The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-26
TO CITIZENS OF BROWNSVILLE.
Plan for Raising Funds for Sewer
System Outlined by Chairman.

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At meeting of the sewerage COM
mittees, held at the Office Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Commercial
Club yesterday, after considerable dis
cussion of the absolute necessity for
immediate installation of a sewer sys-
TEN for the city, it was decided to
call upon all members of the execu-
tive and ward committees to devote
Thursday. Friday and Saturday of
this week to make an exhaustive can
vass of the city for the purpose of
completing the subscriptions to the
fund needed to raise the amount ne
cessary to carry out the swer propo-
sition. The ward committees are re-
quested to add to their number such
citizens as will enable them to carry
out the object of this appeal with the
least possible delay. There is no time
to lose. Summer is upon us with all
its danger. What is to be done, must
be done at once The executive COM
mittee respectfully appeals to every
citizen to make as large subscrlp-
ton as possible and to make 1t
promptly when called upon by the
committees The secretary of the
commercial Club will receive any sub
scriptions from citizens who may be
overlooked by the committees at any
time from 500 a. M. to 600 p. m.
Our citizens are reminded that they
are not asked for a donation, but are
requested to subscribe to the capital
stock of an incorporated company
which will yield clear divident of at
least 8 per cent per annum on the in
vestment. The following is list of
the members of the varjSus commit
tees as at present constituted:
Executive committee. Yturria,
James A. Browne, James B. Wells,
Uriah Lott, s. C. Tucker, F. ]. Combe,
E. C. Forto.
First ward committee-Ben. Ko-
WALSH, A. Alonzo B. G. Stegman, L.
H. Hallam, Geo. ]. Head, NJ. Fernan-
dez. l.. H. Bell.
Second ward committees. L.
Dworman. R. B. Creager, Teofilo erik
ell, F. w. Kibbe, NJ Hanson, Frank
Rabb. Juan G. Fernandez.
! Third ward committee-E. A Nc
Gary, A Ashheim. L. Cobolini, Joe
Celaya. A. C. Brokaw, k. E. Holland
F. Lopez, Oscar Souder, J. B. Scott,
John F. Walls.
] Fourth ward mmittee-Noah AL
| len, John McClintock. E. H. Goodrich
Geo. Champion, DR.. c. H. Thorn, Dr.
H. X. Loew, Adolfo Cara A. Cueto,
Lon c. Hill, Joseph Webb, w. G. Will
man.
These committees will carry with
them the following statement:
The citizens recognizing the abso-
lutte necessity of the immediate in
1stallation of a sewerage system in the
city of Brownsville, and, as the city on
account of its present financial condi-
ton, is unable to provide means to
install such sewerage system, the cit
liens have, therefore, undertaken to
provide such means, and propose to
organize a private corporation with a
capital stock of thirty thousand dol
lars being the amount required to
contruct an efficient sewerage system,
and propose to apply to the city
council of the city of Brownsville for
a franchise to install such sewerage
system in this city, and procure the
passage of suhc ordinances as will
insure the company sufficient revenue
to pay all operating expenses and a
dividend of at least eight per cent
per annum. upon the capital stock OF
said company. For this purpose and
upon these conditions, a subscription
list is being circulated
WILLIAM KELLY,
Chairman
Brownsville, Texas. May 26, 1909.