El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-15
SAYS PHONE CD.
MAKING MONEY
Cii55y Auditor Rooms Reports
on Corporation, While
Seeking Lower Rates.

Z ITI-State Telephone company was re-
ported to the city council Thursday
morning by city auditor I. T. Rooms
who has been investigating the affairs
ID tn,. company TO learn the feasibility
of a. reduction in the rate 10 certain
. c.a>s oi subscribers.
according to the auditors report. the
hoos- vi the telephone company on De
ceinbcr l. 1915. showed a total invest
ment Of $1.544,S56.S9, with fixed eapl-
I tai. S1427 $3.50. and construction work
m pIosress S37. 1854. The total assets
OF ,he company are $3.50, 1S3-50-
Pays ST. 900 Dividends
The sum OF S77,0 900 was a balance
available for dividends and surplus AT
. the end OF last wear. OF this amount
10000 was paid in monthly dividends
3 and $1,000 transferred to the company :
surplus amount.
/ The total operating expenses foT the
/ wear totaled S232, S9515 and the com
pauv paid ont of is corporate surplus
! account q bonus OF $G9l5-25 to IT. en-
! plOyes-
Mr.. kcons reported that the company
has 4 total number of telephones Of all
| classes numbering 1888. These sta
tiOns are scattered among a popClaton
OF about 100000. giving an average Of
lis stations to every 100 people
An average of 3176l40 messages are
handled by the company each month,
which average 2s6.26 messages per sta
ton. or 1854 per lire per month sad
the report.
At the end OF December there were
POS employees OF the company receiving
total weekly compensation Of S2S25--
So. or an average OF S1427 each The
company employs 127 women operators
at an average weekly wage OF $751;
Asks Better Jitne Service.
Further discussion was brought up at
the council meeting concerning the bet
Ter service of the iitne busses and the
nnblic service cars. L. \. Dale ap-
peared before the council and asked that
something be done to give residents who
live near the city boundaries better serv-
ice. He said that 1t was almost IMpossI-
bic to get on to iitEe coming INTO the
city. because they all 90 out to the army
camps and ill up out there
Wants SC Cars Kept Together.
He suggested that the ntneys using
San .IacInto plaza as loading station
be allow ed TO charge but five cents, IRE
spectiye of their run. He said that tins
would have a tendency to keep the five
cent buses within the city limits Those
NJ
would naturally want more money Tor
fares. which was as it should be. but II
the higher priced buses were segregated
from the five cent buses. this would
all lead to much better service
Council Promises Better Service
Mr.. Dale was informed that ordinances
being prepared by the city attorney pro-
vided for the suggestions he had made,
and that 1t was practically promised
that better service TO the residents OF
the city would be forthcoming at once
VIII Close Fire Station Sale.
The council passed a resolution pro-
viding that the city clerk prepare papers
dealing with the sale OF the fire sta
ton. that the negotiations be brought
TO a close accepting an offer OF SI6,0DJ
cash for the building. The names OF the
parties making the offer was not dis
closed.
Councilman r. B. Stevens was not
present at the meeting. having gone to
Corpus Christi, Tex, with the hope that
his health will be benefited.
Deaths More Than Double Births.
4 total OF IS deaths and u births was
reported by the health department Tor
the week ending February 4. OF the
deaths We're Americans, 80 Mexican
and two negro. Four babies were born
to American parents and II to Mexican.
Measles Cases Are 25.
Under the heading OF contagious us
eases, 1t was reported that but one case
of typhus fever remains in the city, the
total Of two reported last week being
reduced during the past seven days.
With total OF 40 cases of measles re-
ported on the books last week, and 10
cases discharged since that time, but %
remain. The scarlet fever cases have
l.
and smallpox from six TO -four. Typhoid
cases remain at two. while five cases
Of diphtheria reported last week have !
been discharged. But one case OF eerebro /
spinal meningitis remains two having I
been discharged. The department re- !
ported that go pounds of meat had been |
condemned
The scavenger department reported /
hat 800 loads OF garbage with a total !
IF S9S, 400 pounds were disposed of.
Petitions Granted.
Petitions granted were: FL Paso Bridge I
< Iron company for permit to place Il" (
beam in the alley in the rear OF lots IA, /
l6. block Il. Franklin Heights addition; 4
Cotton estate for a spur track to blocks !
"A. 70. y. Cotton addition, granted on (
condition that the spur track does not /
occupy any part of the sidewalk line; !
property owners to have a pipe line of |
the Texas company removed from
aurel street; property owners, for a
bridge across the irrigation canal on /
Luna street: A p. Coles & brothers. rc- !
luesting the cancellation OF parking |
OF Magoffm avenue. Cotton ad- |
lition. granted on condition that the |
street viii be curbed and repaired.
Regulates Austin Viaduct Traffic
An ordinance regulating traffic over /
he viaduet on Austin street was |
adopted. The ordinance provides that !
he limit of weight carried by a vehicle \
,hall be 5000 pounds, and that the speed 1
IF vehicles shall not exceed eight miles |
an hour 4 fine not to exceed 500 IS |
liked for any violation of this ordinance. |
No one was present to protest against /
the paving of Seventh street. but five !
owners attended De meeting !
10 urge that it be paved.
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred were: Property !
owners. for a fire plug at the end of the |
viaduct at old Fort Bliss. to the police, /
ire and building committee; 7. w Ar (
ioin, for land adjustment of the pest !
house property, to the council as a !