El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-14
CIVIL SERVICE
FOR THE CITY
Transcript of Proceedings,
Including Election, Being
Sent to Austin.

A canvass Of the votes of the city
council. at the regular meeting in city
hall Thursday morning. resulted in the
adoption of the resolution approving
and declaring adopted the amendments
OF sections ,. 10. ISL and Is1. of the
city charter. voted on Tuesday.
With the resolution adopted. city
clerk Jack Dawson will nov prepare a
transcript Of the election proceedings
and viii forward them 10 the secretary
OF state for MS approval
The passage of the civil service
amendment empowers the mayor to ap-
point three civil service commissions
ers. one of whom Will serve for
one year and two for two years. The
commission viii be authorized to make
all rules and regulations necessary for
the proper conducting OF their bust
ness. and shall have the authority 10
employ a secretary, who Will be paid
by the city AT a salary determined upon
by the city council
To Classify Employees.
The commission shall provide for the
classification of the employees Of the
fire and police departments eligible
for civil service appointments, and
shall also make such provisions as
shall be deemed expedient for Compel
ness in regard to said classified SER
vice for the eligible list. from which
vacancies shall be filled Any promo
ton in the departments shall be based
on merit, experience and record
Employees of the police and fire de-
partments who may. at the time Of
the adoption of this article. have been
in actual service for as much as one
year. shall be retained in their re-
spective positions and be placed on
the classified list
Petitions granted were: FL Paso
Compo-Tile and Terra Gotta company,
to occupy alley IN rear OF lots u 10 Is,
inclusive, block %. Franklin Heights
addition. with spur track
Referred to council as a whole Pc
titiOn of property owners and residents
TO compel the Texas & Pacific r R to
place sidewalks along the south side
of East Overland street.
The franchise ordinance granting
CrOmbie and company the right to con-
struct a spur track on First street was
adopted
Petitions referred 20 fire. police and
building committee: NcCHntock COM
pany, for permit to erect an electric
sign at 302-304 Mesa avenue; Wright's
Cleaning Works. to install underground
gasoline filling tanks at 2S1S Montana
street.
Invited to Banquet.
The invitation to the mayor and
council to attend the annual meeting
and banquet of the volunteer firemen
at the Hotel Sheldon tonight, was ac-
cepted.
The city engineers estimates pre-
scented to the council We're as follows:
To pave y. St Nrain street from Mis-
souri, street to Cliff street. s1S.6ST-22:
cost against the city. S2.64446. against
the property owners. S15,562.20. The
estimate was adopted
The report of the city engineer. ac-
cepting the pavement of South St
Vrain street, from san Antonio 10
Fourth street North Stanton street.
from Rio Grande 20 Blacker street. and
Dallas. from Myrtle TO Montana. was
adopted
The scavenEer department reported
that 265 loads OF garbage had been
handled with a total Of 722.4s5 pounds. {
Disease Drops More.
The report Of the health department (
showed further decrease in the num-
Der OF cases Of contagious diseases. !
Measles cases have decreased from 4 10 I
3: scarlet fever. from 3 TO 3; smallpox, I
from TO :: typhoid fever. from to l: Z
iiphtheria. from 10 !, and whooping /
cough from to 0. The department I
also condemned $50 pounds Of meat, J
TWO cows and one hog. There were s. :
ieaths and % births. OF the deaths. /
Z were American. % Mexican and . /
negro. OF the births. 10 were Ameri- 4
an. Il Mexican and one japanese.