El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-29
NEW
SCENIC DRIVE
P. E. Kern Tells Council of
His Plans for Boulevard
Through Kern Place.

through Kern place and the Alexander
addition connecting with Doniphan's
drive near the cement plant The road
VIII be- more than two miles long and
VIII be paved at a cost of $4,000. SO
that connections can be made with the
county road. giving a drive along the
Rio Grande and connecting with the
Borderland automobile route
p. p Kern outlined the plans for
building the road and paving it AZ
meeting of the city council Thursday
morning He asked the city to pave the
intersections and stated the county
would do the paving out of the city
limits connecting with the county road
The matter was referred TO council as
a whole.
Invites Mayor TO @PIay Ball.
c +. Pollock appeared before the
council and stated that the Commercial
Baseball league would open its season
next sunday and stated there would he
parade through the city. He
asked the mayor and council 10 attend
the games as guests of the league He
also invited the mayor TO toss the first
hall
Proposes Amusements for Park.
a petition was presented TO the coun-
ell by J. r. Ambrosius asking for the
privilege OF erecting dancing halls.
scenic railways and other amusement
the buildings would be erected at a
cost OF $4,000 The matter was re-
ferred 10 council as a whole
Petitions Granted
r r Deyo was granted q petition
90 erect an airdome picture theater al
the corner of Montana and Piedras
streets The petition Of the home build
ers for a sewer connection TO block 2q8
Pierce Finley addition. was granted. 4
petition of property owners Tor n sew
er connection 10 block I. Government
Hill was granted
Offers TO Index Ordinances.
a letter was read from J. r Rich
ardson in which ne offered TO revise the
penal ordinances and index and cross
index them for the sum Of S4500. He
said II would require year 10 do the
u Ork- Mayor Lea stated the city should
at once have this done. but the council
decided to leave the matter over 20 the
next meeting
BItuIithic Bids Accepted.
Bids Of the FL Paso Bitulithic COM
pany for paving Newman street at the
intersection north at Magoffin to the
south line OF the Fl PasO and South
western railroad right of way. Austin
street from the intersection south line
Montana TO north end Of Austin via
duct and Durango from the Intersection
south line of Improvement District No.
L TO north line OF Second street. were
accepted by council.
Only So Contagious Cases
There are only So cases OF con-
very small in proportion 10 the size
Of the city, according to the report OF
the health department made 70 the
council Thirty-fve OF these cases are
measles Three are typhus fever The
three victims of smallpox have been
discharged from the pest house and
there is now not a case in the city,
the report said
Seventy pounds Of meat and zoo
pounds OF fish were condemned during
q a-T~a
restaurants. and slaughter houses
were inspected during the week. A
total Of $50 head of cattle were in
spected-
Deaths. 81; Births. -.
There were So deaths and e births
during the week OF the deaths 25
were Americans: p Mexicans and
three negroes The births were four
Americans and % AIexicans.
Durlng the week SSS.S20 loads were
hauled by the scavenger department
according 20 its report.
Petitions Referred.
The petition OF DR.. J. L. Mcknight
for permit TO build a garage at 1881
Montana street was referred TO the
police. fire and building committee.
A petition filed by residents ask
ing the council to place an arc light
at the corner Of Eucalyptus and Olive |
Paynes subdivision for a sewer ex-
tension from Findley to Gramma streets. :
were referred to the streets and grades !
committee.
spur Track Ordinances Read.
A franchise ordinance granting T. 4
VI Quebedeaux permission to construct
a spur track in Cotton addition. and /
another granting the FL Paso Tile and
Terra Gotta ~onDanv permission -
construct a spur track across Brown
street to block -. FRANKLIN HeIenrs
addition. were placed on second read
ng-
An ordinance granting F 3 Cotton |
permission to construct a spur track Z
icross Williams and Dallas streets 10
blocks 70 and ~ Cotton addition was
cad for the first time
The report of the city engineer
lanes y. Gladding accepting the paw
NJ work on North St Vrain from Mis-
iouri 20 Cliff was accepted by the city
HIS report accepting the paw
ng work OF Bliss street from Nag
lola TO Piedras was also accepted.
Fire Loss in February, S23O.S4O.
During the month Of February there
we're Sc fires. according to the report
4 John W Wray. fire chief The loss
2 estimated at $3.50 $4,000 The value
T the properties was placed at s7O2 I