Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-07-11

Inc Dig bnlnR cdne Ou ldsb ulSut
when the city council met in regular
monthly session. At the last regular
meeting the city electric light bill was
held up, under protest from Alderman
Cement, that the company had failed
to deliver the goods.
AT the meeting last night the bill
came up again, approved by the chair
man of the water and light committee,
and the fight was again precipitated.
Mr.. Cement has been busy since the
last meeting, and had correspondence
from numerous towns, which he argued
and showed that Palestine was paying
from 25 to so per cent more for lights
than the majority of Texas towns.
Mr.. VIM. Broyles, manager of the
electric light plant was present, and
asked permission to speak to the coun-
Gil. This permission being granted he
entered general denial of the charges
preferred by Mr.. Cement, and stated
that his company was ready to do any
thing within reason that the council
thought fair, and that if they did not
want the lights just say the word, and
they would be cut off; that the bill
called for services rendered, and he
demanded its payment. Lively dis
cussion followed, in which several of
the aldermen and the manager were
mixed up in war of words. The
matter was finally adjusted by the
council voting to pay the bill, and the
mayor being authorized to appoint a
special committee to make a new con-
tract with the light company, subject
to approval of the council.
1t was generally known that this
matter would be up for discussion last
night, and as a result there was pres
ent a good sized audience of specta-
tors, to enjoy the fire. works. They
were not disappointed.
Mayor Bowers was absent, as were
Aldermen johnson and Grant. Pres
emit: Aldermen Hunter, Manley, Tenn
pie, Caldwell and Cone; Alderman
Hunter, president of the council, pre-
si;6iiDE. ON no
Minutes OF the last meeting re-s,
and approved.
The following communication was
received, read and referred to the
mayor and the finance COMMITTEES: 4
Palestine, Texas, June 20, 1905
To His Honor, Mayor A. l.. Bowers,
and the Honorable Members of the
City Council, Palestine, Texas.
Gentlemen:-At the last meeting of
the board of public school trustees, a
resolution was unanimously adopted
asking the president of the board to
committee of that body to
the Honorable City Council
with the congested condition of the
public schools and to urge upon You
the necessity OF providing more room
for the pupils of said schools. There
fore, the undersigned committee, ap-
pointed as aforesaid, beg leave to
submit to you for your earnest con-
sideration the following statement of
facts:
Every public school in the city IL
and it has been a matter OF
serious difficulty for two years past to
provide seats for the pupils entitled to
them; and, although the board has
built two rooms and last February
rented store room in the Second
Ward for school purposes, the con-
gestion is more evident now than at
any other time, and the enrolment
continues to increase rapidly, espec-
ally in the Central and Second Ward
schools
During the scholastic year just
,losed there we're several rooms in
which more than so pupils were en-
-olled; and in the colored schools more
han so have been enrolled in one
Dom in two different schools.
The reports of the white schools
'how that 80 children were turned |
away during the scholastic year be-
cause seats could not be provided for