Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-03
mayor SUBMITS NAMES OF SEVEN
CIIf POLICE, AND A HARMON
lOuS COUNCIL LENDS ITS .AP-
PROVAL TO THE LIST.
BOUQUETS FOR WILLIAMS
Light AND WATER SIPERIN.
IENDENT NOT ONLY GETS CON.
ILiMENTS, But 4 SUBSTANTIAL
kAlSE IN SALARY TO sl7j.

"'"nity happened al the city council yes.
tcrday afternoon. Onc of the chicfc>t
was the fact that harmony seemed To br
the Keynote of tac meeting. aud things
were put and carried through Just rs If
thcy had been carefully mounted on
CREASED vince \
Alter \ year the city coun ~ apparent
~ got together on the matter of 4 police
force. Yesterday afternoon Mayor \. Il.
Coie submitted the names IF seven 30
lice, including John Natus. lieutenant:
4. a. Monahan Ray Ingram John Fitz
patrick, j.. q. Engleking. Henry Gordon
and Jim Werbiski. The MAYOR after
reading the list placed the proposition
before the city council for approval.
The records oi the men named were
placed before these who were no; famil-
lar with the names. Ingram. Fitzpatrick
anu Gordon were Scrgcants IN the United
States cavalry here, and were honorably
discharged after six years Of service.
with good records back of them. The
men. according TO the mayor. have given
cmincntly satisfactory service since they
have been ON the force. Eng "king j.
well known here. and is a lieutenant Ia
the local miii.ia company. Monahan
has been on the force several months.
during which time his record has been
good.
Some question came up about Wcr
biski. who j. now under Indictment
charged with killing "a man who he al
lcgcs assaulted him while under arrest.
In the effort to escape. II was the opin
ion Of the aldermen familiar with the
case that Werbiski had done good work
in ~oatrhing car thieves. and that The
killing resulted while in the discharge
of a duty n an officer. This was settled
by the councilmcn all OF whom agreed
that WcrbiSki should bc retained on the
force.
Alderman II. j. Kirk then moved the
approval of the list Of policemen a. fur
nished. and after "A second the motion
vas put and carried by the unanimous
vote of the council.
Since the force has been cIt down
very much, Alderman Craig then moved
that the pay of the MOUNTS officers be-
raised from SIS t. 500 "A month. allow
ing the So in city script 10 remain "a
formerly. This means that the mounted
men will regcivc a salary of about so
per month. This motion carried with
the unanimous vote of the council
Things went sailing along III such 4
smooth fashion that another matter was
brought mp of interest 10 the holders of
first class warrants. Alderman Bona
vidcs stated that the policemen can not
find a market for the city script with
which they are paid. and h. moved the
transfer of $1,000 of the delinquent tax
fund to the first class fund for the pur
pose Of paying the policemen. This mo
tion carried.
Alderman Dworman. as a member of
the water aud light committee. has taken
a great interest in that branch of the
city's affairs. He il was who introduced
u motion into the council. after cumpli-
mcnting Superintendent Williams of the
water and light department, 10 raise the
%lattcr's salary from 500 "a Sl75. Mr..
Dwornnn believed the raise IN S%alar,
should follow the satisfactory way IN
which the department has been handled
since Mr.. Williams became the head Of
il. and he recommended the increase. The
motion was carried with the unanimous
vote of the council.
As a preliminary 10 introduce the mo
tion. Mr.. Dworman spoke in part - fol
lows:
AT the time Mr.. Williams took charge
Of the water and light department the
city owed for eight ears of oil. and in
stead of operating evenly with the nc
counts. the city light and water depart
ment had been spending its income a
month in advance of It's earning. Al this
time from $500 To 5000 IN debts have
been paid. and the city does not owe one
dollar for oil.
THE water and light department now
has owing il. after all expenses have
been paid. >i..Joo, or in other words. II
has caught up and j. now in good stand
ing. with an established credit. In al
dition the department has built 4 brick
smokcstack and a brick boiler house "ut
of lis own funds. which means that the
g owners will soon have a sub
s~tantial reduction in insurance expense.
Il feel that ever, body who has ever
had ANYTHING IA do with city affairs i
well pl,asrl with the great improvement
that has been brought about in the water
and light department during the time
that Mr.. Williams has been in charge.
or course. Mr.. Williams has had the sup.
,s~t al the city council in everything.
~. these matters have come abou
-.-a his ouu energy and efficiency