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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
11
City resolves to levy special assessments on abutting property owners for street improvements under a uniform plan. Hearing set for April 27, 1916 at 4:00 PM in City Hall to contest any proposed charges. Owners and agents urged to attend. notices issued per the Procedure Ordinance.
City commissioners adopt a resolution approving the plat and engineer statement for the South Hackberry Street project from East Commerce Street to Victoria Street. They authorize special assessments on abutting property and outline the plan and costs as prepared by the City Engineer.
City Clerk announces a resolution for labor Street improvements between Carolina and Goliad in San Antonio. It states the project funded by special assessments on abutting property, details the contract with Western Paving Company, and outlines parcel descriptions and frontages to be assessed.
Conditions in Pachuca mining camp remain stable as the company produces about 100 tons of ore each day. The camp reports no shutdowns, midges disease typhus has been checked, and workers receive half price food supplies with free baths and barbers. Local order is maintained by miners themselves and Zapata issues are said to be minimal.
Ralph Albert Blakelock, once broken by illness and confined at Middletown State Hospital for the Insane, was released to return to New York. He views his cherished works, including Moonlight and The Old Oak, now acclaimed nationwide. A committee of artists welcomed him at a Fifth Avenue gallery as plans to support his wife and children were announced.
Judge T O Woldert leads the Harmony Movement to reunite Nueces county Democrats. A mass meeting is planned in Corpus Christi on April 22 to heal a multi year split and unite factions for the coming national election.
About 150 Confederate pension warrants for the quarter ending March 1 remain undelivered in Texas due to applicants not providing postoffice addresses. Most have since submitted addresses, but a portion still lacks delivery information.
The city will determine and assess the lawful portions of improvement costs against abutting property owners by ordinance after a hearing. Assessments create liens on parcels and personal liability for owners. Assessments are apportioned by front foot under the 1913 paving ordinance and apply to railroads occupying the highway, covering the cost between and under rails and tracks plus two feet.
Special notice declares a public hearing for the proposed improvement. Owners of abutting property and their agents or attorneys are to appear April 27, 1916 at 4.00 PM in the Council Chamber City Hall to show cause why a special assessment should not be levied and to proceed under the Procedure Ordinance. The City Clerk is directed to give notice as required.
The rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling forty million dollars cleared the House 210 to 1338 with amendments rejected. The measure funds ongoing projects nationwide with a $700,000 Brooklyn navy yard deepening item and one new project urged by Wilson and Daniels as part of preparedness. The bill moves to the Senate where last year a filibuster blocked a thirty million dollar lump sum.
The House sent the measure to the Senate where further opposition is expected. Last year's bill failed by filibuster in the Senate and a lump sum was substituted to cover existing projects.
Advertisement notes Alcazar Combination Cook Stove burns gas coal and wood with gas ranges and oil cook stoves. Mentions April 10-15 and SPEIR Hardware Company at 219 Losoya.
Bandits hijacked a northbound Central North railroad train near Lagos Mex and killed a number of passengers while robbing all aboard. Reports give no precise casualty count or details, noting such acts are rare but still occur in the country.
H M Butler field commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America turned over 618 as net collections from a Corpus Christi subscription drive. Eight Corpus Christi businessmen aided, and Butler heads to Dallas to raise 7000, then to San Antonio for another 7000 before returning to New York.
Corpus Christi reports G. O. Newman a prominent real estate dealer was elected to lead a newly formed Brooks Club here. The club aims to back the senatorial bid of Dr S S P Brooks of Waco who seeks the seat then held by Senator Charles A Culberson.
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