Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-12-03
Resolution Concerning a Hearing Be-
fore the City Council OF the City
OF Brownsville, Texas, Relative
TO Paving, etc, in Paving Dis
trict No. One of Said City.


trict No. One of Said City.
Whereas, the City Council OF the
City OF Brownsville has heretofore
by ordinance duly established and
created Paving District Number One
within the following limits and en-
bracing the streets and portions Of
streets hereinafter designated, viz:
Elizabeth Street, beginning at the
City Limits where the same connects
with the United States Military Res
eryation, known as Fort Brown, to
and across Fourteenth Street, Thir-
teenth Street, Twelfth Street. Elev-
enth Street to and including Tenth
Street. Leyee Street from and includ-
ing Tenth Street TO and across Elev-
enth Street, and Twelfth Street to
and including Thirteenth Street;
Washington St, from and including
Tenth ST., to and across Eleventh ST.
street, Twelfth Street and Thir-
teenth Street; Tenth street, Eleventh
and Twelfth to and including Thir-
teenth Streets from and including
Levee Street across Elizabeth Street
and to and including Washington
Street as the same was recommended
by the Street and Bridge Committee
OF the City Council and the Citizens
Committee acting in an advisory ca
pacity and recommended by them in
their report Of July ~. Holland,
Whereas, said city council has order
ed the paving Of said District No
One with creosoted wood blocks and
has contracted with the Creosoted
Wood Block Paving Company for
paving same and has by said ordin-
ance declared that one-third ODD Of
the cost Of said paving of said Dis
trict shall be paid by the owners OF
property %abutting upon said portions
of said streets, respectively, and by
the owners of railroads and street
railroads occupying or using or have
a franchise to use or occupy such
streets or any portion thereof and
chat one-third (l-3) Of the cost Of
said paving shall be assessed against
all abutting property and the owners
thereof, and that the total cost OF
said paving of a strip nine 90 feet
in width through such streets OF
portions OF streets to be paving as
they may occupy or use or have a
franchise to occupy or use shall be
assessed against the owners Of rail
roads or streets railroads occupying
or using or having a franchise to use
OF occupy such streets or any por-
ton thereof: and
Whereas, since the passage and
taking effect Of said ordinance the
City Engineer of said City Of Browns
vile has filed with this city council
his written statement relative tC
said paving. and Improvement in said
Paving District No. One all in man
ner and form as provided and requir-
ed by Section /, subdivisions G).
90, CD, (4), and 60 of the general
paving ordinance Of said City OF
Brownsville, which was adopted by
the city council Of said city on Octo-
Der 23, 1911, and Is now Of record
in Book 4, pages 514 ct seq. Of the
minutes Of said city council, which
engineers statement is in words and
figures as follows, viz:
Brownsville, Tex. Nov. 18th. 1912.
To The Honorable City Council of
the City Of Brownsville, Texas.
Gentleman;
!, j. W. Davis. your City Engineer.
hereby beg leave to report that in
compliance with the Paving Ordin-
ance, | herewith submit the follow
ing report assessing the cost of paw
ing in paving district Number One
%, on the AUDITING property in said
District and the owners thereof.
Said assessment is based on a basis
OF one-third Of the total cost per front
foot as required by said Paving Ord
nance.
said list contains a list of persons
firms, estates or corporations. own.
ing property AUDITING on the streets
or portions thereof to be paved. with
a description Of the property BY lots
and blocks numbers, and by number
or front feet abutting on the streets.
or portion thereof TO be paved be-
longing TO each Of the owners. an es-
innate of the cost of the improve
ment lying between the rails of Rail-
roads and Street Railroads and two
~ feet on the outside thereof. and
the total cost of the improvements
u an estimate Of the benefit that
VIII be received by abutting nrOnorty
or by che owners thereof resulting
from proposed improvement. sonar
ately estimated for each abutting lot
or part Of a lot and set against each
lot on the aforesaid lot or lots and
their owners
Respectfully Submitted.
J w DAVIS