Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-28

Fire Traps to be Remedied.
Mr.. Kirk reported on the investi-
cation of building that were danger
GUS to the city, as fire traps. Mr..
Kirk also stated that every owner
of buildings found in bad condition
promised to remedy the defect in ten
days.
Alderman Crixell, chairman Of the
police committee, asked that further
time be granted him in finishing his
report. Mr.. Crixell said that he
would instruct the city marshal to
check up his men.
Pipe for Slaughterhouse.
In regard to running a pipe to car
ry water to the slaughterhouse, DR..
Loew, the city physician, suggested
that a pipe running from the Rio
Grande depot would cut down the
expense some. as it would take about
500 feet less of pipe than by the way
suggested at the last meeting.
Alderman Crixell then remarked
that by running the pipe the way
first suggested ten or more customers
would be added to the list of sub
scribers for water.
Supt. Stobart of the city plant
gave ave an estimate of what it
would cost to run the pipe from
where it was first suggested to the
slaughter house using one-inch pipe.
He stated that he thought it would
take about $4,000 feet costing about
$500 per hundred feet.
Mr.. Blackshear stated that as
many of the families along the line
to the slaughter house did not think
they could afford to pay the custom
airy $3.50 for connections and also
the $1.50 a month, the city let them
pay $3.50 or $500 down and then
let them pay the rest of the $3.50 on
the installment plan in small month
ny pay IlCAtS SUM as Pl.OU q HlOnIu.
Alderman Cobolini then said he
thought this would be a good plon If
the city had the money with which
to do it, but as they didn't have the
money. he did not think it a good
plan.
After some discussion ii was de-
cided to allow this matter to lie over
until the next meeting.
Alderman Cain of the street and
bridge committee suggested that, if
the paving district was going to be
extended, it was time that something
be done about the matter as the paw
ing company had about finished in
the old district. He then read the
following report:
Advocates Extension of Street
Paving.
Brownsville, Tex, May "a, 1912.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
Brownsville, Texas.
Gentlemen:
| have been approached by a num-
Der of leading citizens and large tax
payers of our city, soliciting the ex-
tension of the creosoted wood block
pavements. which convinces me that
paved streets are the demand of our
citizens. who realize the great value
of good pavements for business and
pleasure traffic as well as for our
city's sanitation.
To the stranger visiting our city,
good clean driveways are most at
tractive and are an incentive to have
desirable people locate here and be-
come earnest workers in the devel-
opment of Brownsville and this Sec
ton. Brownsville has already at
tanned some prominence through the
few paved streets now completed and
under construction, and il we were
financially in position to pave every
street within our city limits, | as
your street and bridge chairman
would recommend it being done. For
the present let us go as far as our
means will permit and extend the
street pavement on Elizabeth street
to the Boulevard, making n good
driveway, pave on the our sides of
the market as a sanitary measure.
and extend the pavement on Wash
ingto street to the garrison.
In order to make the possibility of
carrying out my suggestion clear to
you. | beg to submit the following
figures:
May /, 1912-Balance OF Street