Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-04
STREET RAILWAY
FILES PROTEST
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CITY
COUNCIL DECREASING THE SUIT
AGAINST COMPANY $3.500-ER-
ROR MADE IN AMOUNT CHARGED
BILLS CAUSE TROUBLE
ALDERMAN A. 4. BROWNE CLAIM
ED THEY WERE NOT BEING COR
RECTLI FILED-BUTCHERS IN
CITY MARKETS COMPLAIN.

Stating that the city is suing for about
$500 more than the company it due il
for street paving G. NJ. Robards Of San
Benito, representing the Brownsville
Street x Interurban Railway Co. appear
ca before that body at the meeting yes
terday afternoon, with a request that the
amount of the suit be changed by reS0lu
ton by the council.
According to the claim of Mr.. Richards.
and which WAS upheld by several mem
berS Of The council. the street car com-
panv in Il deal with the Cre0sotcd w on
Block Paving Co, paid the paving com
pamy direct for all paving done for the
railroad in district No. ), amounting to
S2.225S.iS. The balance OF the amount be
ing sued t I the paving company says
should not be Included in the suit. rs it
is i Z paving that has never been done
= yet. The company acknowledges that
il is due the city $5,Sl2.56 for street paw
ing and Mr.. Richards said that the com
pany will not contest the suit, but Will
pav the amount as soon as it is able t.
do so.
A motion to adopt the resolution fixing
the correct amount due by the company
at $J.S1256 was made and when the mat
ter came t Il vote il was found there vas
confusion among some Of the Councilmcn
aS to whether action was proper. How
the additional charge came to be made
against the company could MT be asccr-
tanned. though it was admitted by Mayor
Cole. and COuncilmen Cain and BcnE
vidcs that the company is right in its
contcntion-that the city never had any
thing to do with the paving done by the
company within its tracks in Paving Dis
trict No. 3.
The res luton changing the mount
was adopted with the favorable votes Of
Aldermen Craig. Bcnayides. Cain, and
Thorn Alderman j. a. Browne voted
:. l.. Dworman did not vote.
Mayor Cole inf rmcd the aldermen who
did not vote that the matter could he IN
ycStigatcd. and if it were found that IN"
change was not in order, the resolution
could be set aside again.
IsillsA w. '. '
council outside f the street paving mat
ter and the ordering Of the payment Of
IN accumulation OF bills.
Alderman \. 4. Browne chairman OF
the finance committee, complained that
an order recently promulgated by the
council that bills against the city must Ne
made cut more neatly and III a more care
full manner than some that were present
ed. is not being ahided by. Little strips
Of paper were used III some instances
ana in others those who claimed the city
owes them failed to itcmizc their &C
counts in such Il WAY that Alderman
Browne could understand what the
amount was f T.. Some of these blllS
therefore were not approved.
To Mayor Cole there were turned over
for approval Il number of bills for SerV-
ices cndcrcd as special police during the
lcvcc TT ublcS at the time of high water
recently in the Rio Grandc. Mr.. Cole
stated that he knew the men he had en-
ployd and would approve their accounts
but if there were some he had not rm-
plocd himself he would not approve
them.
At this time there came up the qucS-
ton by Alderman r.. a. Br wnc, Of from
what fund these special police were I"
be paid their - Il day. which in the ORD
mary course il supposed to comc from
the third class fund. This prccipltatcd
an argument between Mr.. Browne on one
side and Mayor { le and Alderman
Craig on the other, with reference t" the
character Of the police f rec.
Another matter over which there was
much quibblc. and which it was finally
decided should be settled by the receiving
of bids. was the proposition OF feeding
the city prisoners. \ restaurant man III
the city market who has been feeding
them recently. informed Mayor Cole that
the request Of Mr.. c le he agreed to feed
present price and that he was going to
discontinue feeding the prisoners. Upon
the rQuSt Of Mr.. Cole he agreed to feed
them until the city & uncil met, and il
the conferccs, and on the presidents desk