Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-12
C|TY,ICOUNC|L meeting
Developed In the Meeting That the
City Is Facing Water Famine
Water Minimum Raised From
rs Cents to $1.O0.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night, the mayor and all al
dermen being present.
Judge Hudson appeared before the
council and requested that the city
give him fan connection Judge Hud-
son declared that he believed the ordi-
nance requiring an advance deposit
before fans are installed was illegal,
and that it was wrong in principle,
therefore he did not propose to pay it,
and IL the council refused him the con.
nection on that ground he would test
the case in the courts.
The council voted to change the
words advance deposit" in the ordi-
nance in question to advance rent
ais" The council believes the ordi-
nance will stick with this alteration.
! A representative of the firm which
has taken the contract for the city
scavenger work stated to the council
that because certain city officials had
spread the report that the-ordinance
requiring the payment of the scaven-
ger fees was illegal, a number of peo-
pie were refusing to pay them. The
council expressed it's intention of
backing the scavenger, as sanitary
measures are absolutely necessary.
Judge j. T. Maloney, representing
the Oak Grove addition, offered that
when water mains were extended in
the northern part of the city, the Oak
Grove company would furnish the cap
ital necessary to extend the water
mains out to Oak Grove, the city to
repay them when the extension be-
came a paying proposition. He was
requested to submit his proposal in
written form.
j. T. Lawler reported to the council
that a water shortage was imminent,
since the city wells were diminishing
their supply. He was instructed by
the council to make arrangements for
connecting with the oil mill well. The
oil mill officials have expressed their
willingness TO assist the city in its dis |
tress.
The ACCESSIBILITY of ehacting drastic |
legislation at once to curtail the use |
of water for watering and sprinkling |
was discussed No action was taken. |
The council voted to increase the min !
imum. water rate from rs cents to /
81 90 so as to put all water users on |
the same footing 1t was further in
structed that the work of installing |
meters be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible. The new city well is not being |
now since pumping in the
other wells has so lowered the water
level that the 60 per cent submerg \
ence necessary for air lifts cannot be
obtained. Mr.. Lawler offered to stand
half the cost o. eQuipping the well Il
with a pump. Under his contract the Il
city is supposed to bear the entire ex-
pense of equipping the wells. Mr.. \
Lawler announced to the council that
he has purchased the Smell gas fran
1hise, a ffty-year franchise with no
strings attached TO it. He also stated
hat he was making plans for a gas
plant for Bryan.
Mr.. Gammil asked concerning the
of franchise to him. He
believes it possible if reasonable fran
,hises can be obtained to pipe natural
las down from Mexia. Mr. Gammil
ays that he wants the franchise and
hat the man that supplies gas to
Bryan first should have the plum, AMI
hat all who wish should have the OPP
City Engineer A. S. Adams introduC-
d a motion that all street scales in
he city streets be declared an OBJ
truction, and a fine for violation be
imposed of not less than SO nor more
han 800. Action on the matter was
eferred.
After approving a number of bills,
he council adjourned at 1915. The
cports of the committees and other
!etters being deferred to an adjourn
d meeting, the date of which will be
rnounced LATER