Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-11-22
ouncil of the City
e, Texas, Relative
in Paving Dis
~ Cafd CITY

Clty OF fl..H Nilie mas neIelOiOft
by ordiI duly established and
created District Number One
within { ,f wing limits and en-
bracing Is a.rccts and portions of
streets b. |.l.iter designated, viz:
Elijah street, beginning at the
City Lin Vn"rc the same connects
with the trl states Military Res
ervation. va as Fort Brown, to
and aero p~urtcenth Street, Thir-
tenth 4 Twelfth Street, Eley-
cnth Str, 90 and including Tenth
street. L. Street from and includ-
ing Tent .r-nt to and across Elev-
enth Str and Twelfth Street to
and incl u~ Thirteenth Street;
Washing from and including
Tenth 81 "ud across Eleventh st.
street. .rrth Street and Thir-
zenith 81 Tenth street, Eleventh
and Tive = - and including Thir-
tecnth : from and including
Ievcc Str urross Elizabeth Street
and to including Washington
Street as 1me was recommended
by the : and Bridge Committee
of the G. 3uncil and the Citizens
Commit ing in an advisory ca
pacitv WI .-7mmended by them in
th"ir RI IF July II, Roland,
Whcrea 4 city council has order
cd the Of said District 10
One With sotcd wood blocks and
has con rd with the CrcOsoted
Wood q . paving Company for
pavinp 5 and has by said ordin-
ancc dacl II that o|ne-third ODD Of
the cost hid paving Of said Dis
tri.t eho1- paid by the owners OF
property '-;tting upon said portions
Of said + t5, respectively. and by
the awnr ,r railroads and street
railroads tpying or using or have
a frauch 10 use or occupy such
ftrootr o portion thereof and
that one ~d Cl-3) Of the cost Of
said rrvin- -nall be assessed against
an aluttir -r0perty and the owners
thereof. a. b that the total cost OF
said pavin, If a strip nine 90 feet
in width Trough such streets o.
portion 81 treets to be paving as
they may y aupy or use or have Q
franchise t. occupy or use shall be
assessed an: INST the owners Of rail
roads ar st cts railroads OccupyinF
or usin" or laving a franchise to use
or occupy r'oh streets or any por-
tion thereof. and
Whereas, since the passage anC
taking cfec' Of said ordinance thu
City F%u0inC"- Of said City Of Browns
Vile hoe I'll with this city cOunci
his written s'atement relative tC
said having. md improvement in sale
PasinE Distt'ct No. One all in man.
ner and for as provided and requir-
ed by Sect n /, subdivisions G)
CD. (31. CIV. and 60 Of the general
paving ordi lnce of said City o.
Brownsville. which was adopted By
the city cour I'll Of said city on Octo-
Der %, 1871. and is now of record
in Book A, rnges 514 ct seq. Of the
minutes IF aid city council. which
engineers st tement Is in words anC
figures a follows, viz:
Brownsville, Tex. Nov. 18th, 1912
TO Tho Ton rable City Council Of
th" 'itv III Brownsville, Texas.
Gentleman:
!, j. w. Davis, your City Engineer
hereby leg Lave TO report that in
compliance with the Paving Ordin
ance, I herewith submit the follow
ing r"nort q scssing the cost of paw
ing In r1ving district Number One
Cl), on the ahutting property in sale
District and the owners thereof.
said a~s"s ment is based on a basi.
of one-third &C the total cost per front
foot as re mired by said Paving Ord
nance.
said list contains a list Of persons
firms, e.'afcs or corporations, own
ing property abutting on the streets
or portions thereof to be paved. witt
2 description Of the property by lot
and blocks numbers. and by numbci
OF front feet abuttinE on the streets
or portion thereof TO be paved be
longin" Nh each Of the owners. an IS
innate 1f tho cost Of the improve
ment lvi"~ between the rails Of Rail
roads ard Street Railroads and two
90 feet on the outside thereof. and
the total cost Of the Improvements
and an H innate Of the benefit thai
viii bc received by admitting propcrtv
or by he owners thereof resuItinc
from proposed improvement. separ
ately estimated for each abutting lot
or part nf z l1t and set against each
lot on no aforesaid lot or lots and
their 0Wrnre.
Resi- 'ctfully Submitted.
M nAVIE