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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
10
In BIWABIK Minn August 21 mine operators announce eviction of striking miners who refuse to return to work. The Pick and Matcher Mining Company served notice to vacate houses owned by the mining firms as they are needed for workers at the mines. Other iron range operators plan similar steps affecting tenants on strike.
The city grants the San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway Company a 25 year right to construct maintain and operate a double track standard gauge railroad crossing the San Antonio River and multiple streets within the city limits. The ordinance details route, stipulations, required crossings, and city engineer approved grade conformance.
City ordinance requires the railway to minimize street interference, underground wires when needed, and restore streets after construction. It sets grade crossings, elevated sections with steel and concrete structures, and specifies rights of way, drainage, safety devices, funding of improvements, and liability indemnity for the city.
The ordinance authorizes suits to enforce payments and damages owed to private property owners arising from railroad construction maintenance or operation. It requires certification of contracts leases and resolutions by city officials before taking effect and mandates publication for franchise validity. Read in August 1916 with Fred Fries as City Clerk.
In New York nearly 20,000 delegates gather for the American Federation of Catholic Societies and allied groups as Catholic Week begins with a pontifical high mass at St Patrick's Cathedral attended by three cardinals and the apostolic delegate. The opening sessions include reports from national president John Whalen.
A fragment notes the national secretary Anthony Matre and states the report of the committee on public morals will be presented this afternoon. The brief passage indicates ongoing formal proceedings and a scheduled presentation by officials.
Col J A McCalmont assistant adjutant general has gone to Brownsville and other border points to visit Texas National Guard members. Col J T Stockton assistant quartermaster general is visiting guard camps along the border.
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