The Brownsville daily herald. [volume], August 18, 1909, Image 4

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RIO GRANDE RY. JUNE I.
The following is the summer sched
ule for the Rio Grande railroad to
take effect Tuesday, June 1st:
Daily, Excepting Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
Brownsville
Leave 9:00 a. m.
Atrive C:S0 p. m.
Point Isabel
Arrive 10:30 a. m.
Leave 5:00 p. m.
Saturdays.
Leave 9:00 a. m. Arrive 10:30 a. m.
Arrive o: 00 p. nt Leave 3:30 p. m.
Leave 5:30 n. m. Arrive 7:00 p. m.
Sundays.
Arrive S:30 a. m. Leave 7:00 a. in.
Leave 8:00 a. m. Arrive 10:30 a. m.
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GRETAS' FLAG LOWERED.
International Blue Jackets Take a
Hand iu Affair.
Canea, Crete, Aug. 18. The Greek
flag raised three weeks ago by the
people' of Crete in defiance of the
sovereignty of Turkey and as evidenc
of their desire for union with the
kingdom of Greece was lowered at
sunrise this morning by a party of
international bluejackets. There was
no resistance on the part of the
Cretans and the function was carried
out without disorder and in accord
ance with a prearranged program.
Later it was learned that a well
directed shot fired by one of the
parting blue jackets brought down
the flagstaff at Canea fort jind with
it the green flag. Cretan gend
armes have been posted throughout
Canea " to maintain order. Four
warships of he protecting powers.
Great Britian, Russia, Italy and
France assembled in Canea harbor
yesterday afternoon. ' !
SURVEY FOR THE
DRAINAGE SYS i EM
COVERS 81,130 ACRES, AND
"WILL COST $204,021.
Report Made Uy County Surveyor
Amthor Received and Sept. 8 Set
As Date For Hearing Question,
Calling Election on Bond Issue.
Herald Want Ads I San CaiioS Hotel
For Sale.
FOR SALE House and two lots :
in West Brownsville. See. J. F. Al-j
len office of San Juan Plantation
Company. '
Yesterday afternoon County Sur
veyor A. W. Amthor filed with
County ClerlTWebb his report of the
survey for the proposed drainage
district for the establishment of
which a number of citizens peti
tioned he County Commissioners.
last October. In accordance with
the law, Mr. Amthor was appointed
to make the survey. The survey was
begun very shortly after, but was
checked for a time on account of
the decision of the attorney general
who declared the law under which
the county was operating to be de
fective. Work was then stopped un
til "the law could be amended to
meet his objections, which was done
by the last legislature. On the
signing of the bill by Gov. Campbell,
the .surveying party again took the
field and finally pushed the work i Kimball
to completion.
1 The report just filed is a com-'
oiete ana earetui presentation or 1 FOR SALE,
FOR SALE A mixed lot of fence i
posts; apply to R. F. Watson on my
farm, one-half miles west of West
Brownsville. J. I. Wilkes. 4-9 tf. ,
GEO. S. BEARD. Manager
Two Blocks North of Depot. American Plan
. Rate $2.00 per day. Special by Week c. ''onlh
Commercial and Tourist Trade Solicited
Strictly New. All Outside Rooms with Modern Conveniences
Free Sample Room. Hot and Cold Water Baths
FOR SALE Splendid buggy horse, ,
perfectly gpntle, city broke, also full !
leather, rubber-tired Columbus phae-
ton. nearly new. Not a nicer rig in
Brownsville, or a better family horse. I
A. W. Cunningham. C5-24-tf.
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For Rent
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FOR RENT Seven-room cottage
on St. Charles St., between 6th and
7th streets. For terms, apply to Miss
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Cheap Indian mo-
J. S. M. H. CROSS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
GROCERIES
Canned Goods, Flour, Etc.
Winchester Arms and Ammunition
BROWNSVILLE, TEX. MATAMOROS, MEX.
the subject and represents a dc. ot torcycJe,-1909 model, loop frame, 5
hard work on the part of En&...eer 0kSll power, magneto ignition. Has
Amthor and his assistant, 31. is. not run over 200 miles.. Address
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Lock Box 1, San Benito, Tex. 8-17-6
Kowalski. In it the proposed drain
age district is described as includ
ing iub iwrruury siiuaieu auu lying i fqr RENT Large front room
m Cameron county, Texas, and j cIose lllf ajso ro0ms for light house
which is bounded as follows: 'keeping. Apply to Herald. 8-16-6t
aca; on the west Dy the east line
of the Share No. 1, a subdivision of
the Espirita Santo Grant; on the
south by the Resaca de la Guerra and
the Resaca Rancho Viejo; on the
the east line of Partition Share No.
29, and between Resaca Rancho
Viejo and the Cuates Resaca, by the
east line of Partition Share No. 32.
Within these bounds are cultivat
ed S 1,1 3 6 acres, which land by the
county tax rolls is valued approxi
mately at $a76,000. As the drain
age law allows a bond issue of not
more than 25 per cent of the as-
S sessed valuation of the property in
cluded in the proposed district, the
bond issue for this great work can'
not exceed ?219,000.
l'lan of System.
Within the district thus described,
Engineer Amthor recommends the
digging of these main ditches as
follows:
1. Starting north of Villa Nueva
between Resaca Rancho Viejo and
Kesoca ae la uuerra, about six
miles above Brownsville, and run
ning east always remaining between
the two resacas, passing by the Ohio
and Texas Sugar Company's mill
to a point east of the Rio Grande
Ry.; thence by a ditch into the
Resaca Rancho Viejo and draining
out at Mesquite Station, thence
northeast into an arm of the bay.
2. Beginning north of Resaca
Rancho Viejo and south of Olmito
and running in an easterly direction
into the Tule lake; thence eastward
crossing the Rio Grande Ry. about
Loma Tresada and then to an arm
of the bay.
3. From the San Pedro prairie
north of Olmito, running into the
Tule lake and connecting there
with line 2.
The ditches will vary in depth
from 4 to 7 feet and, all will have
a bottom width of 3 feet at the
start and then widen, (1) to a max
imum width of 25 feet; (2) to 20
feet at the Tule, and from the Tule
to the bay, 26 feet; (3) to 15 feet
at the Tule. These will be respec
tively 61,755, 5, 500 and 26,700 f 1. 1
in length.
The estimated cost of the entire
work, including ? 8,5 00 for bridges,
approaches and. roadways, is ?203,
381. This would mean a tax of
about ?2.50 per acre to be paid in
from 20 to 40 years.
The report was received by the
commissioners court at a special
meeting today and hearing set for
Sept. 8, at which time arguments
for or against the proposition will
be heard by the court, which, if fav
orable to the carrying out of the
work will appoint a date, not less
than 30 days ahead, for an election
at which the matter of the bond is
sue will be submitted to the quali
fied voters of the proposed district,
If this carries it will then be neces
sary to obtain the attorney gener
al's approval of the bond issue in
order to dispose of them. It will
also be necessary to give thirty
days notice to contractors of the
opening of bids for the excavation
work, so that even without further
Jiitches it will not be possible to be
gin tne construction of the ditches
within three months.
The Sewerage Question.
Besides receiving the report on
the proposed drainage district, the
Commissioners'Court was waited up
on also by a committee composed of
Capt. Wm. Kelly, Judge E. C.
Forto, Dr. Fred Combe, Joseph
Webb and Judge Jas. B. Wells to
endeavor to solicit the aid of the
county in the consruction of a sew
erage system for the city of Browns
ville. Capt. Kelly acted as spokes
man of the sewerage committee. He
set forth the fact that 25,000 has
been subscribed by the citizens of
Brownsville for a sewerage system,
but said that it would require ?30,
000 to construct the system, and
that it was:the wish of the committee
to secure ihe aid of the county in
constructing the system by subscrib
ing the remainder of the requisite
sum, amounting to $5,000. Capt.
Kelly stated that, to reimburse the
county, the court house and jail
wuuiu ue connected with the sewer
age at the expense of the company
and that the sewerage would be fur
nished the county as long as there
was a sewerage system, free of
charge. They did not ask the
county to subscribe for stock, but
only to enter into a contract with
the proposed company for an indef
inite period by which the court
house and jail would be furnished
with drainage for the sum of ?5
000, 2,500 of which is to be paya
ble as soon as the company Is organ
ized, the remaining 2,500 to be
FOR RENT Part of ofiice. Best
location In city. Address Box 147,
City. 8-18-tf
paid when the system is completed.
Considerable time was devoted to
discussion of this question several of
the commissioners stating that
they personally would be willing
for he commissioners' court to enter
into the contract, but did not be
lieve that legally the county had
a right to enter into any such agree
ment. County Attorney Goodrich staed
stated, that in his opinion, the
county could enter into a contract
for the court house and jail to
be furninshed with sewerage
for an indefinite period for the sum
of 5,000, but would rather have
more time to look into the matter, !
before giving a written opinion on
it.
At the suggestion of Judge Wells,
it was agreed that the county at
torney should take up the matter
immediately with the attorney gen
eral and obtain an opinion upon the
subjec from the latter, this being
finally agreed upon by both the com
missioners and the committee.
County Judge Bartlett and Com
missioners' Jas. A. Landrum, A. 01
ivera and Celaya seemed heartily in
favor of the county entering into
such a contract, provided it be legal
and, should the attorney general's
opinion be favorable, there is little
doubt but that the county will enter
into such a contract and thus insure
a sewerage system for Brownsville.
It was agreed that a decision should
be given Sept. 8, provided an answer
from the attorney general be re
ceived hy that date.
The Levee Question.
Another matter coming before
this session was that relating to the
construction of the levee from
Brownsville to Ramirena, which was
presented by Mayor F. J. Combe,
and Alderman J. A. Browne. They
stated to the court that the city pro
poses to construct a levee along the
Rio Grande exending from the wall
of Fort Brown to a point in Rami
rena and tha they would like to ask
the county to co-operate in the mat
ter and bear part of the expense of
the construction. They set forth
that the levee would be a protection
to the county roads. This the com
missioners consented to do, agreeing
to appropriate a sum not to exceed
500 for this purpose, after which
a recess was taken until this after
noon. It was agreed that the sewerage
L question would be taken up on Sep
tember 8th, the opinion of the attor
ney general being expected by that
date.
WE SELL
Maxwell Automobiles
Ajax Tires, Westchester Diamond Batteries,
Havoline Motor Oil, Stairite Spark Plugs.
Racycle and Miami
Bicycles, Supplies and Sundries.
Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr Counties.
Burt E. Hinkley
Place your Order now for 1910 Model Maxwell Automobile.
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
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Builders' Hardware
Buyers of Hides, Wools, Skins and Produce
Brownsville, Texas
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Shamrock Bar
(Formerly the Rjuby Saloon
Is now installed in its new quarters in'the Kirk Building.
Everything modern and
Upto-Date
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on hand
' Look for the saloon with the Green Front
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THE STOCK 3IAKICET.
Leaders Show Gains at Opening
Unioii Pacific AVeakens.
New York, Aug. IS. Business
opened will a rush this morning, the
more important tsocks showing ma
terial gains over yesterday's closing,
Union Pacific, which again held the
center of the stage advanced to
216, a gain o 1 points. Later
in the day, persistent hammering of
this stock by the shorts drove it
down to 212.
GHAIX MARKET.
Chicago, Aug.
tations were:
Wheat
Sent 102
Dec 98 -1,
18. Closing quo-
Corn
66
56V&-
Oats
39
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COTTOX MARKET.
New York, Aug. 18. The spot
cotton market was quiet today
middling closing at 12:30. Futures
wNh . .6. .Y -tcf hrd hrd hr rdluuu
closed easy as follows: Oct. 12.24;
Dec 12.23; Jan. 12:22; March 12-24.
Public Notice of Dissolution.
Notice Is hereby given that the
partnership lately subsisting between
It. C. Patterson and E. R. T. Howard
of Brownsville, County of Cameron,
State of Texas, under the firm name
of "Patterson & Howard," was dis
solved by mutual consent on the 7th
day of August, 1909. Mr. Patterson
will liquidate all debts due to and
from the partnership.
R. C. PATTERSON,
E.R. T. HOWARD.
Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 9, 1909.
16-23-30. 9-6.
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