El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-21
OPENED STREETS
MUST Be FIXED
Council Passes Ordinance
Requiring Street Repairs
to Be Made at Once.

An ordinance requiring the imme-
: date refilling Of holes cut IN slreets
( and alleys for excavation work and
Z canning with a coat OF cement, was
ADassed under the emergency clause at
fne meeting OF the city council Thurs
{ day morning
/ NThe ordinance requires that the high
why's be repaved within 20 days ana
fixes the penalty for violation at a
fine Of not less than SIS and not more
than 5000.
The petitions OF property owners TO
pave West Nevada street from Los
Angeles to Oregon street; property
owners to pave Chihuahua street from
the south line of district No 1 to
Second street; property owners to pave
West Boulevard from North oregon TO
West Rio Grande street; and property
owners to pave East Rio Grande. from
Magnolia TO Piedras streets were
Prospect Is widened.
A resolution was adopted changing
to 90 feet A resolution was also
adopted changing the width OF New
man street from Montana to Nevada
streets TO 40 feet
Protest Against Tracks
J. E. Spence appeared before the
board protesting against granting a
franchise to 2. T White. L E Booker
and others for a spur track through
blocks 161, $50 and 46. Mills map, n
hearing was set for next Thursday
morning.
The ordinance granting J.. T. O'Rourke.
T. A. Burch. Noake & De Smith, and
others a franchise TO build a spur track
across Third and Second streets and
through the alley running north and
south between chihuahua and South
Santa Fe streets was adopted
Only Is Fires
The September report Of John W
Wray. chief of the fire department
showed Il alarms OF which two were
false. Property loss was given at
S2s2.s7-
The weekly report Of the city health
officer showed 50 deaths. of which II
were Americans and 26 Mexicans.
Births totalled p. Of which II were
Americans and Is were Mexicans. There
were five cases OF scarlet fever. one Of
smallpox. eight of typhoid fever and 10
Of diphtheria. Fifteen pounds Of fruit,
24S pounds Of meat and one COW were
condemned. and Is nutsances abated
The weekly report Of the sanitary COM
missioner showed 27S loads OF garbage
were hauled.
Petitions Granted.
The following petitions were granted:
FL Paso Commercial company for
sewer extension along Romero street TO
the end OF Sunset Heights: George W
Newell, for sewer extension to south
of Franklin street between Oregon
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& Improvement company, for sewer ex-
tension to block SO. Bassett addition:
George BeaudetL and George Mitchell.
for sewer extension TO lots 1920, block
Il. Alexander addition Sells-F1Oto
shows. to hold parade November s;
George ". Newell. for driveway cross
sidewalk al Franklin and RI Paso
streets; Cleveland garage, for gasoline
station at 500 West Franklin
Petitions Filled
The following petitions were re-
Fire police and buildinE-McClintock
company, for permit to change sign
on MaEOffin avenue opposite
club; ". c. Shaw. for storage :
tank inside OF garage on lots 1911. /
block 2I7 Campbell addition: F a
n others. for fire plug near
main entrance to Evergreen cemetery; !
Franklin Fuel company, for gasO-
line storage tank on lot 1, block So.
East FL Paso addition; Fl Paso Speedo- /
meter service station. TO move gasoline Z
hlling station from Santa Fe street to /
inside OF building on West san An
tonic street.
To Stop Nuisance.
Water and sanitary-Residents and
property owners, to have nuisance
abated IN vacant lot on corner OF
and Overland streets.
City ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF J d. 4
campbell, for quit claim to lots 6. Z !
and s. block 81. Magoffin addition.
Tax and finance-Charles b Stevens. {
remission OF taxes on part Of lots
3 to s. block 100. Franklin Heights.
The petition OF Rayo r REYES. to
erect tent at Campbell and Overland
for theatrical exhibition, was
denied