Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-11-28

first reading. Before the franchise Is
effective it will have to be read twice
more, be Published once each week for
three weeks and then be passed finally
at later meeting Of the commission.
The threat of Father Frigon to ask
an injunction restraining Mr.. Creager
from using the land near the crossing
of these two streets. on the declara>
tion that it belongs to Father Frigon,
foreshadows a legal conflict over the
ownership of this land, picked as a
landing for the bridge. The commission
left this part of the matter to the par
ties involved.
The discussion to grant the franchise
was bv vote Of three commissioners
and Mayor A. B. Cole voting in favor
of granting the franchise to r. b.
Creager. and Commissioner b. l.. Ko-
walski present and not voting. Com
missioners John Starck, Aaron Turk ana
B. E. Hinkley, Sr., voted in favor of
granting the permit to Mr.. Creager.
Mr.. Creager presented his application
first, reading the proposed ordinance.
He was followed by Judge Goodrich,
who read his ordinance, and showed
copies and kilograms from Mexico
showing that his company had conces-
sions from that government After a
heated discussion in which Rev. Father
Frigon also took part, the commission
went into executive session.
Decided at Apen Meeting
However, the visitors were soon CALI
ed back in, and the commission an
nounced that it had decided this mat
ter should be decided in the open. At
ter a short discussion, in which Mayor
Cole said that as he viewed the situa-
tion either applicant could secure the
proper permission from both govern
ments, but that it was merely a ques'
tion Of which applicant would build
the bridge. He put the question to a
vote Commissioner Turk moved that
the concession be granted Mr.. Creager
Commissioner Starck seconded the mo-
ton. When put to vote it carried.
Mr.. Creager in opening his talk said
tFlt all financing has been attended
to. and that he has, or is able to get
the necessary authority from Mexico
and the United States and read an or
dinance which he had prepared grant
ing him permission to use Fourteenth
and Levee streets for a bridge landing
Mr.. Creager said that he had asked
the city engineer j. w. Davis. TO extend
the line of the center of Fourteenth and
Levee streets, and that this line met on
land. proving that the intersection OF
these two streets existed.
Il believe it is unnecessary for me
to tell the court" Mr.. Creager said.
"That when say I will do thing, IN
business way, usually do it. | pro-
pose to do this in connection with the
bridge, and it will mean much to
BrownsvilleN'
Ten Months to Build
He asked for six months from date
of granting the concession to the time
Of starting work, stating that he Is rea-
dy to start work now. but for the tact
that congress must convene, and per
nit must be secured from that body.
Mr.. Creager also asked for ten months
in which to complete il, saving that Il
can be completed in half that time, but
floods may inter-ene. The concession
would be granted for so years under
the terms of his ordinance, at which
time all rights under the concession
would cease.
Judge Goodrich, as president of the
Brownsville and Matamoros Rapid
Transit Co, appeared before the COM
mission asking that he be given con-
cession for the construction Of
bridge. He contended that his COM
pany has the only concession fos a
bridge that has been granted by the
government n of Mexico, and that his
company has been given the right to
use the land Of Father Frigon near the
corner in question, where there is no
street. he said.
Both sides in the question said that
immediate action is urgent. and that
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