El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-25
KELLY Puts ONE
OVER ON MC5AIN
Council Votes Tax EXten-
sion Before New Collec-
tor Can Propose It.

] W.
Mayor C. E. Kelly and the city coun-
ell put one over on Billy 1IcSain, city
! coIlector-eIect Thursday. McSain, who
/ will succeed Dave sullivan as tax col
lector, planned to appear before the
council Thursday and ask that an eX-.
( tension of 80 days for the payment of
! city taxes be granted and intended to
/ offer retiring collector Sullivan his
! share of the commissions on the de-
/ ferred payments.
: McSain announced his intention We'd
nesday afternoon, and it evidently be-
came known to the city cOucff and
( mayor, as the first thing taken up when
the council met Thursday was the
/ granting of this extension. Prior to
this time collector Sullivan had an
( noUnced that all city taxes would be
due on March 1. and a penalty would
be assessed if not paid by that time.
The extension boosts this date to March
81. When McSain appeared before the
/ council he was informed by the mayor
that such action as he proposed had al
ready been taken.
Two New Parks.
Two new parks were added to the
park system. A resolution was passed
defeating lot 1 Of the old Fort Bliss
reservation for park purposes and
named Donaphan park, in honor of Gen.
49, 400 square feet of space. a resOlu-
ton was also adopted defeating lots 1
to Il, inclusive, IN block SO, Alexan-
der addition, as a public park and
naming it Robinson park, in memory of
mayor W. Z. Robinson, who was killed
in the Calisher building fire.
In connection with this park. a res
Olution was adopted confirming the
conveyance of the property from the El
PasO Commercial company to the City
Of FL Paso and authorizing the city
clerk to issue a warrant for S6943.95 in
favor of the Ell Paso Commercial COM
pany.
HigIl~SchOOI Streets Closed.
An ordinance was passed to first
reading closing certain streets and al
leys included in the site of the new
high school By this ordinance ST.
Vrain street, from Cliff to High streets;
Hill street, from Virginia street to
Ange street, and all alleys running
north and south in blocks 50, SO, IS and
GA are closed to public use.
An ordinance was also passed to first I
reading confirming and securing to ,
the FL PasO & Southwestern Railway
company certain rights of way. BY the
ordinance Franklin street, lying be- |
tween fractional block so and block TO- /
in Bassetts addition, and all of Poplar, |
Magnolia, Rosewood and Maple streets /
between Missouri and Franklin streets, |
and all alleys and parts of alleys in the !
fractional blocks are closed to public |
use.
80 Kicks Registered.
The weekly report Of the city asses !
sOr and collector showed total coIlec- |
tons Of S17,281.43. The report OF the /
complaint clerk showed a total OF 30 1
complaints since the Inauguration Of /
the department on February IL The ]
sanitary commissioners weekly report /
showed 28SSO0 pounds Of trash han /
died.
The January report of the fire de- !
partment showed a total of % alarms, I
of which eight were false. The esti- /
mated loss was $3.50 and the volume of /
buildings and contents affected, $127,- {
The January report of the park com /
missioner showed total payroll Of /
$500. A total Of 1862, 900 gallons OF i
water were used in the parks.
The weekly report of the city health |
physician showed 81 deaths, Of which /
il We're Americans, q Mexicans and I
two were negroes. Births totaled 81 of ,
which nine were Americans and % ]
MeXicans. &
The report of the chief OF police Tor ]
January showed fines of $4S53, amount
collected $1,000; amount served out,
$3.50; amount RENTED, $1,000
Petitions Granted. Il
The following petitions were grantg
Property owners. for sewer service on
block 129, East El PasO: Refugio Mi /
chero, for quit claim deed for r Yabu- |
mote for part Of block P, Garden sub /
division; Victor Blot, for sewer in the /
aiey or Eighth street, between Leon
and Chihuahua streets: Miller Con-
Structlon company, for special permit to
erect moving picture building; Phoe- !
niX-El Paso Building company, for tax
reduction by eXempting improvements:
w. F. Beadt, for tax reduction: prop- !
erty owners. to pave Stevens street be-
tween Galveston, Harrisburg & San An
tonic railroad and Franklin canal: !
Goldoft Bros. for permission to con-
Petitions Filed.
me following petitions were filed:
ClIlzens and taxpayers, for reduction )
IN width of West Main street from so
leeI 10 So feet, beginning at LaWtOn
avenue and extending to Viaduct street
ana 10 change name from Lawton ave-
nue. to Riverside Drive: McClintock
company, to erect electric sign on a
building at 1O1-l03 East San Antonio
street, Alex Janke. Ben Powell. Susan
fucker. w. II. Camp, for tax reduction; /
Lydia IT.. Frankenburger, to cancel the
TAX assessed against her parking: Mi
enact PaVloSis, for hawker's permit; /
M H. Camp, for sewer extension. v
Salvini, for sewer extension; ". Z. h
Corrington, to install gasoline tank at I
1926 Magoffin avenue.
The bond of the Hotel Erahmer for
a summer license was approved
$50 Applicants for Jobs.
The report Of the city employment /
agent showed that during the two days
OF its operation $50 applications had |
Deen received and 50 applicants placed.
The bid of Z. Z. See for decorating
the city hall for the cattlemen's con-
vention, at $75, was accepted
The assessment on the property Of
MIS-. L. {. Llppman was reduced $50.
The petition of Mason Realty COM
pany for tax reduction was received
and filed.
The petition of r. Steymann for tax
was denied
total of 43 property owners were
ordered to build sidewalks or curbs.
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