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The Brownsville Herald.
OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY JOURNAL
Jesse O. Wheeler, Proprietor.
Consolidated in 1893 with the Daily Ccs
mnnnlitan which was published in
Brownsville, for sixteen years.
Entered at the PostofEce. 6rown3ville.
as second-class matter.
Texas
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JESSE 0. WHEELER.
TUESDAY. JULY 16, 1907
THE ALTERNA TIVE.
"What! Give away a franchise
for a waterworks and eleccric light
system for " Brownsville for fifty
years! Give away such a valuable
"franchise as that absolutely free,
and for half a century! Why, it
Is simply preposterous!' '
This string of exclamations fell
'from the lips of a certain prominent
capitalist from the North, who has
-made considerable investments in
-this section,:in conversation , with
a. Herald representative a few
- days ago, when he was told that a
' firm in Jkouisiaua had asked the
"city for the said franchise for that
vterm of years, and intends to ask
if or it again, in the event of the
failure to carry the election for a
bond issue for the said - utilities.
"Why,"' he added, "such i
franchise is worth at least a hun
- i
dred thousand dollars. Private
-corporations owning water and light
systems all over the country have
grown immensely rich - through
their profits on these enterprises,
--snd men who know wnaf mere is
Sto be made.qut of them are willing
Jtc.pay well .for such franchises. It
wouldt be, utter, folly for the city of
Brownsville to give away such an
-extremely valuable franchise for
-nothing, . merely for the asking,
when, by advertising and putting
vhe franchise up .at auction, it
-could bessold: at a large figure, V
. This view of the question which
is by far the most important thing
before the people of Brownsville
today is 'called to the attention-of
the local readers of Thb Herald,
"for the purpose of warning them
; as to; what they will have to expect
in the event of the election on the
question of issuing bonds to build
a" waterworks and light system
'--Being aeteatea. ihe herald is
"well aware that a few of our leading
citizens prefer that these utilities
should be built -and owned by a
private corporation, instead of by
fthe city. No doubt some of thes:
-advocates of private ownership are
honestly convinced that it is really
-the best plan. But Thb Herald
does not believe that any honest
minded citizen of Brownsville
would opp se the bond issue, if he
really and fully comprehended the
-actual situation which 11 will con
f rent Brownsville in the event of its
"defeat.
As matters now stand, should
the bond issue be defeated, the
only alternative that presents itself,
in order to secure waterworks and
Sights which every sane resident
"of Brownsville must now realize to
be an absolute necessity is to
grant a franchise for these utilities
to some private corporation. After
four years of delay, waiting vainly
3Tor private, corporations to do the
work, with, the most liberal of
franchises from the city, it hard
ly seems possible that our people
could be so foolish as to prefer to
put itself again into the hands, of
-another franchise operator, who
.may keep us waiting another
-eternity. Even if The Herald
were not convinced that municipal
ownership is better than private
ownership, it could not under
stand how any citizen can, desire to '
defeat the bond issue, which will I
construction of a water and light
system, and tie the city up again
with another" franchise.
Particularly is 'it difficult to
understand how any sensible per
son can oppose the bond issue
with a view to giving the franchise
to the Louisiana company which
is asking for it, when the said
company prefaces its very modest
petition by the statement that it
will not touch the franchise for
less than fifty years. Do the
opponents of the bond issue suppose
for a moment that the city is
going to give away, one of its most
valuable assets for. a term of fifty
years a lifetime lease on a fran
chise that will be one of the big
gest money -making enterprises in
the state within a few years after
it is put into operation? The
Herald does not believe that any
member ofthe city council could
have the face to consent to do the
city such a wrong. Yet this is the
alternative that confronts us, if .the
bond issue is defeated.
IN MEMORIAM
Sketch of the Life and Work of the Late
Rev. Father C J. Smith, 0. M. J.
Rev. Christopher J. 'Smith was
born in 1851 in the Diocese of Ot
tawa, Ont., Canada. He received
his whole classical and theological
education in Ottawa College, con
ducted by the Oblates of Mary Im
maculate. Even before his ordina
tion to the priesthood, which took
place in 1875, he became a mem
ber of the faculty of that foremost
institution of learning, which was
raised in 1889 to the rank ef
University. As a teacher, Father
Smith displayed that thoroughness
and conscientious attention to duty
which distinguished him through
life. His next field of labor was in
Lowell, Mass., but the damp cli
mate of New England did not
agree with him, owing to his de
licate constitution. Therefore, in
1886, he was transferred to St.
Mary's Church, San Antonio, Tex
For seventeen years, as pastor of
that large and flourishing parish,
he spent himself, with admirable
and untiring zeal and devotion.
for the welfare of his. flock who
reciprocated his fatherly care for
their spiritual uplifting by the most
cordial affection.
In 1898, his religious brothers,
.the Oblates of Mary Immaculate,
of the United States Province,
chose him as their delegate to re
present them at the general chapter
i9f their congregation held in Rome
that same year. In 1903 Ottawa
University honored him with the
title of Doctor of Divinity. At the
.same time his superiors showed the
high esteem in which they . held
him, because of his learning and
his virtues by appointing him su
perior and. director of the San An
tonio Theological Seminary, an
educational institution for the
clerical formation of young aspir
ants to the lofty dignity of the
Catholic priesthood. A more ac
complished model of all priestly
virtues could hardly have been
found anywhere. Meanwhile he
was the confidant and private se
cretary of the Rt. Rev. Bishop of
San Antonio, who had for him the
highest regard in common with all
the priests of his diocese. It was
with the keenest regret that his
ordship and his faithful collabor
ators saw, the. removal of Rev.
Father Smith iri 1904 to .the Vic-
arate of Brownsville;
His work here is well known by
all. After two years of strenuous
effortsior the spiritual betterment
of his charges, he was appointed
superior of the Oblate Community
at Eagle Pass, at the end of
ast December. It was there that,
on the 14th inst., he was suddenly,
though not unpreparedly called by
his loving Master to enter into his
rest and receive the reward of a
ife unsparingly spent in honoring
him and doing good to all.
Father Smith's uppermost object
in lite was .tne sanctification of
souls, the spiritual temples not
made byvhands wherein God loves
to abide. ' 'Eor the temple of God
faithful asseable to worship and
partake of heavenly gifts. Witness
St. Mary's Church in San Antonio,
which he enriched with three
magnificent white marble altars,
aud adorned with artistic stained
glass windows and statuary. He
had planned similar improvements
for the stately Church of the Im
maculate Conception in this city,
but was unable to fully carry them
out, partly through lack of time
and also because he was asked to
bend his energy to the piomotion
of other works. Though, his resi
dence in Eagle Pass was limited to
a few months, he managed to pur
chase a beautiful new gothic ltar
for the.church, to set back of it.a
stained glass rose- window and., to
renovate the whole sactuary.
Father Smith was a great lover
of music, even a composer and no
mean performer. But he limited
his efforts to sacred melodies. Pos
sibly a few only knew of . these at
tainments, because of his great
modesty
Under a rather stern appearance,
Father Smith had a golden heart
He was one, among the few, who
gain on a more intimate acquaint
ance because of his
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Capital
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$100,000.00
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OFFICERS
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with greater facilities and mere
teachers.
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