Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-22
FRANCHISE ASKED
Is GIVEN STREET
CAR COMPANY
COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE WHICH
COVERS OLD FRANCHISE AND
ADDS MORE RIGHT OF WAY.
ORDINANCE is APPROVED AFTER A
DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE AND
PASSED WITHOUT QUESTION.

The city council Yesterday afternoon
passed an ordinance granting the
Brownsville street an dIntrrurban rail
way company Il franchise on a number of
additional streets i'll city The new Ordi-
nance covered the streets mentioned IN
original franchise granted to :. a. Rob
crtSon in the original franchise PASSED
in August. 1911. Yesterdays session
was the conclusion Of i recessed meeting
from the day before. The recess was
taken IN order that the city attorncw
and a committee from the council might
cheek over the proposed ordinance. Vice
Mayor ". III. Puteenat. who WAS 4 mem
Der Of the committee. stated that the
committee. the city attorney and l.. y.
Pulkfi attorney for the railroad. had
rhccked over the proposed ordinance anl
found that il was legal in every respect
and was to the best interest Of the city.
The ordinance read IA the council ana
with very little discussion WAS unanI
mou>ly passed.
The streets mentioned i'll the franchise
are:
From the intersection If Madison and
lIth street nn ltth street 10 the inter
section NJ Madison and llth streets:
along llth street la the Rio Grandc
railroad. an llth street. from the inter
section Of Elizabeth and lith streets On
lIth street to the river: from l.cvcc
street III its intersection Will 10Th street
on LrVcr street 60 it> intersection with
lIth street. from IIth street lit IT, in
tcr&cctinn with Lcycc street on llth It. TO
its intersection with Elizabeth street f:
from l3th street al il intersection with
Elizabeth street along 18th street tu the
Rio Grandc: from the intersection Of
10Th and Icvcc streets along 10Th street
10 It's intcr>ccticn with the right az way
of the 1t. Louis. Brownsville. \ Mexico
railway company on its line leading 4"
the International Bridge: from the
boulevard IA it'll intersection with MIdi-
son street. from the intersection Of Mad
i~uH street and the hnulct lrtl along
/ Madison To- it> intersection with Hrldcu
street. from Mesquite street at it, in
tcr>cctiou with LcNcc street along Mes
quite street in ln c~a~trrlN direction ~
the city limits: from the intersection ~
L,vcr and MESQUITE streets along Mes
quite street 10 the city water and light
plant from the intersection with the east
line of the Goudrich aud Forto additions
to the intersection Of l.cver and the
boulevard: along the boulevard tu its
intersection Will -. Francis street:
along IT. Francis street "a the intcr>rc-
ton with Stillman street from Stillman
street 10 it, intersection with 81.
Francis street: from ~. Francis street
at lis intersection with the Boulevard
along IT. Franz IL w it~ intersection
with Stillman street: from Stillman
street ~ it> intersection with -. Fran
ciS along Stillm n~a>trcct in = westerly
direction 10 itS intersection with " street
lying one block west of the right of way
~ the ~. Louis. Brownsville 4 Mexico
railway. said street bearing ~ namc
thence alcug the said street bearing me-
name tn the Stillman purchase lime:
from the intersection If the Boulevard
ana -. Francis street along -. Franri<
street 10 itS intersection with 10Th street
from the intersection NJ Madison aud
llth street Running thence with Madi-
sen street 10 it, intersection with 18th
street; also from intersection with 18th
street aud Jefferson street ANA running
thence with llth ~ the intersection with
Madison.
he new ordinance provides fur u time
schedule IF ~ minutes IN the Business
district and 10 minutes III the OUTLYING