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Port Neelies City Council Gives Wage Increase To 6A wage mcroae lt;• cutsan hour lor six city e:op!-o os was approved by the ol\ council of Port Neches at ihosr s-mu-monthly meeting Momi.i umht 01 ihe cityhall. This o. presen I wage paid emph ■ . ■ cents.A nioiio: i»\ oilman. tlt;- aloe ^e brings the hi u rly .on I 95i.euule oi op t.» 90^e G t \,n .norease tinclt; mi-adarvyears. Hoy Howard. Janies Bowlin and Carr were named to study the situation by Mayor Russell.The city council approved a motion to allow Loyd Guillote. lire chief. $85 to compensate for clothing damaged in firefighting recently. Mayor Russell statedthat he was very satisfied with CJuillote's running of the fire department. Councilman Bowlinschedule oi three other employes 1 stated that it should be brought.. . . . .. . . . t . . 1 U ♦ *____ . , . i- * I , ,$10 a month failed to pass. Mayor H T. Russell stated tint a study of the city budget would bo made to see if the salary increases would be teas.hie at this time.I The purchase of a 40 pound vacuum type chlormater from the Wallace - Tiernau Company was authorized by the council The new $1085 chlormator wdl replaced tin.' 10 pound chlorm.dor now in uu. which was judged by Ross Mention, \y.ilcr superintendent. as being of insufficient mzo ami in a worn-out renditionJohn Guiiett, sales engineer of Wallace - Ticrnan Gompauy, appeared before the council to ,ui- 11 1swer questions and explain the! new ehlormaler. C a 1 roll explained that the old chlormaUu* I will be 1 econdttloned by his com-, pany at no cost, except for Ireight.The new cholrinator is designed to handle the city’s water plant output up to 1.000.000 gallons every 24 hours.A request for the city to /one Port Neches for taxicab use was made by Frank McCullar, cab uwneu..-AicCullur-, iu- speaking to snowfall; the council, stated that present regulations on taxi fees work ari injustice on cab drivers, who have not increased their fares in fiveto the attention of the public the action they should take in event of fires. He warned that when the tire whistle blows, all vehicles should be kept off the main streets and parked, if necessary, in order to not hinder the action of the lire department.Permission for a underground telephone cable right-of-way to the new otfices in Nederland wax approved by the council.George Boyd, city secretary, reported that $25,000 has been pant m city taxes thus far. Tins amount is $7000 short the $22,-000 assessments.The council granted permission to Drainage District No. 7 to use il foot strip parallel to andbetween the fresh water canal and the proposed drainage ditch.Mayor Russell instructed Hen-hnon. to “emphatically request the engineer of the project on Llano Street to clean up the roads 111 order that residents could get to their houses.Commendation of Hen non for the continued water supply Port. Neches enjoyed during the recentTIT TJy the coun-cil and the mayor. Mayor Russellpointed out that Port Neches was the only city in the area, not having its water service interrupted.
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Port Neches Chronicle
Port Neches, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 05, 1948
Page 6
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