El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
NO ONE WANTS
REDLIGHT ZONE
Representatives of Mexi
cans Object to Neutral
Zone" on South Side.


The city council is asked in seven
petitions numerously signed by resi-
dents of the section to lend its assist
ance in preventing inmates Of the
segregated district from moving into
the sections lying along the river be-
tween Santa Fe and Durango streets.
The old reservation will be closed next
Tuesday night
A committee representing churches
in the lower part of the city and other
interests in the section appeared be
fore the council W. II. Pelphrey acted
as spokesman and introduced other
speakers.
Half the Mexicans.
Rev. J. II. Fitzgerald, presiding elder
Of the Mexican NJ. z. church, spoke in
behalf Of the petitions, urging that
, the council show a fellow feeling to-
ward the people OF the southern part
OF the city.
! Rev. \. H. sutherland. missionary
worker. spoke along similar lines, de
claring that he believed the council
would see the propriety o. not laying
; any more burdens on the MeXicans,
, but that they should be assisted.
Wish to Aid Mexienns.
The council has no desire to place
! any more burdens on the Mexicans,
declared MAYOR Lea This is very
I delicate problem and very difficult to
handle. We are debarred by the law
from doing anything. Thee petitions
viii receive our early attention
The Protest Committee.
The committee which waited on the
council was composed OF Rev, J. Fl.
/ Fitzgerald, Laurence Reynolds. presi-
dent Of the Lydia Patterson institute
Rev. A. II. Sutherland, and a commit
tee from the Spanish-American AL
lance, including P. +. Partillo, Rev
Mr. Montelongo, pastor OF the Mexican
| NJ. +. church: Rev. Mr.. Lopez, pastor
! Of the Mexican Congregational church,
and \. G. Castro and J. s. Serrano.
Wish to Join City.
Seventy-two property owners in the
Government Hill, French and Lincoln
| Park additions presented petition
| asking that these additions be made
a part of the city by annexation
It is proposed in the petition, to en-
| large the city limits as follows: Be
ginning at a point where the east line
of the right Of way of the Ell Paso &,
Southwestern intersects the east line
of the present city limits; thence
northeast along the east line Of the
railroad to Leeds street, the north
line OF Government Hill; thence east
following the north line OF Government
Hill: thence east following the center
OF Leeds street to Madison street:
thence south along the center OF Mad
ison street TO Wescot avenue of the
along Wescot to its intersection with
the q. II. & s. A. right or way to its
intersection with the east line OF
Boone avenue to the south line OF
Frutas street: thence west along the
south line OF Frutas street to the east
line OF East FL Paso addition; thence
north along the east line OF that addi-
ton to the z. P. & S. W. right Of way,
the point OF beginning The petition
was referred to the council as a whole.
Healthy Week.
| The weekly report Of the health Of
ficer showed So deaths, OF which nine
/ were Americans and rs were Mexicans.
! Births numbered IS. OF which four
, were Americans and 81 were Mexicans.
There were Il cases Of measles, T.
OF scarlet fever. 10 OF smallpox. one
of typhoid fever, II OF diphtheria and
five OF chicken pox 800 pounds of
meat were condemned and eight
nuisances abated.
Petitions Granted.
The following petitions were
granted:
Charles E. Matthews. Mrs. ATollie
Harden, Manuel Escaieda, Mrs. Abbie
Potter, A. B. Robert. willard Pateman,
Mrs NJ. F. Stewart and Mrs. Ora Lucy
for cancellation of tax penalties;
Chsrhs Z. Nogel for sewer extension
TO block 3, Stevens addition; property
! owners for sewer extension TO block
| IS, Highland Park; Standard Grocery
Z
Seeds for gasoline filling station on
block 81. Bassett addition. james T..
MARI and company for permit TO erect
clock in front Of 219 San Antonio
street; property owners to pave Stew
art street, between Los Angeles street
and Epson avenue.
Petitions Filed.
The following petitions were received
and referred.
| Taxation and finance-F Wells
Brown and R. W. McGown, for cancel
lation Of tax penalties; Mrs. Mary Luca,
Tor refund Of tax penalties; Frank Scott,
for correction OF assessment: c. S. Sar-
gent, for remission OF taxes.
Police, fire and building. Sarmien-
to, for gasoline service station at SEQ
South Kansas street.
Steel RIIIbOards.
Council as a whoie-The Page COM
on Mesa avenue at the z. P. & S. W.
crossing; property owners, TO pave al
ley ih block 4, Mills man.
Streets and grades--Baciilio Rodri-
guez, for bootblack stands at Second
and FL Paso streets ana Fourth and FL
PasO streets.
street Paving.
! The bids Of the FL Paso bitulii hic
company for the paving OF West Ne
vada street between Los Angeles and
oregon streets; Blacker street between
Mesa avenue and Ange street, and Fed
eral street, between Dakota and Louisi-
ana avenues, at sf.46 per square yard
Tor light standard bitulithic, were &C
! cepted. Ordinances were placed on first
reading directing the paving OF these
| streets.
Alameda Car Line.
An ordinance amendin~ an ordinance
passed December %, 1915, and requir-
ing the Electric Railway company TO
move its tracks 10 the center of Ala
media avenue, requiring the constrUc-
hon Of curbs along the tracks and eX-
/ empting from paving within the curbs.
I was placed on first reading.
An ordinance was placed on first
reading granting G. 2. Putnam a fran
chise for a spur track on Lee street
| block 80. Cotton addition.