Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE TO
MAKE OFFER FOR SEWERAGE
Continued from page H.

sand gallons. The decrease ~ from H.
~ - per cent.
An account Of SlOl submitted ~ The
street and bridge committee a. the sum
expeld-l in the building Of = lc,ee to
protect the city. was ordered paid.
Alderman w. q. frai. stated IL The
council that the condition of the road
way leading "a the international bridge
j. such that traffic between the tMa
cities j. seriously hampcrc,l. This road
j. supposed Ia bc kept IN repair by the
railroad. Mr.. Craig was informed b,
Superintendent Williams ~ the light
and water department. that ~ under
stood that railroad officials recently or
dcred the repair of the road. and the
work will be- donc very soon.
The cOuH III confirmed the appoint
mcnt ~ y. Il. ADAMS ~ city auditor. and
received his first report. This covered
the period since last September. and
brought the biz audit down to date. For
this work the city authorized the pay
mcnt t. Mr. Adams of ~l3J for the work.
His appointment begins with June J..
Tax Collector DcIiruin submitted his
report for the month of Nav. showing
SlGO collected ia occupation taxes:
Sl3U..p III hack license: ~GlnG1 IN mar
kct rcycnuc. and So ~. collected ~
l;ich and Scarlc from the Brownsville
Street \ lntcrurhan railway oa the iudg
mcnt IN the street paving suit.
Assured that a building being erected
near Washington and Twelfth streets Ia
Luis Iamora for a moving picture thea
ter Conforms To the requirements of the
city buildings laws. a. Ditimann and
W. X. Sheppard. moving picture men.
withdrew their complaints that the
building Vas not being built in conform
ity with the building laws. Judge T.. Il.
Forio appeared for Iamura. and ~
stated that the latter Was constructing
the building under the supervision OF
Building Inspector Hanson, aud that if
il had not been built according Ia the
building code h. should not IT, made ID
stand the consequences.
Matters with reference to the building
were adjusted when /amora applied Ia
the council for a permit to erect the
building. and was granted the permit.
Superintendent Williams AZ the light
and water department was granted a
leave of absence of three weeks. begin.
ming the latter part uf June. With his
family h. plans a. spend the time with
his mother III New York State.
A. WAS predicted in The Herald yc>tcr
day. +. W. kibbc appeared before the
city council with reference to the sale of
the city scrip to \ Chicago firm. Tie
stated that there would be- no red tape.
no options for seventy days and no other
delaying matters. Mr.. kibbe stated that
the money j. ready and waiting and The
earlier the city gathers the scrip the
quicker ii will have the money with
which to put the city al "A cash basis.
Mr.. kibbe said that ~ the scrip holders
had agreed Ia take ID cents on the dollar
for their scrip the deal h. had made with
Cutter. May X Co. NJ Chicago. would
bring several thousand dollars bach Ia
the city that rightfully belongs to il. Six
per cent interest will be paid on his
proposition. and the warrants will ~
taken up within ten years instead of
fifteen years. a WAS figured IA the
Hamilton proposition. The Chicago PEG
pie agree Ia take all the scrip. amount.
ing a. about $4,000. instead " leaving
lSI5.OOO "a 10000 Of ii on the hands Of
the city.
Mr.. kibbe. by the way, brought out the
fact that If the city of Brownsville had
issued bonds for the amount instead III
warrants he could have easily obtained
lSl.05. However. he believed il would be
wiser for the city to issue warrants. per
Uniting it, bonding limit to BE- used az
for more important purposes.
J The city viii take immediate action on
the proposition laid before il by Mr.
! kihhc. and upon the suggestion Of Mayor
Browne the meeting was adjourned until
Thursday afternoon al I o'clock. ~
which time il j. hoped a. have a list az
the outstanding scrip. In the opinion
of those having 10 do with the matter
no time should h. lost and All possible
haste will h. made.
Mr. Kihbe stated that il the city can
prepare its end Of the deal. the money
for the scrip can be had here within ten
or fifteen days.
Those present Al Yesterdays meeting
were. Mayor \. Albert Browne. Alder
men Puteenat. Dworman. Thorn. Bena
lvidcS. Rowe. Dalzcll. j. \. Browne and
Craig.