El Paso Daily Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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EL PASO DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY MAY 12 1899;
THE DAILY HERALD
FRIDAY. MAY 12 1899.
Published
Every Evening
Sunday
Except
BY THE
Herald News Company
EL PASO. TEXAS.
LITTLE PLAZA.
- TELEPHONE 1115.
surpassed tbia side the Caucasus In the
art of mud slinging. In the fourth
editorial the Hard Times indicts Pres-
ident McKinley of high treason and
implies a desire to see the president
impeached and tried for this imaginary
orime. The whole article is ridiculous
and muddle headed. It also
is manifestly untrue for the people of
the United States are not opposed to
the administration policy in
the Philippines the attempt to pacify
the islands is not a "crusade against
the rights of man" and he is not
f treating the volunteers in the Philip
pines as conscripts by refusing to re.
turn them to their homes." The vo-
lunteers are anxious to remain as long
as they are needed and any one of
them is a thousand times more of a
man than these little shatter pated fel-
lows who are crying crocodile tears
over their alleged misfortunes. The
inspiration for this amusing outburst
of vacuity is found reprinted in the
MUNICIPAL TRACTION COMPANY q2XX!2s
Has Made the Folio win a Proposi
tion To the City Of Den
ver.
To the honorable mayor and city
council or the city of Denver:
Gentlemen The Municipal Traction
company has been organized under
the laws of the state of Colorado to
construct maintain and operate a sys-
tem of street railroads in the city of
Denver and adjacent territory. It de
sires to obtain from the city of Denver
the franchise and right of way in order
to carry on Its business.
It realizes that the rights it asks for
from the city should be compensated
for and it is willing to accept a
franchise upon such conditions and
terms as will inure not only to its
benefit but also to the benefit of the
people of the city of Denver.
We ask for a franchise and right of
way over all the streets of the city of
Denver at present occupied by street
railroads this franchise and right of
way to take effect upon the termina-
tion of the present rights of the street
Stock
JOSHUA 8. RAVNOLD8 President;
ULYSSES 8. STEWART Oaahlar;
M. W. FLOURNOY Vlea-Praaldnt
J08. W. WILLIAMS. Asst. Oashlsr.
Is Ready For
FIEST NATIONAL BANK
El Paso Texas
Capital and 8urplus.
$160000
HENE Y L. NEWMAN. Jfe. Cashier.
WILLI AMCH. VEBB. Assistant Castler.
I We Are Now Ready
For Business.
11 Independent WeBUbliC2n Hard Times just below the editorials railway company now occupying such
H. L. NEWMAN & SON Bankers
EL PASO TEXAS.
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Purchasers of Gold and Silver Bullion. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. Mex:
ivaa iuuuey uu juxcuanKB oongoi ana aoia ana deceived on De-
posit Subject to Check. Transfers Made by Wire to All
Points in Mexico. Special Attention Given
Collections. Correspondence
Solicited.
O. R. MOREHEAD Prssldsnt;
J.O. LAO K LA NO Oa.hi.r;
JOSEPH MAQOFFIN Vios-Presldsnt ?
J. H.:RU88ELL. Asst.OMhiar.
NEWSPAPER.
Rigid Enforcement of Existing Laws
Is the First Step Toward Mu-
nicipal Reform.
It is to be presumed that af tr this sud
den awakening and turning over in its
childlike sleep the Hard Times will
once more accept contriDutions irom
the editors of the Houston Post and St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
J. A. Smith - - General Manager
H. D. Slater Editor
Henry Li.Capell - Business Manager
Entered at the postofflce at El Paso Texas
for transmission through the malls at second
class rates.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally one year...
" mix months..
" three " ..
" one "
Weenly one year.
" six months....
three "
7.00
3-6i)
1.75
.60
S.80
1.00
.60
TO ADVERTISERS.
In orderjto Insure proper changes In adver-tislng.-copy
for-same should be at the busi-
ness office not later than 10 a in.
The introduction of the bill for a
franchise ordinance by the Citizens'
committee last night marks an epoch
la the history of this city. For many
years our people have been paying
rates for electric light that everyone
knew to be exorbitant and at the same
time the service has been wholly un-
satisfactory. The city might have
gone on paying and suffering if it had
not been for the activity of a few pub-
lic spirited citizens who determined
to secure a better and cheaper service
for the city and for individual con-
sumers. These men have pro-
ceeded'on a most business like basis
and after close figuring they have
eome to the conclusion that they can
establish a plant that will enable
them to furnish lights to individual
consumers at exactly one third what
they are paying now and that the
rate to the city can be reduced by one
third at tbe same time assuring a good
profit on the investment. The
franchise presented by the committee
last night is printed in full on another
page. It provides for all sight In-
candescent lights at a dollar a month
iq id c J jlit lights at seventy five cents
aii night arc lights at eight dollars
and moon schedule arc
lights at six dollars and fifty
cents. The cost of incandescent lights
by meter fifteen cents per thousand
watts is less than is charge! in any
other city similarly situated. The
company will bind itself to make any
reasonable extensions at any time in
the discretion of the city council. It
offers tthe income tax clause. It of-
fers to furnish instruments and pay the
expenses of testing and to abide by
the rulings of tbe city council with re-
gard toj adjustments. The company
will bind itself to sell all its plant and
property Including good will patron
age leases and contracts .to
the city on the first day of next year.
or at l the expiration of. any term of
five years thereafter the rate of com
pensatlonibeing determined by a board
to be selected by tbe two parties con
cerned. The company further bonds
itself in the sum of two thousand dol
lars to begin work In two months and
have the plant in operation within eight
months of'the date of passage of the
ordinance. The whole proposition is
bo eminently fair and reasonable that
the city council can hardly avoid
granting the franchise aeked for.
In Denver there has been for some
time a lively fight between tbe people
and the city tramway company. The
Post which has bravely championed
the cause of the people so bravely
that it bas at present on its hands a
civil suit for libel amounting to 8100-
000 besides action for criminal libel
against its publishers has shown that
the cqmpany at present in control has
been guilty of all'eorts of corruption
and that it is consistently and continu
ally robbing the people by its tax
dodging exorbitant charges and
poor service. The fight was all one
sided for a time. The company defied
the city council and the administra-
tion and claimed a perpetual franchise
over all the streets of Denver. The
tune of the company iwas suddenly
changed a week ago when -a strong
company with the best tof financial
backing came into the field with an
offer which embodied all the demands
that had been made by the people and
assumed such a reasonable attitude in j
making a deal for a franchise to
do business that its offer was
at once taken in good faith
and met with general public
approval. We reprint today the offer
made by the new company. The Mun
icipal Traction company is composed of
Kansas City Indianapolis and Den-
ver capitalists of the highest standing.
The controlling element is the same as
that which undertook to operate a rail-
road in Indianapolis after the existing
company had long defied every effort
cf the people and the city government
to compel it to reform its methods or
abandon the field. The new com-
pany took a hand and as
soon as -the old franchise could be
vacated it began to operate a system
which has since given complete satis
faction. All signs now point to an
early end of the present disgraceful
situation in Denver. The people are
determined to get control of the streets
and it is not likely that another fran-
chise will be granted without the most
careful scrutiny. Our own people
might take a lesson from the exper-
ience of Denver in this matter. We
want to be very careful that we do
not bind ourselves to any corpora-
streets whether that termination shall
ocour by expiration of time limit or
decree of court or action of the city
council. Our franchise to expire in
twenty years from the time it shall
take effect.
We ask for tbe right to use any mo
tive oower except steam.
In return for tnts franchise grant
and right of way we offer the following
compensation therefor
We will grade the streets occupied
by us from curb line to curb line when
ever called upon so to do by the pro
per city authorities so as to make such
streets conform to the officially estab
lisbed grade. We will pave the space
between tbe rails of our tracks and for
two feet on each side of the outer
rails and maintain such paving in good
repair at all times and agree that such
paving may be done by the city and
charged up to us in the same manner
as is done with property owners and
that the lien lor such paving expense
snail always be a prior lien on our
franchise and property.
Not over two tracks shall be placed
upon any street. No freight shall be
carried upon our Hues except such
freight and material as may be neces
sary lor us to use In tne proper repair
and operation of our road.
We will give such surety bond as in
the judgment of the city may be
thought proper. In the construction
of our road we will subject ourselves
to any reasonable restriction you may
see fit to impose. We will agree to
remove poles and overhead wires at
any time any general ordinance of the
city may be enacted calling for such
removal aoplying to all poles and
wires within any specified district or
territory.
We will equip all our oars with pro-
per vestibules and fenders. We will
gree to properly warm our cars in
cold weather. We will conform to any
restriction as to speed and minimum
service you msy deem wise.
We will pay into the city treasury in
addition to our general city property
tax and car license tax as fixed by law
and ordinance the sum of 2i per cent
upon our gross receipts such payments
New York
Store
STATE NATIONAL BiK
Established April 1881.
A legitimate banking business transacted in all its branches Exchano-n r
all the cities of the United States bought at par. Highest prices paid for Mex
ican Dollars.
JUAREZ BRANCH
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF EL
PASQ AND VICINITY:
We take great pleasure in noti-
fying the people at large that we
have opened the cheapest store
In the state. We sell strictly for
cash at lower prices than have
ever been eold before. We will
prove what we say and convince
you of this fact. The stock that
we carry consists of Dry Goods
Boots and Shoes Ladies' and
Gent's Furnishings Hats Caps
Gloves Hosiery and Notions.
It will be to your interest should
you be in need of any of the
above mentioned goods to look
over our stock as we will under-
sell any and all competitors.
Respectfully
-OJF THK-
THE...
INew
Banco Comercial of Chihuahua
CAPITAL $600000.
Bay and eell?Mexlcan Money and Exchange on all the principal? cities of the
Republic of Mexico the United States and Europe.
A General Banking Business Transacted.
Dibbctohs: LUIS TERRA Z AS; ENRIQUE O. OREELt JOS. M riLOnir
MAXIMO KBAKACBB: LUIS TERR AZ AS.
Cl3dAjSoxra' KKAKAPEK Manager oftheT B 11160 WhtTQ if CiuhDlhU.
H. LESIN8KY. A. SOLOMON B. P. MIOHELSON. 8. J. FREUDENTHAL.
rwuuens. Decreiarv. General Manager
H. LESINSKY CO.
Wholesale Grocers
and JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS.
chSJ"?V out goods fln-
Class. v e solicit the trade of dealers only and give especial attention to mall orders.
STORE.
tion.
The Hard Times this morning dis
pensed with theBservices of the editors
of the.Hou9ton Post and the St. Louis
Post Dispatch for a breathing spell
and the!result is curioue. The first
editorial is a little equib about con
ceited ipeople -other than those con-
nectedJwithjthe.Hard Times. The sec-
ond is a lot offrantic imbecility about
the answer filed'in the district court
by Dr. Turner all of which is without
one iota offoundation in fact for the
answer didjnot contain any of the ob-
jectionable matter with which the
Hard Times charges it. The Herald
printed tbe answer in full Wednes-
day night and readers can
judge for themselves. Every
statement therein contained is the
truth and is sustained by affidavits.
Delirious abuse by the Morehead ad-
herents cannot change the facts a
hair's breadth. The third editorial
most of which is copied from an ex-
change is devoted to the sins of slan-
derers. The Hard Times ought to
know all about it for that organ is not
Let us hope that the mayor and the
city council will not attempt to work
another rabbit's foot on the people like
the one they tried a few months ago in
reference to the electric lighting
contract. Bids should by all means be
advertised for and the contract award-
ed to the lowest responsible bidder.
And gentlemen don't let us have any
more of that star chamber business.
Let us have it all honest and above
board. The whole city is interested in
this matter and no pri-
vate interest should be al-
lowed to influence the decision
of the council away from the line that
is best for the city. Favoritism to none
is far better than favors to all or a few.
The mayor announced before the
council met last night that it was the
firm intention of the city council to ad
vertise for bids for lighting the city
and to award the contract to the low-
est bidder. Tbe International Light
and Power company asks for a fran
chise so that it may be enabled to bid
for the city contract. Although tbe
new company will not be dependent
upon the city contract for its existence
the citizens are certainly entitled to
the benefits of competition and the
franchise should by all means be grant
ed as soon as possible.
The electric light contract award is
a plain matter of business. The Her
ald wants no favoritism but simply
the guarantee of a fair field. And the
new company should by all means be
given a chance to compete for the city
lighting on the same terms as are
given to other concerns.
to dq made annually or
you may prefer.
We will open our books at all times
to the proper city officials or to a com-
mittee appointed by tbe mayor or city
council for inspection.
We will charge a 5-cent cash fare
for a continuous ride to any part of the
city granting universal transfers from
one line to another for that purpose.
During the first ten years of our fran-
chise we will sell six full fare tickets
for 2d cents and twenty-five tickets for
91 making practically a 4-cent fare.
During the remaining ten years of the
franchise we will Bell seven full fare
tickets for 25 cents and thirty tickets
for $1 making less than a 34-cent fare;
children's half-fare tickets to be sold in
same proportion such tickets good for
children under 12 years of age.
Tbe city may reserve the right to
take possession of and operate these
lines when the franchises at present
governing them expire and our rights
will be in that case waived in favo
the city. After our rights take effect
the city may reserve the right at the
end of ten years or at the end of twen
ty years by giving us three months'
notice to purchase all our lines and
property at an appraised valuation to
be fixed by three appraisers one to be
appointed by the city one by our com
pany and tbe two thus selected to
ohoose the third. In case of such pur
chase payment may be made in cash
or in city bonds duly authorized bear-
ing interest at 4 per cent and running
not over hity years.
We are willing that all these terms
and conditions and offers of the com-
pany shall be made a part of the con
tract by being placed in the franchise.
and that all the obligations as well as
rights andiprivlleges of the franchise.
shall be made binding upon and inure
to the benefit of not only the Municipal
Traction company but also its success
ors and assigns.
If this propositions shall meet with
your favorable consideration we would
be glad to have our officers and attor-
neys meet with the mayor city attor
ney and proper committee of tbe city
council and agree upen the proper
wording of a bill for an ordinance to
carry out the provisions of our proposi
tion with such suitable conditions and
restrictions to properly protect the in'
terests of the city as may in vour judg
ment be deemed necessary. Yours
respectfully
The Municipal Traction Co.
Attest: T. S. Murray Pres
By Granville I. Chittenden Seo
Fresh Kansas eggs and butter
oranges and lemons and cabbage. Ban
anas 30c a dozen. O'Neill's Grocery
4U Mesa ave.
Morehouse
Next to Postofflce
quarterly as a
Pillsbury's
Best
York jy-i stamp.
PlcU Shoe
Block 92 1 Tiia IO -1
G WE GUARANTEE THE WEAR. ' ft
ft Write fox Estixxiettos to-th. a
El Paso Foundry-Machine Co.
H. P. NOAKE.
is the best flour
in the world. It is
the World's standard.
2 EL PASO GROCERY CO..
Corner Overland and Oregon Sts.
PMUN
DEALER IN
Fine Vehicles
Mitchell and Old Hick-
ory Wagons.
Harness-
Whips and Robes.
Cor. Overland and Santa Fe Cta
I have the only machine for
potting on Rubber Tires In
the Southwest.
Old City Hall Building
On terms to suit all
Purchasers.
Fb.no Tuning Polishing ud
Repairing.
W. G. DUNN
8SO San Antonio St.
oxxxxoxooxxxOi
SURPLUS iQ av
Mountain of Strength
EQUITABLE
Mutual
New York. . .
$56731703
44458685
37876179
Received weekly from Balsa Hnos.
Veracruz. Mexican leather carver at
work. Call on us.
W.G.WALZ CO jCiudad Juarez.Mex
Opp. Custom House.
j. c. voss. I
Jeweler I Optician
28 years experience. r
3? 102 San Antonio St. El Paso. K
'tt'iS? Zlf '7R?'7S 9N JVi llS" W 77$3&tF
Surplus is the only fund from
which dividends to policy hold-
ers can be paid.
DIVIDENDS
5 years 1893-1897.
EQUITABLE $11030732
Mutual 10035048
New York 9834733
DIVIDENDS
1898.
$3059745
2255245
2759432
Buy your ooal from "O'Brien Coal
Co." the agents and direct shippers
irom the Cerrlllos mines. 'Phone e.
If You
The result of tne school board fight
is not altogether encouraging-. It
eaves the whole thine in a turmoil
aad meanwhile the schools are likely to
suffer. New buildings should be got
under way and routine matters need to
disposed of.
The best and tbe purest creamery
butter in this nsartcet is the Shady
Grovp. Two pounds for 45 cents at the
&l faso Grocery Co.
Cheap furniture glass ware and
China ware; call at Mooney's. 115. S.
Oregon St.
Two dozen fresh eggs for twenty-five
cents at the Klf aso Grocery.
Pillsbury'a Best Flour is the best
the world. El Paso Grocery Co.
in
The . . .
Gentlemen'
Resort. .
want to find a man and
don't see him on the
streets go to the . . .
Gem
Billiard
Rooms
The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANC SO I TY
OFTHE UNITEDISTATES.
WALTER N. PARKHURST Gen'l Manager Albuquerque N. At.
H. F. KETTLER. - - - District Agent
"Room 5 Morehouse Block El Faec Texas.
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Slater, H. D. El Paso Daily Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1899, newspaper, May 12, 1899; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth297110/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .