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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1949
Page
3
In fourteen years County Clerk Emilie Limburg’s office yielded profits totaling eighty four thousand dollars. The sole loss occurred in 1942 during World War II as wartime duties and free services reduced revenue.
Carl C. Hardin Jr president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis local chapter announced the polio ward at Brackenridge Hospital will close for the 1948 49 season due to fewer cases and patient recoveries. Occasional cases will be treated as needed with the foundation covering expenses.
The Texas and Red River Telegraph Company was chartered in 1854 with offices at Crockett Houston County. The Texas and New Orleans Telegraph Company incorporated in 1856 to build lines Galveston to San Antonio and Austin. Messages via the network began in 1864 as lines were completed and extended to New Orleans through Shreveport Alexandria and Natchez. By 1855 Galveston reached telegraph range of eastern cities, and military lines to San Antonio connected to posts and eastern and southern stations by 1876.
Giddings completes a 58 lamp street lighting system begun in 1946. The city uses 4000 lumen lamps in the business district and sodium vapor lamps at the Austin Street railroad crossing. Under 8000 feet of underground cables and new power mains serve about 90 percent of the city.
Word of the illness of J. Cagoon, formerly principal at Bickler and Palm Schools in Austin, has been received by relatives. He later taught at Taff and now resides in San Luis Obispo California.
City water superintendent Albert R. Davis reports the completion of four water line projects in late 1948. The largest is a 12 inch line, 4 140 feet, on West 49th Street from Woodrow to Grover Avenue and Grover Avenue from West 49th to North Loop Boulevard, serving a growing residential area. Additional projects include 126 feet of six inch line on Joe Sayers Avenue, 355 feet of six inch main on Tillery Street, and 306 feet of two inch line on Pearl Street and adjacent alleys.
Five six inch sanitary sewer lines were completed and another nearly finished before year start, announced by C G Levander city sewer engineer. Completed segments include 1434 feet in Tarrytown No 2 683 feet on Exposition Boulevard 963 feet in Breezy Hollow No 2 150 feet Theresa Avenue north of Sixth Street and 60 feet East 50th Street west of Eiles Avenue. Almost finished is a 260 foot line on Gilbert Street between Exposition Boulevard and Hopi Trail and a 175 foot line on Kenwood Avenue from Mission Ridge south more than half complete.
In Berlin on January 4, American troops were warned by Colonel Frank M. Howley that there will be no fraternization with Russians while the Soviets’ inhuman blockade continues.
In Bastrop County two seats turn over. County Judge J. J. Sapp announces two new officials: C. E. Curtis of Smithville takes Precinct 2 seat from J. B. Rosanky and Vernon Harris of Elgin replaces J. H. Fleming in Precinct 4. Other county officials including Tignal Jones county clerk Dula Bell Webb tax assessor collector Fred G. Haynie superintendent of schools, Henry remain reelected.
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