The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-31
CITY FATHERS HOLD
VERY BUSY SESSION.
Ways and Means For Meeting City's
Obligations Discussed, and Va
rious Bills Paid.

Council was held at the City Hall
Yesterday afternoon, at 4:SO, with
the following present: Mayor
Combe, City Secretary Champion,
Aldermen Celaya, Browne, Putegnat'
Dworman. Thorn, City Attorney
Kibbe and Assistant Attorney Hud-
son.
The minutes of the last meeting
were approved as read after 1t mad
been voted to dispense with the
reading OF the ordinances adopted
at that meeting, and which mace
part OF the minutes.
Assistant Attorney Hudson pre-
scented resolutions relative TO the
death of the late city physician, Dr.
l.. F. Layton, and a motion to
spread these on the minutes and
send copies to the bereaved family
and to The Herald for publication
was adopted.
Applications were then presented
from DR.. G. S Stell and DR.. A. W.
Hnger for the position of city ply
stefan for the unexpired term OF
four months On motion OF Alder
man Browne, seconded by Alderman
I Celaya, DR. Hilger was appointed
city physician.
petition from the city scaven-
gers. for an increase OF salary of 81
per month was laid on the table,
after some discussion, in which 1t
was brought out that the scaVenger
/ force is not large enough to cover
/ the city effectively, several COM
plants having been made that
waste had been allowed to stand
for many days.
Chairman Putegnat OF the COM
/ mittee on market fees said the
/ committee was not ready to report
and an extension of time was grant
/ ed the committee
R. Holland appeared for the
/ Brownsville Electric and Plumbing
/ Co. and the Frontier Lumber Co.
which hold bills against the city of
/ 1864 and $1151.31 respectively. The
/ first is for work done On the new
/ market building and for the cleo
! trio light and water plant, while
! the second is for lumber used on the
market building. \ lengthy dis
cussion of ways and means followed,
during which it was brought out by
Attorney Kibbe that the city was in
position to float a bond issue of
! $4,000 to $4,000. Finally it was
/ moved by Alderman Thorn and sec
onded by Alderman Dworman that
81, 600 be diverted from the second
to the third class fund, and half of
it paid at once to the Brownsville
Electric & Plumbing Co Mr.. Hol-
land agreed TO accept that much in
cash with an interest bearing war
rant due April I, 1870 for the re
mainder The finance committee was
directed to confer with the officers
of the Frontier Lumber Co. regard
ing the acceptance by the latter OF
an interest bearing warrant for their
account
A claim of S1,645 by the San An
tonic Machine & Supply Co. against
the city light and water plant, foI
material furnished for the plant
= was presented. 1t was moved by
Alderman DwOrman and seconded
by Alderman Thorn that a warrant
due March I, 1910, with interest a
8 per cent, be issued to that cOmpa
ny, they having agreed to accep
such a warrant.
On behalf Of Macedonia Garcia
the market gardener, z. II Goodrich
put in a claim against the city TO
fees on SO head of cattle killed out
side the city slaughter house ant
sold within the city limits. The
market farmer has been unable t.
collect these fees or to stop Thu
traffic on account of defects in th'
old ordinance that was supposed Il
cover the case and now he claim
: that the city is liable, alleging tina
. it has not lived up TO its cOntrac
with him. He proposes, therefore
e to deduct the amount of his CLAIM
from the fees due the city by hin
on September l Attorney Hudson
g gave it as his opinion that the cit
g had done everything possible t.
g carry out the terms OF its cOntrac
o and could not be held liable for
2 defect in an ordinance that permit
n ted such a violation of law, and thai
t as Mr. Garcia had taken the con
Y tract under the old ordinance, b
+ could be held to it
Y Mr. Goodrich then brought VI
IS the matter of ice boxes in the marE
= ct, none Of the shops in the oil
l. market having yet complied wit
If the State law on the subject Their
d seemed to be a sentiment that a
d colder weather would soon be con
# ing on the ice boxes would not /
is necessary at present, thus saving tn
q butchers a considerable outlay A
tOrneys Kibbe and Hudson proteste
Ie that this stand was radically wrOn
n that the law should be enforced I
e. the city might get into trouble wit
6 the State Health Officer if it W;
r not
il The matter of screens in Il
'. market place was also brought u
l. Alderman Browne complaining tn
as they were in very bad shape Viii
" it seemed to be the general OpiniC
in that it was the duty of the mark
farmer to keep them in repair, l
~ definite action was taken
a. An application of A NJ. Steve
of of Brownsville to put a meat stS
he in the regular market was grant
as and he was advised to get his
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