El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-18
MAIN STREET To
Be BUS STATI0N
Ordinance Fixes Starting
Place Along G.. H. Tracks,
North Side of Plaza.

a new ordinance. designed 10 resu-
late jitne buses in the city limits and
to take them off streets on which
there are electric cars, was introduced
in the city council and received first
reading Thursday morning. The or
dinance. , modified form Of that sug-
gested by the E Paso Electric Rail-
way company. makes one important
change in the jitne bus routes. in that
those starting heretofore on the east
side of the plaza viii have their
stands on the north side. along the
G. II. & S. a. railroad tracks on Main
street
IN some instances, part Of the routes
run along streets having electric car
lines. This is notably true in the case
OF the wyoming street line, which
viii use Boulevard from Cotton ave
nue. to Piedras- The ordinance pro-
Gives Eight Routes.
Route Kern Place. tOu) Start
north side san JacintO plaza on Main
street, TO BlaCker, to Kansas, north
on Cincinnati TO destination lback)
Cincinnati 10 Kansas. TO Blacker, 10
Stanton, 10 Rio Grande. TO oregon. 10
Main and east on Main along san
JacintO plaza
Route 2-Rio Grande street. COut)
From Main 10 Mesa, TO RIO Grande, to
Grant avenue, TO Elm, 10 Wheeling
tbackl Elm 10 Grant avenue, to RIO
Grande, 10 oregon. 10 Main, east on
Main along plaza.
Route Montana street. (OuD
Mesa TO Montana, TO Piedras. TO Non
tana 10 Stevens; tback) Montana to
Piedras, south to Montana. west on
Montana 10 Mesa south TO Franklin.
west 10 oregon, south to Main, east
along plaza
to Montana, 10 Piedras, 20 Bliss, to
Stevens; tback) west on Bliss to Pie
dras, TO Montana, 10 Mesa, 10 Frank
lin, TO oregon, thence TO Main and
plaza.
Route 5-Wyoming street (Ou)
Mesa 20 Wyoming, TO Cotton, TO Bou-
levard, 20 Piedras, 10 AlamOgordO, 10
stevens; (back) Alamogordo TO Pie
dras, 10 Boulevard, 10 Cotton. to WyO-
ming. 10 Mesa. 70 Franklin, to oregon,
to Main TO plaza.
Route s-Sunset Heights. tOuO
North on Mesa TO Missouri, 10 Epson,
10 POrfiriO DiaZ avenue, TO Prospect. l
(backJ Prospect 10 Epson 10 North FL
Paso, to Franklin, TO oregon, TO Main
street and plaza
Route 7-SmeIter (Out) North on
Mesa 10 Missouri. 10 Boulevard, 70
viaduct. across same, thence out smell [
ter road; (oack) smelter road over
viaduct. 10 West Boulevard, TO Mis-
souri, to North FL PasO, 20 Franklin I
10 oregon. TO Main, thence 20 plaza j
Route washington Park. (Ou)
Start on South side City Hall park, F.
around west point, east on Myrtle. 10
Florence, TO AIagotfin, to Alameda, 20 f.
Crockett; tback) Alameda avenue
west TO AIagoffin, 70 san Antonio, 10 T.
City Hall park.
The ordinance carries a $500 fine I
for a violation Of any OF its provisions. 7
Says VIII Improve Service.
The street railway company has de-
clared IL intends to improve its SER
vice, and second reading OF the 1ltne
ordinance VIII be delayed until the
last week in December II IS the in
tention OF the council 10 pass the ordi- {
nance at that time. II the promised B
Improvement in street car service Is /
given
IN this regard. mayor Charles Davis 4
was notified that the service on Myr-
tie avenue was resumed Thursday.
with the cars running every day as
follows; 10 $50 a. m, noon TO $50 p.
m. and 20 $50 p m. There was filed I
some time ago with the city council a \
petition Of Myrtle avenue residents \
asking that the franchise for that 4
street be forfeited IL service were not /.
resumed
Sanitary commissioner L D. Huuum /
the following hauled during
the week; 311.4OO pounds sarbase, .
$4,000 pounds OF ashes and 5000 .
petitions Referred.
Petitions referred were, Martin
jr., for permit to install a
gasoline tank at SOC South Florence;
Calumet OIL company. same, al South
Santa Fe; tenants Two Republic
building, TO have alleged nuisance
consisting o1 emissions OF fiue ir
neighbOring restaurant, abated: II. @
e. al. for permit 10 cree.
shade and electric arc at PIC East sec
ond; FL PasO School for Girls, Tor
sewer extension to block IS, Govern
ment Hill, ". 7. Kirby, same, 10 block
100, Bassett addition
Petitions Granted
Petitions granted Were Anderson
Fuller Investment company, for sew
erage extension 10 alley in rear OF
1922 Grant avenue; T. r. Murphy, FOR
same. TO lot .. block 50, East El Paso.
Final estimates and acceptance OF
paving were filed by city engineer Z.
NJ Williams as follows: san JacintO :
street, from Improvement district No n
! % 10th street. Sl6.f45.s0s cliff. from
FL PasO 20 Ange, S5Ol43: Troworidge,
Fl Bliss road to MARI street, S4117.5O
Alderman ". G. jolly was absent
being in Deming on business.
Births Exceed Deaths.
Births numbered 40 and deaths We're
only 80 in FL PasO during the week
ending Wednesday evening. the report J
OF the board Of health showed. The 1
deaths included nine Americans. %
MeXicans and one negro; while the
VIZ ms " ct ~ amen leans - MeAA-
cans and one negro. There were "a
cases OF contagious disease remaining
when the report was made. as fol-
lows; One measles, two scarlet fever. I
Is typhoid fever, four diphtheria and d
two whOoping cough.
Cleaning Up South Side Residents.
Fifty-tWo persons had their heads +
washed and hair clipped. while 3O2
were thoroughly bathed and had their
clothing disinfected during the week
this being the result Of the Chihua-
luita clean up.
Tar al l.