El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
City Council Approves Con
tract and Bond of
Contractors.

The contract and bond of the FL Paso
Bitulithie company for paving Prospect
avenue, providing for an indemnity of
$4,000, was approved by the city council
in regular session Thursday morning.
The new paving will extend from the
north line OF Epson avenue to its inter
section with the south line of West
Boulevard and the work viii begin with
In the next several months.
Reports on South Kansas Paving.
James Gladding. the city engineer, sub
mitted a report to the council on the
cost of having South Kansas street from
Improvement district No. / TO Eighth
street. estimating the cost at $50, 1920.
The Improvement of the intersections
would cost se535.4S. The cost to the
! street railway under the terms OF the
resolution would be S625.60; while to
steam railroads, S4402.S6, and the cost
to property owners, S19.007.46 or at
the rate Of s5.0S3 per lineal foot Of front
age. The cost OF curb, to be borne by
property owners. S221.3O.
The paving OF South Kansas viii be
the first step Of the present adminlstra-
ton to lift ChlhuahuIta out OF the mud
First readings of Ordinance.
First readings were made Of the fol
r lowing ordinance: Assessing cost against
property owners on Federal, West Ne
vada and BlOcher streets for paving.
The sanitary commissioner reported
for the week ending January p a totaI
CT 595-30o pounds Of garbage hauled.
Deaths SO; Births 26.
For tie same period the health de-
partment reported Sc deaths; 10 AmerI-
cans, p Mexicans. one negro and one
Japanese. The births for the week end
ing January &c were y Americans. Il
Mexicans or total OF 26, making the
deaths 10 in excess of the births.
The number of contagious diseases
remaining was reported as o., as Iod-
lows: Measles 20; scarlet fever =;
smallpox .; typhoid ,; diphtheria :;
chicken pox 2.
The following petitions were granted
by the council:
Petition of Horace B. Stevens, agent
for Hugo EichWald. for correction OF
delinquent taxes on lot 9. block 1o5,
Campbell addition.
Petition Of N. J. McAtee and B N.
McAtee. to correct tax assessments and
tax rolls.
Petition of VIM. Koblitz for eorrec-
tiCn Of assessment
Application Of Joe PeraH for refund
on malt license No 1888, amounting TO
$3.50.
Petition Of property owners. TO pave
North Stanton street, from Rio Grande
to Blacker.
Petition Of H r Hnlebrand for re-
lief from tax penalties FOR the year
1901
An ordinance was adopted fixing
grades on Stanton street to Blacker
street. extending on California street
from Circle avenue 10 Wright street
Auto Owners Petition Referred.
The petition Of business and profess
sional men for permission to park
automobiles in Pioneer Plaza was re-
ferred to the council as a whole
The petition Of Swift & Co, and the
Burton Lingo company for fire plugs
at the corner of First and Kansas
streets, was referred to the commit
tee on police. fire and building.
The petition TO approve building per-
init No. 1896 for Ben Escajeda, moving
picture show was re-erred to the pO-
lice fire and building committee.
The petition Of property owners to
grade ORC street from Piedras TO
Cebzda streets, was referred 70 the
committee on stree-s and grades
The petition Of property owners 70
pave River street from the east line
o. North Fl Paso street to the west
line of Circle avenue, was referred to
the council as a whole
Paving Resolution Adopted.
A resolution was adopted by the
council ordering paving OF North
Stanton street from Rio Grande street
to Blacker street
A franchise ordinance was adopted
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