El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-16
PARENTS URGE
FAIRGROUNDS
% Parents and Teachers
Ask for Maintenance of
System; Tree Permit.

the city schools petitiOned the city
council Thursday morning not to re-
scind the order for money with which
TO support the Fairgrounds at the city
schools for the coming year The pc
tition was presented in behalf of the
school children OF FL PasO and its fu-
ture citizens and urged that the mon
ey for maintaining the Fairgrounds be
included in the annual budget
The council granted permission for
/ the municipal Christmas tree TO be
/ erected in Pioneer plaza and be illumi-
I mated with red and green lights to
| correspond TO the illumination of the
( store fronts on the plaza There was
no opposition to the erection OF the
! tree and it was put up after the per-
mission had been granted Thursday
morning.
$1,000 for Charity.
G. 2. Putnam. president of the Asso-
ciated Charities. stated that, if the city
would appropriate $4,000. the OrganiZa-
ton would see that it was all spent for
charity; that salaries would be paid out
, OF private subscriptions.
H 3. Stevens presented figures show
ing that. in some of the eastern cities
from 80 to 40 cents per capita is paid
out in charity, whereas FL Paso is con
tributing but ( cents per capita He
called attention to the need of work in
Chihuahua. and spoke OF the necessity
OF cleaning Up the Mexican section as 2
preventive measure against epidemics-
business Basis.
Robert krakauer stated that the pres
ent movement is to put charity on
business basis by stopping promiscuous
giving
DR.. }. A. Rawlings spoke of the clinic
maintained by The county. stating that
from 800 to 500 children are treated
every month besides many adults He
, stated that the Woman's Charity assO-
citation has supplied a nurse. but that
she has had little time 10 do any pre-
, ventive work
Prospective mothers. particularly
among the Mexicans. should be given
instructions" he said Every new born
child's eyes should be treated with nj
trate of silver to prevent affection re-
sulting from an unmentiOnable disease.
With plenty Of time to carry on pre-
Ventive work our nurse could effect
great saving TO the community in later
years"
Rev. Henry Easter. OF St. Clements
Episcopal church. Mrs H W BrOaddus.
Mrs. Olga KOhlberg, A A Kline and J.
H Gwiu. secretary OF the Associated
Charities. also made short talks At the
conclusion of the discussion mayor Tom
Lea announced that action on the re-
quest would be deferred pending dis
cussiOn by the council
To Pave Alameda.
F c. Held and B. o. Brattstrom ap-
peared before the council asking as
sistanee by the city in the paving Of
Alameda avenue between Texas street
the county had agreed to pay half Of
the expense to the property owners and
that it is desired that the city pave the
intersections and have the street rail-
way company move its tracks 10 the
center OF the street The petition is
with the council for consideration.
Monthly Reports.
The October report Of the city water
works showed total receipts Of S21.-
378-7S and expenditures S10.S2L45. leav-
ing net operating revenue Of So
45I-33. Deductions of S3.244-5S. left a net
income for the month of S7.2I2.75. The
November report Of the police depart
ment showed, total fines. S4013: col
lected. 1880: served out S14S0; remit
ted 1886: pending. 1857.
Receipts of other departments for No
vember were- City engineer. SI92.5O;
Washington park. SIS; sewer depart
ment. $477-50: electrical department
$4,000; plumbing and gas inspector,
S324-70: building inspector. S3045O; de-
$3.50.
The weekly report of the city health
officer showed ~ deaths. of which IS
Births totaled 20. of which five were
Americans. Il were Mexicans. and one
negro. There were two cases Of measles,
Il of scarlet fever. nine of smallpox.
two of typhoid fever. five of diphtheria,
and one Of chickenpOx.
Petitions Are Granted.
The following petitions were granted;
John Mulligan, for sewer extension TO
block q. Bassett addition: Rheinheimer
Lumber company. for sewer extension
to block 46. Bassett addition. MADEIRA
Auto company. for inside gasoline fill
ing station at 112 West Overland street;
John SorensOn. for cancellation of taxes
and penalties on block 40. Mills map.
Petitions Filed.
The following petitions were received
and referred:
Taxation and finance-M J. and B. n
McAtee. to correct tax assessments and
tax rolls on lots II to p, block 112,
East FL Paso addition
Fire, police and building-Houchen
settlement house, for permit to erect
Christmas tree on school ground at
Fifth and Tays streets: c. c. Golden.
for permit to build balconies on tene-
ment house on lots and 7. block 1O2,
Campbell addition; Lone Star Motor
company, for gasoline filling station at
315 West San Antonio street: L F.
Clark. to erect balcony over street at
1928 Alameda avenue; H. c. Swearengen.
for transfer of auto filling station per-
nit from the southeast to the northeast
corner of Montana and Piedras streets.
property owners and residents. for fire
plug at the corner of San Marcial and
Louisville streets.
Streets, grades and parks-Property
owners and residents, for arc light at
Estrella and Alamogordo streets; resi-
dents and property owners. for arc light
at oregon ana Ii RaSO streets.
Improve Bisbee Street.
Council as a WhOle-Property own
ers to open Cotton avenue from Texas
street to Boulevard: property owners
for improvement of Bisbee street from
Cebada street to the city limits.
Water and Sanitary-E- b Baber, for
sewer extension TO lots IS. Il and Is,
block Sc, SatterthWaite addition.
$500 Claim.
City Attorney-Claim of Angelina
Flores for $500 damages because Of
laying of sewer across rear of her
property, lots 1 and 2, block ?. Mira
flores addition.
Taxation and Finance-Jay T. Knox
Tor quit claim deed to lots Il and IS.
block 1876, East FL PasO.
More Street Paving.
The report Of the city engineer
showing the estimated cost of paving
Federal street from Dakota to Louis
lana avenues as S9326.27 and setting
January p as the date of hearing. was
adopted The report of the city engi-
neer was also adopted estimating the
cost of paving Blacker street from
Mesa avenue to Ange street at S23.-
23L62 and setting the date of hearing
at January %, also the report on the
paving of West Nevada street from
Los Angeles TO oregon street. esti-
mating the cost at $512729. and set
ting the date of hearing on January p.