Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-20
COUNCIL BUSINESS
BROUGHT OVER
ITEMS CROWDED OUT FOR LACK
OF SPACE.
Paving 0rdinance-Question of In
terest to be Paid by Property
Owners - Burial of Paupers.
Election Officials.

Owing TO the limited space ant
a super-abundance of other gooc
reading matter, the Herald wa,
forced to omit several important
items from yesterday mornings ac-
count of the proceedings of the city
council.
Some of the features omitted
were:
An ordinance creating Paving
District No. 1. which the city at
torney had been Instructed to draw
up, was read and adopted. This or
dinance, in effect. is intended to
supplement or replace the ordinance
first adopted providing for the paw
ing of the district for which the
$4,000 bond issues was voted. 1t
includes the provisions of that in
strument and also provides that
property owners in the district shall
remove any sidewalks, awnings.
trees, etc, on the front Of their
property which may encroach upon
he street.
The report of City Engineer ].
w. Davis, stating the amount which
owners of property abutting on the
streets to be paved shall be assessed
respectively, in payment of the cost
of one-third of the street paving,
was read and approved. The read
ing of the list Of property owners
and the amount assessed against
each was dispensed with.
The Interest Question.
The next matter of interest was
brought up by Alderman Cobolini,
who said that he wanted the matter
of the amount of interest to be paid
by the property owners to be
brought up before the council and
the opinion of that body obtained.
Mr.. Cobolini said that he was op-
posed to charging the citizens eight
per cent while the city was only
paying five per cent Alderman Scott
said that the ordinance called for a
charge of eight per cent, but was
informed by City Attorney Russell
that the ordinance reads, mot to
exceed eight per cent" Mayor Ko-
walski said that the reason for the
proposal to charge the property own
ers eight per cent was that Mr..
WadswOrth had Informed the coun-
Gil that the paving notes could be
floated better at that rate of interest
and that the work of paving could
be pushed better thereby.
Alderman Crixell said that the
people were mistaken If they
thought the council was making
anything by the increased rate, as
1t was only at the. higher rate of in
terest that the company could dis
pose Of the notes and continue the
paving. This sentiment was sec
onded by Alderman Blackshear. who
said that the council was only
standing between the people and the
bank, where they would have to pay
ten per cent interest, If they had to
borrow the money for the paving
Alderman Scott said that he did not
think they could get investors to
take the notes at lower rate of in
terest
The next ordinance read was the
one requiring the sidewalks, avn
ings, trees, etc, on the streets 10 be
made to conform with the city lines
and grades.
Mayor Kowalski then informed
the council that the city clerk had
a list of all the qualified voters of
the city in his possession.
Would Lower Piperos' License.
Mr.. Kowalski said that he had
been asked by the drivers of the
water carts to request that the city
council l7wer their tax of soc per
month as, since the filtering plant
had been established they did not
do as much business as formerly
Mr.. Kowalski informed the council
that there was no politics whatever
| in the propositions There was nc
| discussion of the matter.
Opening Fire Plugs.
D. Fl. Cummins appeared before
/ the council and said that he hat
heard a great deal o. talk since the
last fire of The inability to fint
spannards with which to open the
water plugs, and that after the
spannards had been obtained the
heads were so worn that it was nee.
essary to get stilson wrench tC
turn on the water. Fire Marsha
Hanson said that the spannards
were on the wagon where they be.
longed.
TIaivync Audifod