El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-10
CONFUSION IN
STREET NAMES
Postmaster Calls Councils
Attention to Duplication
and Numbers.

That there IS IN certain Instances
confusion in the names Of FL PasO
streets and that there are a number
OF streets on which house numbers
are badly mixed up was the substance
Of a letter received by alderman r.
c. Semple from postmaster E a. Shell
ton and presented at the city council
meeting Thursday morning. The mat
ter was referred to the streets and
parks committee for consideration.
Mr. Semple Is chairman Of this com
mittee.
AIr. Shelton presented the following
specific instances Of confusion.
Points on Streets.
There are Two Elm streets, one In
WOodlaWn and one in Manhattan
heights; there is a Grand and q Grant
at san Antonio, going 70 406, 900. and
sol to Olive, then going from SIG TO
sos to MagOtfin avenue; there are two
Palm streets, one beginning at san
Antonio and irregularly numbered
and one In Latta addition there IS
Park street and g Park avenue
"On san Jacinto street there are
three numbers 230, three 232, three
81, two 900. two col. two IA and two
us. On South Stanton there are
iii &C NUMBERS QUO Two 1IU p W. % SUI
two sos and two 5051z
Two Walnut Streets.
There are two Walnut streets On
one the numbers are badly mixed,
starting at 329, then going TO 219,
then to 50, then to 106 to IA. Willow
street Is mixed the same way"
The postmaster suggested that ft
would be Of benefit to the city and
an accommodation TO the postoffice
department If these matters were cor
rected-
Raises Service Car License.
Two automobile traffic ordinances
were enacted by the council. One was
an amendment TO the old traffic laws
increasing the yearly license Of pub
lie service automobiles from SIS 70
SIS The change had been in effect
since the first Of the year and about
y cars had taken out the new license
Up to about noon Thursday
II was announced at the city hall
at the same time that strenuous ef-
forts viii be made TO enforce all pro-
visions OF the traffic ordinance apply
ing 10 public service cars, one OF
which is that they operate from des-
ignated stands. Three police officers
would attend to this work next week,
Il was said
Deals With Chauffeurs.
Another dealt with chauffeurs' H.
cenSes- II was required that appli-
cants for licenses must pay So, must
state IL they speak the English ian
guage, must have state chauffeur s
license, must state If they are sober
and honest and must present recon-
mendations Of two reputable disinter-
ested parties. Reference shall be
given in granting licenses to English
speaking bona fide citizens It is stip-
ulated- If license Is denied, the 50
fee viii be returned. This ordinance
is effective Immediately.
EramH-n-Mam
City engineer 3. N Williams filed
the following paving estimates; La
Luz street from Hueco 10 Mari, $685.
1871. Kemp street from FL Paso 70
Santa Fe, s6,524.69: South santa Fe
from Seventh to north end OF bridge,
paving to be Of concrete. S14,4l2.SS.
Resolutions adopting the estimates
and setting February as date for
hearing protests were adopted
Sanitary commissioner L D. Hull
lum reported refuse hauled during
the week ending Wednesday to be
$1,000 pounds garbage, 159, 900
pounds ashes and 5000 pounds ma
nure.
Petitions referred were: Property
holders for street light on Baltimore
street in Kern place; Of Joe Dunno,
for sewer connections corner Crosby
and North E. Paso streets.
Deaths Exceed births.
Thirty-eight deaths and % births
constituted the vital statistics rec
ord FOR e. Paso during the week end
ing Wednesday. as shown in the re-
port OF the board OF health 10 the
council The deaths were Il Ameri-
cans. IS Mexicans and one negro
while the births were Eine Ameri-
cans and Is Mexicans.
There were 81 cases Of contagious
disease in the city al the time Of
the report. 10 measles. two scarlet
fever. eight typhoid fever, four diph-
iberia and two chicken poX.
Inspect 24gO Children
Food condemned during the week
consisted OF 452 pounds OF meat. one
COW and two hogs The report also
revealed an inspection OF three
schools. containing 1880 children. In
the case Of II throat cultures we're
taken, while % were referred 20 par
ents for treatment