Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-13

ronlIniSsl' n. and In the settlement as-
suncd the Brownsville contract lie
therefore requested that the city con-
iirm The transfer from the Finley com-
pany ~ w. j.. ricrsun
Ia order 10 get the matter straight on
the record. Commissioner kowalSki NOV
cl thc approval Of the transfer Crm-
missioner Starck seconded the motion,
Dnd the voting resulted i'll 4 tie. with
kowaSki and Starrk favnring the trans
fer aid Cobolini and bennett opposing it
Mayor Cole voted for thr transfer
Commissioning bennett explained that
IL opposed tile project cf issuing the
S.il,'hn ~ warrants to carry out the
contract with picrsnn because II added
that amount to The debt nf Siuuuuu in
bonds recently voted hy tilc city frr paw
inE. This meant. ~ said otter ihr meet
in.. that the city would ~ rNpruling
Sl:;ll0tn for paving instead of SIuu.nUn
lie said ~ rccurnizcd however. M. iIis-
ticc of the ricrsun claim for So 600
worth Of street paving under the award
oi year ago. but tnat hc favored award
Ing lhrrsoH work under the $luu.u 600 pro-
gram IN order ~ keep the total cxrcnd-
rurcs within the bond issue. ald not to
cNrcnd more than was Intended
Aftcr City Attorney Del =. Perkins
lad stated 10 the commission ana tu
Iicrsrn AMI picrSon's attorney. Judge
Merrill az HnnSton tho preliminary a.
tails that wculd have wv Nv gone through
in order ~ issue S.;.I. 900 i'll warrants.
~ make them valid. and some question
arose ns ro procedure. il was agreed tn
leave thc entire matter ~ Iudsr Slud-
er of san Antonio. bond ami Warrant
expert. for decision The warrant -
sue will ~ taken ur NJ tho regular
LCttins NJ tEy commission un next Fri
day
After this matter hai been disposed
~. Commissioner Cuhnl.ni moved the
rejection NJ all bids fir street ravi.g
under the rall fir offers un about sew
Cnrcrn blocks and The issuance of
cdil for new bids. llc said hc based hiS
action on the offer NJ the Ivaltlr Rock
Asphalt Company which. III amending
IL lid slightly orally. after the hids
were oprHcd. brought it, offer slightly
under that ~ the Southwest Bitulithi.
Company. Mr.. C0holiri said that il
was apparent from this change that
Ahf ffFA .ftAfA VIZ NiNttt lA lftt~t Ti'HFF
If II rejected Ill hr, ana called fur new
.ds. hc being willing 10 make tic new
mi. Ter thc entire program under the
<luOn0u issue
One thousand dollars ~ thr tnxuav-
CTS money viii hr saved Ly this NV.
ton" Commissioner Cobnini said with
some heat
Mayor Cole disagreed. saving The city
actually would he sawed thousands
The matter was pui {" a vote hy tho
mayor. thc divisions resulting the same
IT, Ia the Iirrson contract transfer. with
bennett and Coholini voting fur rcicc-
Ior and Starck and kowalSk voting no.
The mayor voted negatively.
Then Commissioner Starck moved THE
acceptance ~ The ilid of the Southwest
lituithic Company. kowalSki sccond
Cf the motion. Ill the voting Star,k
AMI kowalsH voted aye. bennett and
Couoiili voted no ami the mayor vut-
cd in favor of the award
heated passage " words TIL II d"-
veigprh, Mayor Cole Stcmuing ii ly de-
clariLg the meeting adjourned
Tie voting TN Mayor Cole. AMI Com
mi>Sioucr> Kowalski ana Stnrrk was
based they said nn tie hiidin. itself
The Southwest Iliiuliihic hiI. based ~
] - iu,h tranrock ana hituliihic nud hi-
iuirru. w "IlacE" hass. WAS sos rcr
sguarr yard This offer WtS NV cover
rl ~ uf tlr WORT tn Uc dome under iht
contract. The l'yaldr people hid >.iiii
itrr square yard. ur , cents u square ward
higher frr the Elizabeth AMI Adams
street paving. ard $.iiI TIER square yar'l
Nh thc Ninth. Ill Charles. Tenth ami
Eleventh street paving placing their ~
fer ten cents higher than the South
west offer. Aftcr the bids were open
cd several weeks ago. Agent Young Nj
'hc lvailc concern explained that he
lad iu,ludcd gravel i'll his offer. although
u was not called for i'll the specilIca-
u,iis. Had hr not included the gravel.
hc said. aud allowing about ~ cents d
~lrare yarl for the gravel. his hitl
would have been slightly under the
Southwest lid. II vas M this showing
uf possible saving that Commissioner
tulolini introduced hS motion rnr re-
irctivn NJ offers ami advertising for
new bids. The majority of the commits
SION. however. held ID the bidding rs
shown III the bids when opened.
Mr. Iirrson informed THE commission
Yesterday that III tLc paving allowed niui
under hiS contract with the Citv hc
would give the city whichever II pre-
ferrcd Finley Method or tvaldc rock a.
nhalt. ~ a depth NJ onr-iurh VI either
Tie Finley material IL similar ~ that
now III use N Fort Brown.
Because of the routine necessary III
paving orders Fourteenth ami Eighth
streets were not actually designated
yesterday to bc improved. Acticn "a
this VIII he taken at later meeting
when the question of procedure i'll the
issuance III the necessary S.il.'bW -