El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
MORE PAY FOR
CITY FATHERS
4 Charter Amendments Are
Passed; Civil Service for
Firemen and Policemen.


Four important amendments to the
city's charter. including civil service
for the police and fire departments.
and increased salaries for the mayor
/ and aldermen. were adopted At Thurs
days session Of the council The
. amendment raising the salaries of the
! city's officials provided that the mayor
q shall receive $500 year in monthly
{ instalments and that aldermen shall
! receive $500 year each. Under this
arrangement. the amendment provides,
the mayor and the aldermen snail de-
vote all their time to the city's bust
ness
The amendments were prepared II
the form OF resolution by city at
torney J. y McBrOom- The resolution
for civil service for the fire and police
department provides for the legal steps
necessary 10 submit the matter t.
vote OF the people Three civil service
conn lss.oners are TO he appointed :,y
the mayor with terms Of one year two
years ana three years each, the leng-h
OF the terms TO be determined by ilr.
These commissioners viii have fun
power to fix the personnel OF the fire
and police departments.
Election OF City Officers
Another amendment adopted was one
providing for the election by the council
every two years OF a city attorney. a
city clerk a plumbing inspector. a city
electrician, a city engineer and other
Officers as may be made elective by The
ely council If. in the Judgment ~
the council IL is desirable. the offices
OF city assessor and city collector o.
.aNes may be divided Tre mayor Is
10 eppc mt the clerk Of the corpora 81
court TIE city physician and the mem
bers o. the board Of health. The mavo-
IS alsJ given the power TO suspend en-
ployes at his discretion.
BY the resolution the city is empow-
faN he anHH - lee
mex additional territory adjacent to the
city s boundaries with or without the
consent OF the territory or Inhabitants
Only One Publication.
Another OF the amendments provides
tnat every ordinance imposing any pen
atty. fine and Imprisonment for the
violation Of its provisions shall be pub
llsned only once in the official paper,
instead OF ten times. as al present.
Allows Underground Wires.
The council adopted a resolution Civ
ms the Fl Pas5 Electric Railway COM
pany permission 10 place its electric
Aghtlng wires poles and appurtenances,
under ground in the downtown district
The work is 10 be done under the di-
reetion Of the city engineer
The petition Of merchants TO sprinkle
Main street between Oregon and Santa
Fe streets was granted.
The petition Of the Gulf Refining
company for two separate 12-fOot open
street and none on Montana street, was
granted.
J. \. Gladdine. city engineer. sub /
mitted a final estimate Of work done
by John Mulligan for filling the hole }
on fremont street at S516-9S.
Paving Estimate Made.
he trst partial estimate OF work f.
done and material furnished by the Fl +
Pas9 Bltulithlc company for paving E
Alameda avenue from the south line Of .
Texas street to the west line OF Boone +
avenue was put by the city engineer ;
az Sl4,15S6S. The total amount on 4
S40,0s3.42-
The final estimate on the cost Of .
paving the intersection Of Missouri and F.
Las Angeles streets was put at S1005-5n. 2
The estimate on the cost Of paving
Leon street from Improvement district .
No to the north line Of Second street
was put S6S43.43. The estimate was 4
adopted.
The ordinance providing for the
licensing and regulating OF itinerant
vendors and auctiOneers Of goods wares
and merchandise and providing A pen
aiJy was passed on second reading.
Milton Melvin was directed 10 pave /
within 80 days with bitulithic, the 4
portion OF North Stanton street on /
winch MS property, in block 247 OF !
CampbelIs addition, fronts
The health departments weekly re-
port showed = cases Of conta gious dis
eases remaining in the city. four Of I
unem infanule paralysis. There were
eight deaths OF Americans 26 Of Nexf-
cans and one negro Twelve American
babies were born and IS Mexicans. The
department condemned $50 pounds OF
meat and 500 pounds OF fruit and I
vegetables. and inspected $50 head OF
livestock
The. scavenger department reported
S0s.s00 pounds Of garbage and ashes Z
hauled. an average per wagon Of 2935
pounds.
Petitions Referred.
The petitions received and referred
were:
To police, fire and building commit
tee: j. A Pierce, to install a gasoline !
fiulng station at sos Texas street.
To water and sanitary committee.
j. fraser, for sewer extension 10 lots
and 10, block 81. Manhattan HEIGHTS.
To streets, grades and parks commit
Tee citizens, for Improvement Of Mad
cline Park and Kern place
To council as a whole Mrs r F.
hamInett, TO install memorial fOun-
tam in san JacintO plaza. White House
Tor regulation OF traffic conditions i'm
Pioneer Plaza Amalgamated Associa-
uon Of Street and Electric Railway er1-
pIoyes Of America, to operate free mo
tor busses.
A NTTNC An HIT Mt Or- $500,