playground budget
fund; Temple Mt Sinai for continue
tion of playground budget fund; prop
erty owners and citizens. TO widen
North Oregon street, between Cali
fOrnia and River streets; West Texas
Fuel company. for spur track to block /,
So Cotton addition.
The petition of Mrs. Addie I. Byles I
for quit claim deed TO property sold I
the CITY for taxes of 1883, was re Z
ferred to the city attorney