El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-08
TRANSFER RATES
ARE REGULATED.
Council Amends Ordinance
Fixing Amounts Charged
Passengers.

GTrn passenger may De GnaTEeQ- LOE
more than 10 blocks and less than %
blocks, as cents. and for all additional
blocks at the rate of two and one-half
cents per block After midnight and
before a. m a so per cent addition to
these charges is allowed For caildren
between and years Of age half fare
shall be charged, and children under
five years, free a charge Of % cents
The maximum charge by the hour is
So per passenger for the first hour.
$50 for the second nOur and 81 per
hour after the second hour
Mayor c. Z. Kelly announced that the
ordinance changing the names of Ger
tain streets will come up for considera-
rion at a special meeting Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Petitions Are Granted.
The following petitions were granted.
r n Hall for tax refund; Phoenix-El
Paso Building company for refund Of
taxes: L S. Franl1euburEh for refund
Of parking; Rio Grande Valley Bank &
Trust company for correction tax as
sessment; Newman Investment COM
ton ' -
The petition OF property owners on
Wyoming street from Brown 10 Noble
for protection from flood waters was
received and filed In reporting Of the
petition alderman ". s Clayton stated
that the situation viii be remedied to
large extent by work now being done
on Noble and California streets.
Petitions Filed.
The following petitions were re-
ferred- WoOdlawn Real Estate &, I'm
prOvement company for remission Of
tax penalties: Francisco 1Iartel for al
lowance of claim for damages done in
collision with police automobile: J. 7.
McClosky. for fire hydrant at Grant
avenue and Wyoming street. " L.
Brown. for special permit to build sec
ond story on building at 1925 East
Boulevard; Sam Goodman for permits
sion TO build small feed stables At 906
South Oregon street. L. ". HOffecEer
TO raise alley in the rear OF block 60.
facing Montana street: F. A. Miller 10
erect barber pole at 422 North Oregon
street, Ramon Come and BorderIand
Auto supply company, for refund and
reduction OF taxes; FL PasO Auto Sup
ply company for electric sign on street
and for gasoline storage tank at 31+
Texas street; Mt Franklin Fuel & Feed
company to construct lime kilns on
block 80. East FL Paso; C. L North:
protests Of C. L North and Geo /.
Wilton against dam being built at
Noble and California streets protest Of
Myra Prater, principal of Beall school
against Mexican tent show near the
Quit Claim Deed Approved.
A quit claim deed from Annie D. Bal
lard, Charles 7. Bunts, Frank II. Bunts
ana rom Lea, IT., 70 city Of FL Paso,
affecting strip of land 1A5x12O feet
west Of lot 81; block IS, Cotton addition,
was approved
The affidavit Of police officer 7. C.
for school bond election on MAY II, 1915.
was approved.
Dallas Street Paving.
An ordinance was passed to first
reading directing the paving Of Dallas
street from Montana TO Arizona streets.
a resolution was adopted directing
lhe-clty attorney to bring action for
possession OF a portion Of 10th street
between Florence and Ochoa streets i'm
1nedlaIely abutting lot % of block %
Campbell addition.
N
leadIns establishing grades on Hague
stanton, Curri. Terlingua and Romero
slree-s and Prospect avenue in the
Alexander addition.
Baseball Park
An ordinance amending section one
OF an ordinance to close certain streets
Tor baseball park, providing thar
last Missouri street from east line Of
Grant avenue TO the east line Of coles
avenue and Coles avenue from the
souIh line Of Wyoming street 10 the
sE-tn llhe OF missouri street and the /
stlAey through block 3. Cotton addition
ne vacated passed to first reading
Inc petition Of c. D. Mckee for omit |
clalm deed TO all of lot % and me /
odlter lnWaltes addition was approved /
ana the mayor ordered TO execute a oUit 1
claim deed III
Washington Park Walks.
Bios were approved as follows. y II I
son Ior construction Of STANDARD I
curo ana walk near the north antrs-(s I
OF ashinston Park at IS cents per 4
1907 Tor curb and - CENTS ne- ssr-,-l,-- /
loot for walk n H. Carson * CeT7tae -. /
line2l loot for retaining wall and 1
t5uSs per square root for cement M II 4
e., -Col.s- 2llan park; n H Carson. 500 4
cC-lSti uctlOu or four curb inlefs At
,SN-eW YORK and North Kansas streete.
y Il. carson. S275 for work on briCi,
nuIlqinE IN Houston Square. n
resolutions were adopted dfrec+5-,- -
curbs. " ANS ana
Health Report.
me weekly report of the CITY bea1tb
, 9-ti,;I showed total OF 80 deaths. OF
y. " men seven were Americans. % v-ere
MeNlcans and one was a Cbf1ar,o-
tflrJns numbered %, Of which five 80.
americans and II were NexfcaDs
totdl OF 80 cases Of contagious disease
were reported, Of which a u-are
eight diphtheria- one Wboonire
cough nine scarlet fever. seven typhoid
Fever. SIX smallpox and five chicI-sT7
DO inspections Of animals were 4g6
OJaer inspections totaled I174
The March report Of fine sfdeV-sI1- in
spector showed 12.453 square feet Of :
sidewalks and 20751z Hneal feet If
. os constructed and collections of So
ne March report of the clerk of the
corporation court showed a total of Z
54z4 meals served at the city jaiI at /
total cost of SS13.6O.
The weekly report Of the city sani- {
tary commissioner showed SOS 800 {
pounds Of garbage collected
Much Water sed
The park commissioner April reDort
showed an outlay or 21609.15. Water /
consumed amounted to 1,144.5O0 gallons
Tax collections from March is TO
april I amounted 10 $255S.14, Of which
Sz4tz-49 was due the city
The street commissioners reDorf for
March showed 290S cubic yards of dirt
handled and 1S7 cubic yards Of caliche. J
The city, employment agents weekly
report showed So applications for en-
7loyulent- of which IS were placed
The March reports of the sewer COM /
missioner showed collections for per
nits Of S245; building and meter in
ipector, $500; city electrician, sIS5.5O: /
building inspector, S32G. The last
lamed report showed 1SS permits issued.
representing a value of S312.67O
Only Il Fire Alarms.
The March report Of the chief Of the
ire department showed q fires, Of
which five were false alarms. The
Osses were estimated at s2539.4S
The bid of the Southwestern Paving
company for the paving Of Dallas street
rom Arizona TO Montana streets.
mounting to $3.50 per square yard for
pavement and ] cent per cubic yard
or earth excavation, was approved
FEDS WON'T REIMBURSE
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