Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-09
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To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council.
Gentlemen:
In compliance with resolutions
passed az a regular meeting OF the
City Council held Monday, December
18th, 1911. we your committee on
claims beg 10 present our report:
Carrying out the wishes OF our
constituents who with ~ AZ citizens
q Brownsville are jealous OF the
city's honor and integrity. when
claims for services or material fur
nished the city have been placed in
our hands. hnding that the city has
had the benefit OF the service or ma
terial. after We had thoroughly in
vestigated and finding the account
correct. we have recommended pay
ment Of same. In no instance have
We claimed the statute Of Limitation.
No record could be found OF
a number OF old In these
cases we we're compelled 10 recon-
ment payment upon swdrn state
ments or claimants signed and ap-
proved BY the Supt. Of our water
and light plant. Some accounts
showed ex0rbitant prices paid for
fuel. material and services rendered.
and although your committee disap-
proved the payment OF accounts
where excessive prices and charges
were made. the council was COM
PEELED 40 pay these accounts 10 avoid
law suits and cost Of court.
The following claims have been
paid with one year s per cent. In
terest bearing warrants which en-
bodies all the city's outstanding one
year interest bearing 9 per cent.
warrants:
Warrant No. I "a ", Brownsville
Hardware Company. S2e2.50.
Warrant No. 7 10 10. r. ". Heit-
man. ~SG49.50.
Warrant No. 20. Gulf Refining
Company. S4f.9c.
Warrant No. 2I TO "a. Valley
Plumbing Company s1s2.f3.
Warrant 81 to ~. Martin Wright
S1.G5O.00.
Warrant Is 10 GA Valley Plumbing
COMPANY. s325.00
Warrant No. G5 10 IS. Electric
Appliance Company. sGcO.S4.
Warrant No. ~ to 90. HObs0n
Electric Company. $~1.O14.eT.
Warrant No. 100 to 10l. Manuel
Barreda. $T5.36.
Warrant 100 70 1t5 Western
Electric Company seSS.04
Warrant No. l16 % us. The
Fairbanks Company. stO6.S4.
Warrant No. 119 TO 129-Alamo
Iron Works. $527.94.
Warrant No. 100 10 1874. Tel
Electric Company. 2OS.5a.
Warrant No 1876 70 1873. Western
Electric Company. s1SG.2T.
Warrant No. 139 TO 40. Pierce
Fordyce OH Assn. $500.
Warrant No. al 10 157. ". +.
McDavitt. $4,000.
Warrant No. 15S. Western Flee
trio Company. S40.a6.
Warrant No. 159 to 100. Jose &C.
laya. $500.
Warrant No. 161 20 cS. II. a
Paine. S359.0S.
Warrant 1e9 &c Ia Valley Plumb
ing Company. Sz5t43.
Warrant No. f7a. Valley Plumb
ing Company. S1O.lN.
Warrant 175 to 1T. II. NJ. Field
Com. Co. scale.
Warrant No. IT'S Pierce Fordyce
Oil Assn. 5000.
Warrant No. 179 10 1S2. Mason
Transfer Co. $4,000.
Warrant 1S3 10 lS4 #. N. Axtell.
$500.
Warrant No. fS5 to 1Sa San An
tonic Boiler Works. ~S20S.00.
Warrant No. 100 q 1871. Cataract
Refining Company. Ss1.O4.
Warrant No. 1872 To 1875. Fort
Wayne Eectric Works. s243.O3.
Warrant No. 1917 TO goo, Frontier
Lumber Company $i5g.50.
Warrant No 20l 10 205 Alamo
Iron Works. $2O4.32.
Total amount 0f ! year y per rent
investment warrants. s~9.3S2.09.
Total mount OF claims paid.
S~9.6O1.O2.
or this amount t$9.GO1.O2) Nine
thousand six hundred and two
100 dollars only ~S1SOi.0S was for
debts contracted within the past two
years. Claims 10 the amount or
tsT.77a9I seven thousand. seven
hundred and seventy-nine 94-l0O
were pending from previous admin
istrations. Respectfully.
BERNARD Il. CAIN.
Chairman Committee on Claims.
IN addition to the above there are
unvaru1 ola cInfmr which