Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-16
|REVOkING 18TH
|ST. FRANCHISE
WILL COME UP
CITY OF BROWNSVILLE TO ASK HEAD
OF GULF COAST LINES WHAT II
PLANS TO DO WITH UNUSED
Track ON 18TH STREET.


The Gulf Coast Lines Twelfth street
track franchise came officially before the
board Of city commissioner yesterday aft
ernoon when Commissioner H.. T.. kentfro
brought before the commission the fact
thai the track H. not being used bN the rail
road company
The Twelfth street franchise IS one Of
the city, noted grants. over five years
ago, the Frisco. through a franchise
granted BY the city. built a standard track
from the corner ~ Twelfth and leycc
streets to The Rio Grande depot. 4 Dis
tance ot about eight blocks, and cross
my the business district. The ralroad
company al that time owned the lie
Grande railroad, and Il was the intention,
il was said, "a The Nuakum Interests then
IN control. to operate motor ears on the
line. TIA, franchise having provided thai
~ steam engine, bc operated over the
Twelfth street line.
However. the Twelfth street track. while
buiit has never been used except Tor haul
ng gravel on Twelfth street two M three
time. and now Commissioner Rcutiro.
wants tn know whether the city should mol
revoke the franchise. At thc direction W.
MANOR Browne. City Attorney Rlch was
requested u invite President VI. =. Pyeatt
before the commission at it~ next meeting
III take up the matter oi thc Twelfth street
franchise.
An offer oi ninety three cents from N.
=. Arlitt If Austin Tor the $4,000 fund
ing warrants was accepted hy the cons
mission. For some time Tile member VT
the commission h;Nc been seeking a buyer
for the warrants ana w short lime ago
thought they had sold them a- thtt>ucre
contracted fur hy Steiner Brother ci
. Birmingham. Ala. However. thc warran;
were rejected hN them upon The advice of
their attorney. The offer from Mr.. AElett
wu- made pending the approval ot Judge
Z Schluder Of Austin, an expert va Texas
bond and warrant ISSUES.
The tax Ieycc ordinance ol -l.40 ou the
-l0u valuation rf ai city property was
passed. TIL, ordnance ilXing thc taN lcvca
was drawn bA City Attorney Amos Rich.
Improvements uu Washington Park WIN
finally hc made. COMMISSIONER Heultru
and Garria announced ilat thc sidewalk
construction around The park would com
mencc Immediately.
Mayor Browne instructed Commission
,r- More and Rcntiro tu meet wish .he
school board next Monday and discuss THE
rate ot water furnished to the hieh school
building ~ the city.
The advance agent 81 the Dciamcr
shows. \ tented organization which desires
10 EXHIBIT IN the city. appeared before The
commission. lIr stated that hi~ urguniza-
ton had been showing under the auspices
Mt city fire department. Red Gross org@n-
nations. etc.. and asked HI This arrange
ment could not bc made here. The local
organization Wuu.u .ut uli taxes and tIr-
ni~h light and power and in return the
show would 4iye THE city organization
.~twcntv-five per cent oi he gross receipts.
The commissioners held that thcv would
BE- willing IL have the show come here and
show. but they were not IN favor MI ca-
failing Y remission VT the operating cN-
pcn~c-. The attraction wi~he- to show nm
Brownsville some time I'D December.
O. X. Mason of the Mason Transfer
Company appeared before the commission
and agree dto haul of al trash and
garbage. clean and sprinkle the streets.
and burn III trash for ~797 Y month. Thi,
FL an advance Of $50 over the contract
made by Mr.. Mason last year, but III states
that labor and materials and feed for mir
teams have advanced. The new contract
also takes care OF the burning "a the
garbage. which relieves THE city WI the hire
of two laborers. The commissioners de-
cided tn reject MT bids until the new COM
m~i,~ioncrS take their seats, and that the
present contractor bc hired to continue the
garbage disposal and the street sweeping
made.