El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
COUNCIL VOTES
S500FOR GUARD.
Gives Fund for Recruiting
Here; Permits New Pic
ture Men to Start.

The city council at its meeting
Thursday voted to appropriate $500,
to be given the chamber of commerce
to be used for recruiting purposes
next week, which has been designated
by president Wilson as national re-
cruiting week" This action was
taken after a committee consisting
Of Maurice Schwartz, H. Y Ellis and
Otis C. Coles. accompanied by secre-
tary George H. Clements had called
upon the council and made the re-
quest. The committee was named at
meeting of the board OF directors
Of the chamber.
This money will be used in defray-
ing the expenses Of the newly organ
lied national guard company headed
by J. F. Colley and NJ Lippman, and
to assist in obtaining recruits for the
other companies now being organized
New Motion Picture Firm.
The council granted permission te
the Pasograph, Inc, a motion picture
corporation, to erect motion picture
studio in the Bassett addition Harris
WalthalI, attorney for the corpora
ton, and James Keane. its manager,
asked the council for the permit
They announced that the company
will also occupy APARTMENTS from
4 to 10 in the Friar apartments, in
the 200 block on Myrtle avenue.
This new company viii begin as
soon as possible making feature
films. Mr.. Keane Will leave for Los
Angeles to join his company, which
later will come to FL Paso. A seven
reel feature film will be the first
produced here by the new company
which has made some large screen
productions on the coast The Paso-
graph company is a separate organ
ization Srom the Zic N-eld corporation,
which will also establish its film city
here
Petitions Granted
The council granted the following
petitions:
pany, to install a gasoline tank at
81 Texas street; Home Builders, Inc
for an arc light at River and Noble
citizens, for an arc light at sixth
and Kansas
Three Ordinances Amended
The council adopted three import
ant amendments to ordinances as fol-
lows:
Amending an ordinance forbidding
smoking in theaters, moving picture
shows. and other public places. and
requiring proprietors, managers.
agents or operators TO remove all
picture shows who violate it
Amendment TO an ordinance regu-
lating the storage OF gasoline within
the city limits. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to deliver more than five gallons Of
gasoline to any person who has not
received a permit as required by this
ordinance for handling gasoline. Nio-
lators of this amendment are subject
to a 5000 fine.
Amends Building Ordinance
Amendment to an ordinance provid-
ing for a building inspector and fix
ing his salary. This amendment pro-
vides that the building inspector shall
be appointed by the council and shall
be an architect or a practical build
ing mechanic 1t shall be his duty TO
inspect all buildings in process, con-
struction or repair The present or
dinance requires the inspector TO have
either Is years experience as an archi- /
tect or as 4 practical mechanic
Petitions Filed and Referred
The petition Of George r LeBaron
for a sewer connection and extension
TO lots ; and 3. block p" Garden /
was referred to the COM
mittee on health and sanitation
The petition of the Y. n c. a FOR |
a refund OF a building permit fee was
referred TO the committee on police, 4
IRE and building.
Petitions OF citizens for an arc light
At Tularosa and Stevens streets was
referred to the committee on streets
and parks
The petition of property owners Of
Highland Park against blasting by "
D. Moseley was referred TO council
IS a whole. In their petition the
property owners contend that the
blasting in the quarry of Mr.. Moseley
5 very dangerous to the lives Of per-
-r-N ~ A ]
Flying and falling rocks impair the
ives of the residents, the property
owners said, while buildings are also
damaged.
franchise Ordinances Considered.
A franchise ordinance granting W.
}. Roe and H L Birney the right to
construct a spur track on First street
vas adopted
An ordinance granting a franchise
% the Southwestern Fuel and Feed
company to construct a spur track
,cross Stevens avenue was placed on
IS first reading.
J. y. Gladding, city engineer. sub
nitted the estimated cost for the i'm
OF Bishop street from the
as. line OF Alta to the west line OF
stevens avenue, which was adopted
md q resolution passed setting July
9 as the date Of protest
Health Report shows ~ Births.
The report OF the health depart
nent for the past week gave Sc
eaths and ~ births. OF the deaths
were Americans, "A Mexicans and
ne negro. OF the births II were
americans and p Mexicans- This de-
,artment during the week condemned
100 pounds OF meat. and vegetables.
rhe report shows % cases of con-
agious disease of which seven are
measles. five scarlet fever and five
The report OF L D. Hullum. sanitary
commissioner, for the week shows
hat total Of 10000 pounds of gar
age was hauled by the scavenger
department.