El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-09
DR.. THOMAS NEW
HEALTH OFFICER.
County Commissioners Re
place DR.. Hugh White as
County Physician.

Appointing DR.. George n. Thomas
county health officer in place of DR..
Hugh 6. White rejecting all bids for
the county depository, inviting COM
petitive plans for the proposed court
house. authorizing considerable road
repair work and disposing of other
routine matters. the county commits
siOners' court held Il busy session Mon
day afternoon and adjourned to meet
again on February %.
An members of the court were pres
ent except commissioner J. II. Wal3iug,
who is sick OF his home in Sierra
Blanca.
When the court convened at 2:3O p.
m, z. Il. Lee appeared before the meet
ing with proposition to decorate the
courthouse during the cattlemen's con-
vention, to be held March ?, and 4.
The contract was awarded for the dec
grafton of the building at a cost to the
county of SIS.
The bids of the Commercial National
bank and the Union Bank & Trust
company for county depository were
rejected.
A resolution was passed ordering the
destruction of the ConcOrdia school
bonds it being, necessary to reprint
Improve Hospital Grounds.
DR.. B. NJ WOrsham, president Of the
board of managers of the county hos
pital, appeared before the board to
take up several matters pertaining to
the opening of the new hospital The
grounds should be graded, he stated, a
fence erected, an ambulance purchased
and walled tents provided for tubercu-
lar patients. The board was author
lied to proceed with any preparations
necessary to the opening of the institu-
ton.
W. Cooley appeared before the court
IN behalf of the building of a road
from the old county road to the canal
through west Ysleta. He agreed to
pave the roadway if the county would
acquire right of way, grade and ar
range for the building Of a bridge
across the canal The proposition was
accepted and the matter was placed in
the hands Of commissioner George
Pendell.
Appropriations for repairs and i'm
proVements to county roads were au-
thorized as follows: For work in East
Ell PasO, $3.50: for YsIeta road $50:
Tor MOntoya road, $500: for Wadlington
road, $500; for Moon road, $50; for
Rosas road, 500, and for Glorieta
DR.. Thomas Appointed.
On motion Of commissioner Seth Orn-
uoIIl' Ut q. n. Thomas was appointed
county health officer in place of DR..
tlush White. the appointment being
immediate. In making his motion Mr.
Orndorft called attention to the action
OF the majority of the board Of man
ayers OF the county hospital in select
.llB Ii IuOmaS as county health Of
Lcer and expressed his intention of in
dorsing the board. In view of the doubt
existing as to the power of the board
TO select the health officer, he pro-
posed the change. The motion pre-
vailed, with commissioner James elf
ford voting no"
Road superintendent D. ". White
was authorized to grade the road from
lne depot to the main paved road at
clint He was also authorized to com
IIlence road work in that part of Altura
Fark wing outside the City limits.
a motion prevailed that architects
be invited to submit competitive plans
for the new courthouse.
Upon request Of the chamber Of com
!llerce, waiter kOhlberg was added to
the committee of citizens recentTy an
pointed to act in an advisory capacity
IN planning for the courthouse.
Inc transfer of $1,000 from the gen
eral fund to the hospital fund was or
dered- Emelia Escontrias was voted ss5
month by the commissioners.