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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1915
Page
14
City clerk announces public notice to property owners along W Laurel Street between N Flores Street and San Pedro Avenue. Resolution details and subject matter follow in the published notice.
City officials order pavement work on West Laurel Street between North Flores Street and Bay Pedestrian Avenue. A special assessment plan, costs to abutting property owners, and a hearing date of October 2, 1926 are set, with the City Engineer to present the estimates and plats under the 1912 procedure ordinance.
Austin Texas enrollment figures show public school enrollment up about 299 pupils from last year. Superintendent A N BeCallum reports 3845 white school pupils enrolled this term versus 556 previously, with all except Bickler school rising. High school enrollment up 86 while some minor shifts noted.
Mayor Brown and the city council planned a proclamation urging citizens to join a September clean-up effort. Commissioners discussed suspending certain ordinances to permit trash removal, with extra wagons and department cooperation to collect yard and alley debris and clear vacant lots. A sanitation focus included street and vacant lot cleanup, plus ordinance actions on sidewalks and pole removal by utilities.
In Austin a rally led by Will W Wad, game and oyster commissioner, pressed Governor Ferguson to amend the law to designate a dove season and delay quail season, aiming to reduce violations and potting while dove hunting. Petitioners from conservation groups demand the change amid warnings and arrests.
Lockhart drillers report oil strike at well No 1 north of town amid excitement. First organized local company, backed by Lockhart businessmen, owns over 10000 acres. capital stock 100000. Well on Cornwall and Welty tract, near abandoned surface works. multiple outside interests plan drilling nearby.
The report details railroads arguing freight rate impacts on property values staged before the Railroad Commission in Austin Texas. Proceedings reference reevaluation of real estate tied to rail operations and related financial obligations, citing Bank Fer m and Worth area ties.
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