El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Tenth Year, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890 Page: 4 of 8
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SI Paso Times. Friday, January 24, 1890.
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TIHES PUBLMHIJfG COMPANY.
Publif>bcr«i
Juah S. Hart, Maiuger,
SUBSUKIP I ION KATES.
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patablb ktkry saturday to oauh1kr.
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Ail papers discontinued At the expiration of the
toe pud for.
OUR CIRCULATION.
Beside* covering thoroughly tbe local Held, the
Twh 18 DSLITERBD dailt BV CARRIERS In the
following towns at the hour named ON 1HK DAY
Of PUBLICATION:
Paso del Notts 6 sin Dealing.. 8pm
bordsbarf 6pm Silver City.. U :80 i> m
(IbcsUml... tpm Las Cruces... 1* s m
White Oaks 4 p m
We reach also ON DAY OF PUBLICATION the
fallowing plaeec.
ik hew mexico
Anthony Dona Ana FortSelden
Kincon. Lake Valley. .....San Marcial
Kngle. ....Socorro
im arizona
ttowle...
ttenson..
Tttcaon.
.Wilcox Nogalen
Huachuca. Duncan
.Carlisle , . ..CliltOL
IN TEXAS
tfsteta. .. Camp Kice ...Socnrro
MB Kllzsrio Fort Hancock.. .Sierra Blanca
Fort Da via >1 arf a Van Hern
And we circulate thr> ughont Mexico.
*0 CUAROE TOR POST ABE.
Seek the f-outtk
For health and wealth
El Paso Las tbe climate.
El Paso has tbe business opportunity,
t It is an international city,
Half way between the coasts,
Uas now five trunk lines of railroad,
None less than 1200 miles Ion#.
It is n trade center;
Is a mining Center,
A smelting center,
It situated in a rich agricultural valley,
la surroundtd by stock raising interests
Enjoys a giowing trade with Mexico,
lias a complete st wer sj stt m
And is supplied with
Vater and gas works, electric lights,
ftre-et cars and a'l modern conveniences.
Try El Phso «« a p<Ym«nent home.
The city tax-Kvy is now $1.49 on the
1100. Vote for bonds and it will be re.
duced to 94 cents.
The brute tbat cut that child's throat
at Ysleta last week should be found and
hanged. Crime ui punished is an in*
eentive to more crime. Our authorities
should use every effort to find the
murderer.
A reciprocity treaty witu Mexico has
long been in demand, and it appears now
that it is likely to materialize; during the
present 6tssion of congress. hmu local
objections to it nny ante, but on the
whole it would be a grand thing for the
southwest.—New Mexican.
EL PASO AHLA0.
The Mexican frontier has four impoit^
ant railioad connections with this coun-
try Nogales Arizona and Eegle Pass
Texas are not yet pretentious ceutets
But Lcredo md El Paso have grown
wonderfully. The former place is dwarfed
by b'g San Antonio ut El Paso is denim d
to grow and grow without obstacle
when its true conditions and resources
are kno? a
The Luredo Timks is frank toconfis1
our superiority in the following language:
VVh <t r. paradox,that hundredsof thou»
shihIh >1 bushels of corn are imported to
Laredo yearly a: a heavy cost, and Bend-
ing the money away (realized from the
sale of sheep and wool) to pay for grain,,
every bushel of which could be raised in
Webb count/. The last Are yeara has
proved conclusively that crops can be
raised without irrigatim, all the rain
necessary having fallen. The valley
lands on the lower Rio Grande are the
rtcht st in the world, but where are the
crops? Go up as far as El Phio Albu-
querque or Las Vegas, what do you see?
The whole valley cultivated like a garden
producing grapes of the finest varieties,
wheat, onions, corn and v getatdes of all
kinds ami mainly cultivated by the native
Mexican population;the river bank dotted
all along with grist mills, winu presses,
etc., snd they raise sheep, cattle and
hogs also. 1 here the river valley ha.-
been iirieatid and is to-day, by aceeiuias
tnd ditches constructed 150 years ago,
and the sime thing cin be done here if
necessary. In pl^ceot working the roads
the inhabitants yearly work their irrigat-
ing ditches and all hands must do theii
share. A good farming population would
be well supp rted and get r ch quicker
iidjece nt to Laredo than in any part of
the United States. Ten years ago tbe
neighborhood of Denison, Tex . was like
our own; whut is it today? The greBt
nursey ground and fruit growing siction
of the state.
Thk State of Texas collected in 18S9
for occupation taxes a total 46GO, 157. O!
tbishmount f4<»G,650 was from retail
liquor dealers and $77,300 from wholsale
and quart liquor dealers and 45.850 from
b.'er sdle ?, making ever one
half million do'lars from that class alone.
The next largest contributors were mer-
chants of the seventh class who placed
$22,402 in the treasury.
The city ntw pays over J5UOO to the
water company annually betides the
thousands paid by private citizens. The
annual interest on the water b >nds will
only be" <4,200 an 1 tbe revenue ficm the i
c'ty's own water-works need cot be
greater than $i<)00 a year, if properly in*
vested to pay off the principal of the
bonds in 30 years.
Voter do you believe in putting your [
hand in jour p cket to piy for a tax
for permanent improvements in this city
that will become the property, of and
will be enjoyed by future tesidents of
this place. No, you will say, let them
pay their share. Then vote for bonds.
^That is the only way out of it,
A fic rce battle is rang i g in the col-
omuB of the New "i'oik Uera d bt tweeu
the friends and the enemies of the United
8tat's Geological Suiviy under Major
Powell. The leader of the assaulting
forces is Professor Edward D. Cope, of
the Chair of Palaeontology and Geology
of the Uuivervity of P. ni.sj lv .nla, Major
Powell is nrrsignt d od the general charge
of consp ring with Prof. O. C M -rsli, of
Yale, to establish a p< litieo-gtological
ring, and Profi»<or Marsh is accused of
of plaiiiariz ng discoveries which have
given him a scientific re| utation, notably
kia discovery of the evolution of the horse
and concerning te oiled bireis. Major
Powell is ace usi d of ignorance ef the
kest known facts of ge ology, Altngc ther
His a very lively fight lietween the JeaN
•ce '"outs" of gi illogical embition
and the firmly intrenched 'ins,"
who seem in this case to have much the
best of the situation — Army & Navy
Journal.
Edward W. Jackson, General Mana-
ger of the Mexican Central Railroad, de-
clares that Mexico is a fruitful field for
the investment of American capital. He
is re ported co have sa d:—"At one time,"
"capitalists were much afraid to invest
in Mexico, hut uow investments are be*
ing made in that country by the shrew-
dest of European and American money-
holclere. The Mexican Central Rai.road
is owned by Americans; in fact, it is a
B stun corporation. It owns 1800 miles
of track, and is building to Tampico and
into Western Mexico The scheme for
building a ra ihoait through the Isthmus
of Panama and into the h-;art of South
America seems to be impracticable, In-
surmountable difficulties prevent the con-
siruction of tbe road, and even were it
constiucted the company could not com-
pete with a steamship and railway route
by way of Tehuantepec. The railroad
acioss the isthmus of Tehuantepec will
soon be finished, and it will shorten trav-
eling distance from New Oileacs to
western So"th American ports mauy.huu-
dreds of miles."
Delmonico Restaurant,
320 EL PASO ST., ()PBOSITE|OPKRA HOUSE EL PASO TEXAS
Cereghino & Arseguet, Proprietors-
Breakfast on the Short Order Plan from!6 to 12
Lunch from 12 to 2 p. m.
Dinner 60 Cents from 4 to 8 p. m.
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General Diaz, the president of Mexico,
ou the 7th of this month ordered the sec-
retary of thg treasury of that republi • to
place in Washington by the end of this
month $76,000 in American gold, in final
settlement of Mexico's debt to this coun-
try, of 43,976,000 as fixed by the mix d
commission at Washington in July. 1808
Tue thirty-nine bundled thousand had
bt en paid as agreed in annual install-
ments of $: 09,0d0 and the balance now of
$76,000 is the last payment in liquidation
of the entire eiebt.
The finances of our sister republic have
greatly improved with the conservative
administration of President Diaz. His
wisdom and care for public measures
have placed Mexico on the high road to
prosperity and wealth.
That Mexico has fiithfully me' her
obligations to the Unite d States is another
good reason for th s country tod' al Justly
with its southern neighbor. And among
the fair and equitable demands of Mex-
ico's people is the one for a restoration of
the water rights enjoyed by them on this
frontier. I he Rio Giam'e is bein« drains
ei in Colorado snd New Mexico auel
th( le in only ore way to give Mexicans
and Am» ri'ins here too the water they (
have in the rast used for irrigating
their fatms, that way is to build the
international dam alove this city.
Gr»at I luodii
Loicdov, Jan. 23 -Uemy guits prevail
in England t«>«Jay. At several places the
wind has driven the water into the land
causing great floods.
AN OR DIN A MCE
(No 16.)
to amend skctions 6, 8 and 14 of an or-
dinance relative to streets and
sidewalks.
Be it ordained by the Citt Council of
the Cm* of El Paso
Section 1. That section 6 of an ordi-
nance relative to itreeis and sidewalks,
approved August 12, 1889, be amended so
as to read as follows:
Sec. 6. As soon after the makinK of
such contract astheeostof such improves
ment shall be ascertained by the City
Engineer and reported to the Council, an
ordinance shall je prepared by the City
Attorney levying such tax in accordance
with the law in force, and thereupon it
shall be the duty of the City Engineer to
calc ulate the amount of tax and apportion
the same upon each block, lot e r piece of
giound as near ns he can ascertain as
>wned by each individual, in accordance
with such levy and to file a statement
thereof with the City Clerk. As thj im-
provements are completed iu front of
each block or fractional block of giound,
the City Engineer shall inspect tbe work
carefully, and if the said improvements
have been done according to contract, he
shali accept the same anei forthwith re-
port the acceptance of the same to the
City Council tor condimatiou or rejec-
tion. Said taxes shall become due and
may be colle< ted as the improvements in
front of each block are acce pted by the
City Council. Such tax if not paid with-
in th.rty days after bee ming due, shal!
have added th'reto a penalty of ten per
ceut and shall bear interest irom the clay
of s le at the rate of twenty-five per ceut
pi r annum to be computed on the tax
penalty and cost of sale. As soon as the
tax ia due on any b ock, lot or piece of
ground, the City Cler* shall issue a cer-
uticate describing it by its number and
block and stating the amount of tax due
ther> on and the name of the person en-
titled to the same a ui the purpose for
which said tax was levied;and such cer-
tificate so given 'hall be the tax warrat t
of ttie contractor and such certificate
shall be by the city clerk placed in the
hands of the city treamrer,who shall give
notice through the official pap r of the
city it the cost of the contractor, when
i he pi nalty shall acciue, and the treasurer
shall keep a record of all st'ch warrants
and enter in the-margiu of such lecori
all amounts paid and by whom paid.
When the taxes become delinquent the
city treasurer shali deliver said certificate
to tbe city assessor and collector who
-hall add the penalty thereto by virtue of
the law aforisiid, ard shall enter the
8ame by giving date of levy, description
of proper y, discretion of improvements,
and amount of tax and penalty assessed
agiiinst each pieceof land in a record book
to be by him prepared for that purpose,
and shall cause a notice to be published
once in each week for four consecutive
weeks in the official newspaper of the
city, containii g a description of the land
and He amount of tax, costs and penalty
thereon, and the time wh> n. ar.d place
where such land will be sold, and at said
time anil place of sale, he shall attend
and offer for sale each of such tracts of
land separately. '1 he person at such s tle
who shall offer to pay the taxes and pen-
alty and ceisis of sale for the least quan-
tity of land shall be the purchaser thereof;
provided, tbat if no person shall bid
the reon, the said land si.all be bid off by
said assessor and collector to the con-
tractor, who shall receive the same in
full for all indebtedness the rclore owing
him by the city, except wheie the city
shad become liable as in section 13 of
this ordinal ce, in which case the said
land shdl be bid off to the city. In case
less than tlie entire quantity of land shall
be sol'!, such le-s quantity shall be an
undivided fract'n nal interest in the entire
tract offered.
Sec. 2. That section 8 of aaid ordi-
nance be amended so as to re^d as fol-
lows: Sec, 8. Any perfon may redeem
any lot or piece of land so so d for such
tax's assessed thereon by paung the
taxes assessed, penalty anil costs of sale
and inter, st thereon,at 'he ra'eof twenty
five per cent per annum, al any time
within two years after such sale.
Any person who shall produce a deed
or ceitifieate from ilie cle rk of the county
c urt, certifying that tbe rec irds of such
cleikshuwhim to be tbe owner of any
part offiny tract ot lanei sold for such
taxe-s, may re de> m such part. There-'
den ption shall be made by such person
paying to the city treasurer for the owner
of the certificate of sale the amount of ali
charges above enumerated.
The trensurer shall thereupon noiify
the a-sessor and collector as to such re-
demption, who will note such lecemption
iu his tax sale book.
Sec 3 Tbat Sec. 14 of said ordinance
be amended so as to read as follows:
t-tc 14 Any pereou may. ui on pros
ducng to the city treasurer evidence of
the ownership of a par of any tract of
land for which any eeitificate of sale
shall have been issued at any lime before
the tax duel shall nave been executed
pay the proporiie nate amount of taxes,
penalty and cos1 then c'ueonsneh part,
or may pay en the whule of any trae
without such proof
Sec. 4 This ordinance shall take ef-
fect and M in force trem and afteu.^
approval and pabli atiro.
Approved Jau. 10 18t 0. —
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El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Tenth Year, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890, newspaper, January 24, 1890; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth460567/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.