The Brownsville daily herald. [volume], July 29, 1905, Image 3

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The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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Our Aim in Business
yB DESIRE to make the First
National the Bank of the
People. The small depositor re
ceives the same courteous treat
ment and consideration that is ex
tended to the largest, within the
limits of safe and conservative
banking. Officers give personal
attention to all details. Directors
-meet regularly and frequently, and
.keep closely in touch with the
current business. Every safe
guard known to safe and successful
banking is availed of, and our past
success is the best criterion by
which to judge the security of the
future.
OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
ESTABLISHED 1891
Capital $100,000. Surplus (2b UndideProfits, $23,000.
THE FIRST NATIONAL is pre-eminently the Bank jf the Frontier. Its
stockholders belong here. Its interests arethbr ottr best and most pro
gressive citizens. We offer to our customers,, present and prospective, the ad
vantages of the largest capital and surplus of any bank in this section, and of the
safe and conservative banking methods which have resulted in the successful build--ing
up of this bank in the past twelve years.
Its financial position is established, and the energy, experience and business
ability f the management will continue to be wholly directed to the maintenance and
increase of these advantages.
OFFICERS:
WMUm KeXy, Pres. S. L Dwoomb, 1st, Vice Prcc
W. M.lUtcliffe, 2i Vice Pres. A. Asttein, Cmtibe
Jamec B. WeMs, Attorney
A. Ashheim
M: Alonso
James A. Browne
M. H. Cross
DIRECTORS:
Tohn Closner
S. L. Dworcnan
Robert Dalzell
Wm. Kelly
James B. Wells
C. H. Maris
W. M. Ratcliff e
W. F. Sprague
E. C. Forto
We Solicit the Patronage of All
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QUR FUNDSJare protected in a
fire-proof vault and by the
best safes to be obtained; and are
further covered by insurance
against burglary or daylight rob
bery. Our officers are under bond
in the best surety companies.
People who intrust their money
to a bank have a right to know its
financial strength. We recognize
this right and will cheerfully fur
nish any depositor a statement of
our condition any day in the year.
Absolute safety is the best thing
we have to offer, and upon this .ba
sis your account is solicited.
tJie Qrlzell Salt
oon
and BILLIARD PARLOR
finest Wi'zes, liquors, (Blears
SOLE cAGENT SAN cANTONIO XXX BEERj
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
HOTEL RUGERSt
SEflBRODK-DN-THE-BHY
NOW OPEN FOR SUMMER SEASON
Senbrook is located on the Southern Pacific
(G. H. & N. Ry.) between Houston and
Galveston and is an ideal place : :
TO SPEND A SUMMER VACATION
FINE BOATING, BATHING, SAILING, FISHING
Vor schedule, rates, awl all information write
T. J. ANDERSON, Gen. Pass. Ajjt. JOS. HELEN, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agl.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
or HOTEL RU0ERS, Senbrook
A
RE YOU SATISFIED
OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY
The St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Ry
(Tfre Gulf Coast Line)
Is "SOMETHING BETTER" than
anything else in the Great Southwest
"AN EL DORADO OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAN
WITfl THE H0E
THe railroad company is opening up new 'towns
and placing acreage property on the market for
the home-builder. For prices of land and town
- lots and information for any character, address
WM. D0HERTV, Vict rretldtnt.Xtnd Dcptrtmtn .
CORPUS CURIST1. T0XA
J. S. (& M. H. CROSS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Books (2b Shoes
LUMBER, SHINGLES, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS
Wiftdwttw Arms & Ammunition
WOWNSVtLUt, TJtX. MATAMQUOS, IAXX
E. H. GOODRICH Sb SON
....MANAGERS....
Cameron County
Abstract Company
Real Estate and Mortgage Loans.
JAMES B.WELLS
cAttorney
at Law
Successor to Powers & Maxan,
Powers & Wells, Wells & Reutfro
Wells, Rcntfro & Hicks, Wells &
Hicks, Wells, Stayton & Kkberg
I buy and sell Real Estate and
investigate land titles. A complete
abstract of all titles of record in
Cameron County, Texas.
Practice in all state and federal
courts, when especially employed.
Land Litigation and corporation
practice.
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...IRaciones
The public will find an extensive
assortment of Dry Goods, Shoes,
Hats, Jewelry and Saddles at
prices without competition at
Las Dos Na clones,
M. S AH U ALL A (C COMPANY
Front of Market.
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New Rio Grande Hotel.
NEW MANAGEMENT.
D. F. FIELDER, Prop.
Special attention to travel
ing public. Reduced rates
.to regular boarders. Near
court house square. CJ'O
Browne vS,
Tes&s.
FRANK" RABB
ReahEstate Aent
BrewHsvifle, Texas
Have for sale some choice
. pieces of agricultural 'land
in large and small tracts.
Also have a number of
tracts of grazing lands.
OFFlCE:Slore of Jucn H. Fernandez
Hotel MafemoVos
Jesus Bcnarldes & Co., Props.
Only first-class hotel in the
city. Table furnished at all
times with best to be had.
SPECIAL. RATES TO FAMILIES
STREET CAR PASSES THE DOOft
Tvtv tfecU Frw J& Pitt Mitm m-u.Mnli
AN ORDINANCE.
Regulating the Transportation of
Passengers, by Hacks, Carriages,
and other such Vehicles, and
Establishing a Tariff of Prices
therefor.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the cily of Brownsville:
That the following regulations
are prescribed, and the following
tariff of prices is established, for
licensed ha'cks, carriages, and other
vehicles for hire in this city, for
the transportation of passengers,
and the person, firm, or corpora
tion, owning, driving, or controll
ing, such said hacks, carriages, or
other such vehicles, are hereby au
thorized to charge the rates and
prices herein and hereby establish
ed, and it shall be unlawful for any
such person, firm, or corporation,
to ask, or receive more than the
rates and prices hereby and herein
established:
Section 1. For carrying each
person or passenger, from any point
to any other point, within the city
limits, for a distance not to exceed
one (l) mile, or within the follow
ing boundaries, towit: Fronton
Street on the South; Taylor Street
on the North; First Street on the
West; and Sixteenth Street on the
East, the owner, driver, or person
in charge of such hack or carriage
shall charge the sum of twelve (12)
cents each way; for carrying each
person or passenger from any point
to any other point within the city
limits, over one mile, thirty (30)
cents, each way.
Section 2. When passengers re
main not more than ten (10) min
utes after reaching their destina
tion, and then return by such car
riage, hack, or other vehicle carry
ing them, the said hack, carriage,
or other vehicle shall be required
to wait said time for them, and no
compensation shall be allowed for
such waiting, provided that passen
gers shall pay the regular fare
herein established for the return
trip.
Section 3. No extra charge
shall be made for carrying baggage
of -any passenger or passengers, if
the same docs not exceed seventv
five (75) pounds in weight, or any
trunk not exceeding one hundred
(100) pounds in weight; and for
excess baggage, 'the owner, driver,
or person in charge of such- hack,ij
carriage, or other vehicle convey
ing same, may demand and collect
fifteen (15c) cents for each trunk,
or for every one hundred (100)
pounds or fraction thereof of such
baggage.
Section 4. When any hack, car
riage, or other vehicle is hired or
used by the hour, the o'wner, driv
er, or person in charge of the same,
shall charge the sum of fifty (50c)
cents per hour for one (l) passen
ger, and when there are two or
more persons or psengtrs, the
sum of seventy-five (75c) cents per
hour; and in attendance upon fu
nerals, the charge shall be by the
hour, at the rate hereinbefore es
tablished.
Section 5. After nine (9)
o'clock, p. m., and before six (6)
o'clock, a. m., the owner, driver,
or person in charge of any hack,
carriage, or other such vehicle,
shall charge twenty-five (25) cents
per hour more than the rate herein
before established for the carriage
of passengers, when employed by
the hour; and when such carriage
or hack is not hired by the hour,
the person in charge of same shall
charge double the .rate hereinbe
fore established, in Sectfons Num
bers One (l) and Two (2) of this
Ordinance,, for the Transportation
of passengers, provided the owner,
driver or person in charge of such
hack or carriagcsball not refuse to
hire same by the hour if the pas
senger or the passengers desire to
do so.
Section 6. Whenever any hack,
carriage, or other vehicle for hire
may be unemployed, it shall be the
duty of the owner, driver, or per
son in charge of the same, and they
are hereby required, to carry, upon
their request thereto, any person,
or persons, to any point within the
city limits, for the rates and prices
hereinbefore established, and it
shall be unlawful for them to re
fuse to do so.
Section 7. Any person, or per
sous, after being carried to his or
their destination, or place where
they leave such hack or carriage,
who shall refuse to pay the fare or
fares hereinbefore established, if
demanded without delay by the
owner, driver, or person in charge
of such hack or carriage, shall be
deemed guilty of an offense.
Section 8. All hacks, carriages,
aud other vehicles for hire and
transportation of passengers, shall
take such stands in the city as may
be assigned to them by the Chief
of Police of the City of Brownsville,
and shall be under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed
by the City Council of thasaid City
of Brownsville, and it shall be un
lawful for them to refuse to comply
with such instructions or regula
tions. SeGtion 9. AIL licensed hacks,
carriages, or othecsuclL vehicles Jif
this Gity, shalhkeep.andmanitaiu
at night, a lamp, or lantern, on
either side thereof, which said lamp
or lantern shall be lighted as long
as such hack or carriage shall re
main upon the streets after night,
and any person owning, controll
ing, or driving any such hack or
carriage not so properly lighted
shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
Section 10. The owner, driver,
or person in charge, of any hack,
carriage, or. other, vehicle for hire
in this city .shall place in a con
spicuous place t&ercfa, a printed
copy of the tariff of prices herein
before established, and the failure
of such person or persons to do so
shall constitute an offense.
Section 11. Any person or per
sons violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be fined in
any sum not to exceed twenty-five
($25.00) dollars for each and every
offense.
Section i2. All Ordinances, or
parts of Ordinances, in anywise in
conflict with this Ordinance, ar&
now hereby repealed.
Section 13. This Ordinance
shall take effect from and after the
publication hereof, as required by
law.
Adopted by the city council ot
the city of Brownsville, in regular
session, oxv Monday, June nine
teenth, A. D. 1905.
Approved June 19th, A. D. 1905.
Frederick J. Combe, Mayor.
Attest: F. Champion, Secretary.
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Attorney and
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and Land Agent..,
Hidalgo, Texc
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and Starr counties.. Titles inw
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and family . trees furnished .up,
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