The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-16
a BEAUMONT BUDGET.
srEEL PLACED on THE II. AND l.. :.
BRIDGE.
Contrnc, AT sabine Pass Sublet-sub-
urh- Naw Seeking Schooi FnciIi-
tie>-Jnsper Rites En- Route.

s-su.ao-i. Texas, July 15.-Th!s after
aooa the steel draw for the Texa-kana aud
Far Smith -4Irosa bridge across he
St1ss -.ver was .Fsuue .uio place and The
aarr.aery rgfEed IS eAsy a. u It had be- 4
z OPERATOR f1- months. Three cars Of
stool BAD been pr yi9rsly aaokld Up 10 the
S-s-GgI, approach 10 ale bridge and be-
lore aiEL, tb- h-!tge had heea tracked aud
TIE cg1z:-uciiya gang ~e.s putting down
y-.ls u the trezile n Orenge county.
Track izy.ng 81 lie Southern Fscitic june
tion b=4z1 last Monday and the engineer
u barge says that TIE track between this
sanction and Beaumont Will be completed
- Saturday night Trains can nos cross
TIE Seeces river bridge with perfect safety,
there ht.ag nrty = fax More holis ntces-
saTy 20 complete tho structure Steel rails
az Low arriving daily and The pee Gee
people eX}--r, 10 haze the laAt gap in th4ir
'az1 cles=t By august
ErIsfie ., isog, contractors for govern
~ at improvements IN the Sabine Pass
70 Tor, have sgble, the dredging part Of
1tfT contract 10 the New York Dredging
-c, isny The contract Frnyi4,s for the
excavation u 800 90 cubic yards OF dirt
from me sabine Pass channel ThH will
aa,a widen and deepen the present channel
IN reporting the teachers collected for
Miss Carrie preston was Enthusiastically
omitted A.zs Preston wa e!ccted teacher
81 ths gccgld grade Of tge North End
sthool she - Beaumont young lady aad
j. REGARDED a. one Of the MOS efficient
teachers In the corps Thu schools viii
ron uiac inr'ead u ten months as reported
tr his mornings Port
Tho residents Of school district No. 3
hive called g meeting 30 be held at the
%eghc, institute Saturday night for the
purtoas Of dayisiug the EayH and means
for providing schools for the loo white
children within the scholastic ag- who r.
side 10 rho district. TGs populnus portion
q school district no. 3 is virtually a part
n Beaumont. though II Is Rot within the
corporst" !iuiiis. 4 majority o; The rest
dents i've cloGer TO the Nor,h Erd school
building than DO three-fif'hs Of the peo-
pie lrs!Ge tho corporation who will reap
he benefits Of ihe public schools. Thcy
also l!ss closer TO the business center than
DO iwo-itirds Of the population OF the city
rfop'r. They have electric lights and on
/ 500 the luxur,cs aud comforts OF the city
! hut para.stsntiy refuse TO come into the
2 corporate limita and share The burden o.
taxation. Al resent election ciiizers
within corporate limits voted a school tax
with The distinct understanding that no
pupils outside the limits should be admit
I tod The school board has announced a
) determination 10 pursue this policy aud
( consequently the citizens OF district npd
! n necessary to devise Ways and means 10
educate their Children. Just what steps
viii be- taken can not be surmlsed, but the
easiest solution would seemingly he for
/ school district No or the ci.y portion q
! St 70 become part Of the Beaumont mum
/ icipailty.
I The county court has sper, the day try
/ lux Jap Levin. charged with renting houses
for disoTdcrly purposes. The testimony
wav concluded this afternoon and the case
win be argued tomorrow usOrning.
Tho Jasper rifles. twenty one men, COM
marded by Frat Lieutenant l.. =. Scar
| borough. arrived on the Kaysee tonight
and departed for San Antonio TO attend tho
enoampmont. Captain u !. kellie. who
organized the company and who has here
iofoye been with II at all encsmpmonts
IL not with the rifles. business connected
with the Josper Southern railroad detain-
ing him in Jasper.