The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-13
MIR. Browne Relates How He Wanted Him
to Speculate in Tax Judgments.
lat HIS TAX SUITS HAVE AMOUNTED
Enormous Bills of Costs Piled Up Against the CITY
Out of All Proportion to the Judg-
ments Recovered

OF $1,000 ON ground that was purchased
iof Sl4oOo 1T has cost $1,000 TO run
I thlS mule ncncrator for three wears " he
ucc9red, and II has been shut down for
uMcNe mon - still they are paving a
man 10 watch IL and see that il does NOT
tail down. Besides they paid about 5000
10 pave the streets leading To it, making
n toial cost Of the great sample of mn.
nlcipal ownership $4,000
And there's the park department If
cost $1,000 to run IT last wear and the
park. which is hardly big enough to raise
moderate crop OF sweet potatoes on has
rost YOU about $4,000 altogether Here
You have approximately $4,000 spcnt on
TINS Joke OF a park and farce OF crema.
tory, aud no sewers in the Fair Grounds
addition"
Pointing to the Fannln school, standing
before him. Mr.. Coleman said: There's
another sample Of their capacity for Inu-
nippal ownership. They let fire burn "A
holc in the roof and they spent $4,000 in
repairing a hulding that cost S35,0Oo and
he other day u little wind that wouldn't
blow your bat on came along and New
IN the windows sash aud nlI and rndnn-
gercd the lives Of the children Time ana
again. also. has II been necessary to dis
miss the pupils because the heating ap-
naratnS wouldn't work
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Reaching the subject of costs IN the tax
suits filed 10y Mr. Stewart while city at
cnScs copied from tho records in the dis
triet clerks Office because there we're no
city records to get the figures from. Said
he: II h~yc not figured the total costs
Of these cases tc the CITY, but ! have added
M The costs Of publication. In thirty-four
OF these cases, about half of which are
against women. the costs Of publication
. one amounted 10 SlS7SOI, while the
amount of tho taxes was S939sl. IN
TWENTY-FIVE Of the cases the costs of pub
llcation alone were S142J. while the amount
of the taxes was equally disproportiounte.
Who got the publication Of the citations
in those casesE' Some one in the crowd
asked
You know well enough without my say
Ing who; you tell" Mr.. Coleman replied,
And they yelled the name Of an evening
publication Jealous in MIR. Stewards be-
half
Yes. that's the name. Mr.. Coleman
assented That's the paper that sports
yacht and well it can afford to do It
with such a graft
Having been asked to say something more
about municipal ownership, MIR. Coleman
spoke OF the market house. saying that
these alleged champions Of municipal
ownership could not even rebuild il. And
what did they do about tho insurancef
Why, with Mr.. Stewart 70 advise the
mayor and keep him from going wrong
they neglected to make proof If loss and
can not now recover Furthermore, they
neglected to get juildmg permit IN re
pair il And that's not all. John Stew
art let the market house get away from
him once when he thought he had recovered
it from the city. SO that the policy on u
was void And what did they do when
tho Insurance companies offered TO pay the
loss and protect tho city against costs II
they would sue the water company for
failing 10 comply with its contract In the
matter NJ water pressure Incy refused
10 sue rho dear. good w1tor company Mr.
sam had prepared the papers IN sue the
company. but they wouldn't let him do II.
They pushed him aside and told him no
rould not practice in the inner temple as
he had simply hcen elected by tho people
Tho counsel tho power behind the throne
would not allow the water company 10 ""
sued and " was not Sued."
Mr.. Coleman hold the attention NJ the
audience from start 10 finish and was
chcered loud and long by tho 800 people
present as he closed
lie was followed by Mr., T. W. Archer,
candidate for alderman. and others, who
wcro well received.