Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-07
SEWERAGE COST
REDUCTION WILL
Be 40 PER CENT
FURTHER REDUCTION OF 10 PER
CENT NAY FOLLOW As RESULT or
PURCHASE or The SYSTEM.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS TODAY TO
TAKE FINAL ACTION M MATTER
or BUYING PLANT AT S37.885.


The city III Brownsville viii own nc
Brownsville sewerage system. 'fd 'h
consequence the patrons uf iHt system
will receive q reduction 40 sewerage i'tt>
from .iu tu lU per cent. ith II pruhlhh
~ per cent further REDUCTION laitf. nc
matter Of The purchase ut tic plant came
up finally before thr cuuutI yesterday
afternoon. the figure submitted h} th,
boar dUf dppra i-er~. composed NH :
Tucker. +. lI. Williams AMI q. :. ii"n"~
~31 >~IlIJ. being satisfactory amt though
thr council took no vote un the prupn>l
fion. III was unanimous in favor n akln9
over The system. At an adjourned meet
ING al 1 O'Clock his afternoon final dc
tails viii he considered.
The sewerage company viii receive
-31. $500 Dbl six per cent interest bear
ing warrants for the sewerage system
which viii become the property Of The
city. free from nm debt and cnrumhrancc
The board If appraisers composed Ut
III. III. Williams. for The city :. n. Tue
kcr .rcnrc~cnting the sewerage corpora
ton ana G.. :. Hobbs the appointcc Of
thr board submitted ~ written report iu
thc council If The value of the plant and
fixtures AMI the condition Mi th" plant.
III. a. Notary ana II. XII. Tucker for tha
sewerage company were present at the
meeting I'M connection with u written
report in which The corporation agreed
An accept ihr price named hl thr apprai~
vrS
The report NJ thc appraisers showed
that when The sewerage system WAS con
>tructcd five years ago il WAS at q cost
uf oi3 l>0. uf which ilr count, paid -l
tHh ~ return for 4 perpetual right /
the use of the system. that dividends ta
falling II Dor cent had been declared IN
the directors nn an amount MI ~I.pIT aUi
that the company had recently spent
~lJUn for Improvements and that the cn-
tire system was lib excellent condition.
The water ana light department which
iS operating at M satisfactory mn, fiji Wig
pay for Jir sewer system llI thr manage
ment viii bc under Tho same department
AIr Williams toll flp -punrii thHt while
III looked a> though the reelection iu thr
sewerage rate from $50 rpr month tn
Nv flat rate W.T. ~ll0 ami also allowing TIA
~ per cent discount for imncdirtr SET
tlrWrnt. would seem an enormous re.iuc
tion m revenue. This would not o. Tho
ease. l> the expense the sewerage .rm
pluy has had WV undergo in managing
arn collecting the accounts Wolld he
dome away NTH. IIe said it world rr
dHirc no additional expense rs his pres
cnt Office force Vulll h. sufficient.
Chairman Wise uf tbr fire committee,
informed thr com ril that he Ind nur
chased 1000 rect uf Giro hose at a pri \.
nj II per foot and asked thc council to
rttIfr Tits action which was liuu This
purchase Ut new hose was ucccS~itatcl
order tu prevent \ raise in insurance
rates.
A. ii. Saf4 he7 manager of thc plll
street motion picture theatre. n.tiIiuurf
that q transformer aud wire aIrer
enough tn furnish him with sufficient rrr
rent q" Operate hi~ Chime. Le Installed
ht thr Light department. w.> rrti
and referred n tha fi.hI H.n.rfm.rt
Nr. Williams ~ail I. band Talked th.
matter over With SANCHEZ 4uI tolI him
If hr. sanchez world advance th. fir-t
cost to th" ritN 'hr amount af fhu rn.
c"I'd lr r%,riuurl frali hi- m.nhth ;tc.
counts. Mr. Williams a-i1 rhlt ihr r.n
c"rn iS v new one anna tiiIt f after thr
city hai gone {" the ctpcn~. or making
ttr installation Glr place Should rTn..
down. the ritf Uuuil hc ilp loser
CITY Tax Collector aul Assessor n
NJ lFrBrHln WAS granted w ny dl,, leave
Of absence to eo io Nexico and recover
some personal prnn"rtt tli hul been
taken from Rio Bravo.
Alderman l'utcenlt reported that
after \ conference with Ciry Engineer u
v. Davis. hc found that il would require
at least $1,000 tr property protect river
bank. that whi'r This work was hadl,
NEEDED IN would have to wait until fhr
next budget was passed ana Il special
fund created.