Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE TO
MAKE OFFER FOR SEWERAGE
In The Meantime Property
OiUners Not Connecting
according To City Ordi-
n0nceS Will Be Prosecuted
Mayor To See To IL.

yesterday named a committee composed
or alderman w. c. Craig, {. II. Thorn
ana - l.. Dworman 10 take up with a
committee named by the Brownsville
Sewerage company the proposition look
ing to the purchase of the system by the
/ city of Brownsville. This committee will
fseek an offer of price and terms from
the sewer company AID then will report
back To the city council for further ac-
ton on the proposition.
The appointment of this committee fol
lowed complaint by Superintendent
Merritt of the sewer company that he
knew of at least two property owners
Hwho had been connected with the sewer
systeni, but who had disconnected and
fA1cturned 10 the use of cess pools. lie
asked that the city ba'k up its promise
~ the sewer company 10 enforce the
B sewer ordinance, and Mayor Browne an
nOunced that he would give his personal
atte:ltion 10 The matter and would see
that those property owners were again
connected. The mayor also indicated
thar prosecutions Ia the limit will bc the
lot Of those who fail to make the conncc-
tions. \ list of such property owners
is to be submitted Ia the mayor
City Physician II. X. Iocw submitted
6'rcp0rt To the council in which h.
earnestly asked the city to Immediately
take up certain improvements looking Ia
the general bcttermeni of health "ondi.
tions i'm the city. Among other things.
he proposed that instead of one clean
up a year. the city of Brownsville par
ticularly should have two clcan-ups; he
suggested that the city build new
slaughter house. adding that the bond
issue Of 5000 H. hardly sufficient he
cause refrigerator should be- installed;
he suggested the installation of "A crema-
tory 10 burn all refuse. dead animals etc.
Dr Loew'S report mis- submitted Ia the
health committee.
The sanitary committee IN its report
told of changes and bcltcrmcnts that
have lately been made in the city mar.
ket. among these requiring that all meats
bc sold within the market: that all
bread be sold within the market the
placing of all vegetable stands under the
she'd: the rearrangemcnt of stall rentals
which the committee declares is more
just rental than formerly held. The
committee recommended that the bond
issue of $1,000. voted under the koNalSki
administration for a. erection of new
slaughter house. now used.
Upon the rccommc dation of the
street and bridge coi mittce. through
Alderman Putegnat. III city accepted
the trial offer Of the ason Transfer
company 10 clean the {. Us streets and
nlleys for period of thitc months al a
coast Of $i9W month. This trial con
tract will enable the company to pre-
pare specifications as Ia exactly what
is required of such 4 contractor. after
which il is probable that new bids will
be called. the bids being made on detailed
specifications Of the contract require
ments.
The Mason company in the meantime.
9 through the authorization of the streets
and bridges committee has gone ahead
with the work of cleaning up. and il
making good progress.
Alderman =. l.. Dworman moved that
certain parts of the city ordinance re-
ferring To garbage. etc. he extracted
from the code and printed on cards one
rard a. bc tackled on a fence or post at
the end of every alleyway in the city
The motion carried and the work will be
pat into effect at once.
The health committee reported geHcr
ally bad condition of the citV iail in the
city hall. and recommended that some
improvement in il he made. The police
commmittce therefore was authorized by
the city council 10 abandon the present
jail and to call for bids for the nstalla
tion of a city Jail i'm the second floor Of
the old council chamber building The
present city Jail will bc thoroughly
cleaned and used for other purposes.
The council authorized the mayor 10
sign full release In the old Brownsville
in Ahe matter of the paving suits. The
company when taken over by Browns.
Vile capitalists paid all its debts. and
the release was u formalit,. BY a mo
ton the amount paid in by the railway
company was ordered paid to the Creo
.oted Wood Block Paving company on a
citv note for paving. which j. now due.
The council adopted - ordinance low
crinr the water rate and dire q ng the
installation ~ water meters for all wa.
te, consumers The new rate ch lrgcs "A
minimum Of Sl.a0 for the first four thou