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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1916
Page
26
City Clerk notices a public hearing for street improvements on Blum Street between Bonham and Bowie in San Antonio Bexar County Texas. The resolution orders construction by Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co with special assessments against abutting property and covers cost estimates parcels frontage and owner names for levy. Hearing set for April 3 1916 at 4 06 PM in City Hall before the City Council.
Special notices describe parcel-by-parcel property descriptions by block and lot numbers in the New City Block plan. It lists frontage on the highway in feet, with letters indicating parcels and any intersecting streets, arranged north to south as shown on the plat and ground, with assessments linked to the street line.
The city outlines abutting-property assessment, front-foot apportionment, and liens to fund Rusk Street work from Commerce to South Street. A hearing is set for April 6, 1916, in City Hall to determine assessments and rights of affected owners under the uniform street-improvement ordinance.
City Clerk Fred Fries of San Antonio issues notice of a resolution affecting property owners on Rusk Street between Commerce Street and South Street. The notice announces publication of the resolution and outlines actions and matters therein.
The state of Texas approves a public hearing for property owners and others on Rusk Street between Commerce and South Streets. The City Engineer plans curb to grade paving with three inch asphalt and assessments to abutting property, under the Procedure Ordinance.
City Clerk Fred Fries publishes notice to property owners along Crockett Street between Bonham and Bowie Streets in San Antonio. The notice references a resolution and directs publication as required by law. The document initiates the official notice process for the street segment actions.
City approves Crockett Street improvements from Bonham to Bowie including grading, three inch asphalt wearing surface, concrete curbing, and related work. Special assessments to property owners and city funding portions laid out with cost breakdowns and block frontages listed.
The notice outlines that portions of abutting properties bear the liens and assess amounts via front foot method per a December 18 1913 ordinance, with amendments. It requires owners to show cause at a hearing as provided by law, with Fred Fries as City Clerk witnessing March 22 1916.
J 8 Cullinan, chairman of the Texas Economic League, denounces bad citizenship as a cause of bad government. He argues the average business man bears little political responsibility, condemns voluntary servitude, and urges liberty over wealth to restore Americanism. He cites Morris Dickinson Franklin and warns against reliance on politicians or foundations to preserve rights.
London reports experts estimate a minimum three year duration for the ongoing European conflict. They compare past wars from 1885 to 1912 13 noting varied lengths and conclude current endurance could surpass most 19th century European wars. The piece includes a humorous judge scene about road fines and highway speed.
New York March 25 The Bowery’s fate looms as merchants press to rename the famed street linking Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Critics warn merging Bowery into generic Central Broadway would erase its historic identity from Dutch orchard origins to busy theater hub and immigrant bustle. Union Square to Chinatown span acknowledged.
In Kobe at war start Uchida, a shipping office employee, foresaw a naval boom for shipowners and left his desk to produce the Uchida Steamship Company of Kobe, aiming to capitalize on wartime prospects.
A ship company started with capital from Uchida and relatives grew to own four small vessels. The firm was later bought out of profits and last week paid a half year dividend of six hundred percent. Uchida donated 50000 dollars to Tokyo Commercial school where he trained, and in eighteen months he has amassed a fortune of two million dollars.
Plan announced in Petrograd to levy a large annual tax on Finnish residents. Finns are exempt from conscription and barred from forming a Finnish army. The newspaper Novoe Vremya estimates the levy will raise about 133,000,004 roubles yearly for Russia's war expenses.
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