El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-08
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BRIGHT LIGHTS
New Safety First Ordinance
Will Regulate Autos
and Street Cars.

J
ing by the city council at its reguls
meeting Will make it unlawful for any
automobile OF street car to have {
light which throws a beam more thar
zoo feet and which can not be dimmed
Another ordinance which went intC
first reading before the council viii
require all street cars operated il the
city limits to be equipped with air
brakes in working order, making II
| unlawful for any cars not so equipped
10 be operated. \ fine OF S200 per day
for each car which is not so equipped
is provided for.
stops Single Roof Construction.
Another ordinance adopted By the
! council regulates buildings which may
be put up within the city limits. The
most important section is one which
prohibits the placing of shingle roof
on any dwelling within the city. This,
however, does not affect those build
ings which are already built or which
are to be repaired
The ordinance provides for the in
] spection of all buildings under con
/ struction and prohibits the use Of tim
! Der in any wall OF any building where
| stone, brick. concrete or iron Is used
The ordinance is made UP and adopted
I commissions regulations.
Want JTtnes Held In Limits.
Judge J. : J. IsaacS, representing
( public service automobile men, APP
peared before the council and spoke of
| the new iitne ordinance recently drawn
up. He stated thar he was in favor Of
/ having the Jitne cars confined to with
IN the city limits, because as soon as
/ they got without the limits. they fire.
Quently broke the laws in such a man
/ ner that the public was endangered
He said that under the present cir
cumstances II the city, he was in favor
of the 1itnes. because the public was
greatly benefited when the laws were
complied with.
Fisher Goes to Fl. Worth.
RECALLING to the minds of the alder
men present that notwithstanding IL
was decided two years ago that the city
council would 90 on no jUnket trips,
mayor Tom Lea stated that as Fl Raso
was making such a strong bid for the
1918 convention Of the Cattle Raisers'
association, he thought the city gov
eminent ought 10 be represented at
Fort Worth, TO assist the efforts Of the
chamber OF commerce delegates who
are trying to bring the convention here.
II was voted to send alderman J. ".
Fisher.
The council decided TO meet the rep
resentatives Of the Ell Paso Gas COM
pany and the Tri-State Telephone COM
pany in conference morning and after
noon Saturday. to discuss ways and
means Thereby customers charges
might be reduced
Reports on Gas Company
The report of E T. hoons, city au-
ditor, who was authorized 10 investi-
sate the records Of the Fl Paso Gas
company, was read and accepted. The
report showed that the company rec
0ee, OF which amount 5000 is pre-
ierred stock ana a funded debt of
$l,0-S0e0 the latter representing first
mortgage five percent bonds due May.
a
SZ.464-24S-5s, with q gross income from
all sources for the year ending De- :
cember 81, 1916. Of sS06. SS3. 80 It's oD-
Grating expenses for that time were
S-es-3lsl, leaving 4 net balance of
Ss7.6s2-1o for dividends, surplus and
reserve funds, the report said. Al the
end Of December, 1915, there were $3.50 J
customers, 1927 ordinary meters 2ea4 q
prepay meters. and several thousand |
other gas appliances in use
The report stated that the Fl Paso I
'5as company Is a subsidiary OF the /
american Power & Light company.
weeks Deaths, Al; Births. n.
me health department reported for
me week ending March Z, 1917, a total /
o. Il deaths and 80 births. OF the
deaths, IS were Americans % 1fezi-
cans and three negroes. Only nine
American babies were born during the
week the remainder being Mexicans.
With the dismissal of "a cases Of
measles, there are So cases remaining;
phold- There are no cases OF either
diphtheria or scarlet fever. and but
three cases OF typhus fever. seven of
whooping cough and one OF meningitis.
The scayenger department reported
mat ESQ loads OF garbage, totaling
tS1,l0o pounds, were hauled and dis
posed Of.
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred were: Water and
sanitary committee Galbraith Fox
worth company, for a sewer extension !
10 Mills and Willow streets: FL Paso
SASH and Door company for a sewer
connection with block So, Bassetts ad-
dition.
To streets and grade committee: Wis
TORS chapel, A NJ E. church, for an
arc light at Third and Tays: taxpsv-
ers and citizens. for an arc light at the
intersection OF Fourth and Virginia
streets.
To Pave Seventh Street.
Bids were opened and accepted and
ordinances passed relative 10 the i'm
provement and paving Of Seventh
street, from Fl Paso street to Cotton
avenue, and Los Angeles street, from
California 10 Missouri.
Petition Granted.
A petition granted was that Of Dim !
NIT and Landrum. 70 erect A gasoline /
filling station and moving picture
iras streets
Engineer Estimates Paving Costs
The engineers estimate for the paw
nE OF the following streets showed
that the cost 10 the taxpayers and TO
he city would be- Florence street.
rom Mills TO MagOffin. probable cost,
'737s.T4. cost TO city, S524Ss; TO prop
srty owners at the rate Of s4-46 per
meal foot Of frontage; Ochoa street.
rom San Antonio to Mills, probable !
'ost sS2eA22: cost to city s562.25. TO ]
property owners, S4.31 per Iineal foot !
II frontage; North Virginia from Olive
o Mills, probable cost S9424.73; cost to
'lty SS242S- 10 property owners s432
,er lneal foot: Cliff street from Fl
= PasO TO Ange. probable cost s24.-
1925; cost TO city $5S3G46, 10 prop
rty owners, S3.72 per lineal foot;
river street, from Ange to Noble, prob
-ble cost s67S9.91; cost to city SS06I5,
o property owners $2.S7 per lineal foot
T frontage.