El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-19
MAY DAY FETE
FOR RED CROSS
Council Grants Cleveland
Square to Women of Pho
neer Club for Benefit.

/ I HilSSlol WIS EEdultu the h0ilEll
iof the Pioneer club by the city council
at its session Thursday morning to use
cleveland square, May l. for a May day
ievent and the proceeds derived from
ithe social III be given the Red Cross
isociety-
/ Mayor Charles Davis and the alder
men announced that they sanctioned
1.-THE efforts Of the women of Fl PasO
TO raise funds for Red Cross work.
The city administration will cooperate
Tin any way possible TO further this
work. they said
! The meeting of the council was the
first full session of the new admins
tration. The only change made by
mayor Davis in conducting the affairs
in council was 10 have the reading Of
the minutes dispensed with
ASSESS PavIng Costs
Ordinances were passed assessing the
cost of paving the following streets on
1.-THE property owners:
North ST. Vrain, from Magoffin 10
alley in block 227, Campbell addition;
North Ochoa, from San Antonio TO
Mills; North Virginia. from Olive to
Mills; North Florence. from Magoffin
iAnge; intersection of Alameda avenue
land Piedras. block &c. Bassett addition
Petitions Granted.
! The following petitions were granted:
block l., Highland park; Frank N Ro-
/ sen and A StOlaroff for sewer extern
sion to block a. Sunset heights addi-
ton; Mayfield Building & Improve
ment Co.. for sewer extension TO lots
I Il and IS. block p. East FL Pasc addi-
I ton; Fisk Rubber company to erect
ornamental electrolier in front Of 500
AIagoffin avenue. Held brothers fo-
reconstruction Of spur track across Mills
street
/ Petitions Filed.
The petition Of William Siebke for
permission to erect an electric sign at
PA South Stanton street. and the pc
tition Of F. Fillette for permission TO
install a five barrel gasoline tank at
! s5s South Stanton street, were filed.
I The Mayfield Building & Improve
{ ment Co filed a petition asking for
Altura park addition 1t was referred
! to the committee on health and sani-
Petitions Referred.
The following petitions were referred
to the committee on streets and grades. ,
Western Coffee company and Western
lWoodenware company for an arc light
at the intersection of Anthony and ,
stanton streets: property owners for
Improvement Of LOwenstein street from
Mesa to North Durango street.
The following petitions presented
were referred 10 the coumittee on po-
lice. fire and building: Protest OF Mrs.
Alma Desmond against the operation
OF a motion picture show at ST. Nrain
and Boulevard: II. Nordwald & Co.
successors, for permit to construct load
ling platform S by SO feet at Leon and
Second streets: the Texas company. 10
erect gasoline filling station on TRAN
gle at Afagoffin and Piedras and Pearl
streets.
A petition filed by citizens for a
fire hydrant in the vicinity OF Byron
and Louisville streets was referred to !
, the committee on water and SANTA
ton.
Proposes Park stand.
Mrs. Alice 2. Hunt filed a PROPOSE |
ton with the council TO contract for |
the privilege of operating the ice
cream parlor at Washington park and !
also TO operate boats on the lake The /
matter was referred to council as a
A protest was filed by Thomas
Oheeffe against the closing Of any i
street OF streets in the vicinity of 4
The protest was referred 10 council 1
as a whole.
Estimates Paving Cost.
!. y. Gladding. city engineer, sub /
mitted an estimate of the cost OF paw
ing Octavia street from San Antonio 4
to the alley north OF Texas street He 1
estimated the probable cost Of the i'm
proveTnent at S1O.305-OS. The probable
cost to the city in improving the in
tersections OF the streets and other
streets and alleys was fived at s1IS5.I6.
The cost against property owners was
set at S907I-32. The curbing TO be
built and paid for by assessment
against owners Of property abutting
on the street was fixed al $3.50.
The council set May i as the date
for hearing the protests of property !
owners
An assessment ordinance for. paving
River street from Ange to Noble was /
placed on its first reading.
Mayor Announces Committees
Mayor Davis Wednesday afternoon
announced the appointment Of the
various committees as follows: Water (
and finance committee. J. p. O'Connor, |
chairman; Frank 3. Simmons and r
9 Semple- Sanitation and health, Mr.
Simmons. chairman; Mr.. O'COnnor and
". 6. Jolly. Police, fire and building.
Mr.. jolly. chairman; Mr.. Simmons and
Mr. Semple. Streets grades and
parks. Mr. Semple. chairman; Mr..
O'Connor and Mr.. Jolly.
Inventory of Stock Reported.
Inventory of the stock in the city
warehouse by C ". Peale. custodian.
shows that there is s31,37406 worth /
Of supplies and equipment in the I,
building The report was filed with
II. NJ Hay, general boOkkeeper OF the
city. The principal stock consists of
water pipe, fittings, meters and other
fixtures.
Deaths, 81, Births, 30.
During the past week there were
81 deaths and 80 births in FL Paso.
according to the report OF the health |
department. OF the deaths there were
IS Mexicans, IS Americans and one /
negro There were Il Mexican births,
eight Americans and one negro.
There are % cases Of contagious /
disease in the city. Of which 81 are
measles and IL cases Of chickenpox.
There is only one case of typhus fever
and one case Of smallpox in the city.
the report said.
The department condemned SIS
pounds of meat and a hog during the
week. Nearly 500 restaurants, diaries,
slaughter houses and meat markets
and 1877 head Of cattle inspected
The report of Thomas German. sani-
tary commissioner, showed that dur
ing the week there were 800 loads of [