Corpus Christi Weekly Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. FRIDAY. APRIL 24. 1908,
HIE QUESTION Of SPECIAL MEETING”
RIPARIAN RICHES OF CITE COUNCIL
MATTER WILL lit I’ESI ED H lil HIEUI) UATERiUi AlIKIiMHIN lit
F1T.LV IMOIRTN l»K< ILL l RMM MATITKn
MILLER PURCHASES LOTS STREET CAR LRAH'HISL W()RK ^ pAUL C(H)RT !S
Nay* He Will Secure lied Legal Talent Refused Me«r». Paul .V HitaaUler
to Male 11'l Will No, to !»<■ t ttnd' Appropriated fur Nunllan
Paid Rack. and street Work.
CONSIDERS THE RUMOR DAMAG
ING TO CORPUS CHRISTI
The work of Improving Paul Court
preparatory to the inaugural opening
next Tuesday and Wednesday Is
ahout completed, Water mains have
been laid, concrete walks built hi
front of every lot and street lights
The question of riparian right- is At a »; eel a I ..Ion of the city placed on every corner. The on Hrotvusville Train* Will be Operated in
out! that Is being discussed very fully council held yesterday afternoon Dance to this beautiful addition Is
in this city at the present time, some important matters demanding marked by two stone pillars standing
owing to the filing of suit* against the attention of the council hefoia 0,1 Cmnniattche street on the East
its uext regular meeting were acted side of the plot of ground,
upon. Among these was tin matter Not only have the street* been
1‘lils ( it) a* Long a* the Nan Shines
Relieves l it) lla* a (treat
Future.
So long ns the sun shines In Cor*
■ L' entitled to this mall service and occupancy exf.-nds over the water the of preparing for the defense of the sloped off and graded on the addition
, -native interview- compensation Tor sum- In ;-P c'r-.-s city having lieeii mad. a party to city in the suits recently brought itself, hut the streets surrounding P«* Chrlatl, *o loug an the city la her*
,.[• vice president w,1Br< I* wnipetltlv. sm vtce the Tie suits. This question will doubt- by certain parties for the possession It and lending to It have been care- and H la destined to Ire here for all
,x M. Railway com- ,int uivi ; Gie best si-rvle. is usually less be settp-l finally before the of water |ou to which suits the clt) fully graded time to come and grow into a great
tlJ order issued by I aWHril,‘fl e*ontraot« for handling the present litigation ends. Mr. Jeff is made a party Sam Rankin street has been grad- l»*l *«> long will the Hi. Louis
i,r posttnaster gen- niftil. IL stated that he bellev.-s the Miller whose handsome home ir sit- Present at the session were: ed from Leopard street, or “shell Louis. Brownsville and Mexico road
mail service he- s,*eoud assistant postmaster general, tinted on the water from, states that Mayor Reid, Aldermen Yeager, Gib* road,'' to Caldwell strest, a distance j 1,111 Daiu* Into the city ’
. n,j corims Christ! " *u‘ understands, rendered this he propose* to abcure the b. M legal boas. Gregory. Sutherland, Downey, of several blocks, giving a good drlva Mr Jeff N. Miller expressed himself
I, the 8t. L„ it A- decision, i no. familiar with the sit- talent obtainable and have the ques- Grant, Loveiiskiold Howies and On* wav from Leopard street to the then*’ terms this morning to a Call*
Ms h i advised that nation us h exists today and he is (Eon tested in the courts, that -o far non; City Attorney Deimas Givens, Court and along the front of the ,!r representative In another column
,[■ action ol Gie turuiei opinion that h> doe* as lie i concerned, the matter will and a number of citi/.eiu court to the southern aide, l.ipau, M1 Miller tells the whole story con*
artfiKUit abolishing hot heljt»e that the postmaster gen- be settled for a|l time h- -ot he City Attorney (.Ivons, at the re Cotntnanche and Caldwell streets, j I'erulng the matter of the proposed
oral oi the government would for one stops. quest of the council, spoke for sev- running apratlel with Leopard, are discontinuance of the mail service on
moment demand or consider It Imst T have just paid out something era! moments giving information re- also carefully graded. May 2 Ah was stated in The Caller
ness to fore. the mails upon the like four hundred dollar- ' he --la ted Kurd tug the city's pc--It Ion in the The Geo H. Paul Co., which is yesterday afternoon, the reason Is be*
railroad company, requiring them t to n Caller representative this morn* Huits and giving suggestions as to making these many improvements, «'»«»«* the railway company officials
give ->-rviee without compensation, ami lug, “in order to stop the harassing ’lie steps the city should take In its stale that the water mains placed that they should Do remunerated
a Mr. Millet stated lo the Culler rep- tendencies of thos. w ho claim to own defense. on the court will l;e given to the city Tor cm tying the mails. It Is oven
between Browns-1 rt *‘iitat fxthat action for do couth, water lots in front of my property Much, he said, deptgid* on whether free of charge. They say they feel
pi-ti the post office dlnu such service was on the part of 1 purchased two lets or paid out H can be construed that the city owns that the people want more water
the railroad' Mie |k> tofflc.- depurttm nt and mu by money to secure a deed o two water Go- soil under the water in the bay. mains and that the city needs them
Brownsville road j
e mail to the post
hi* attention was
. ..sc briefly stated
Endows: When the
railway was coni*
ville and coinmenc-
the railroad. The railroad stands
ready to perform the service.
He stated that ui was heartily in
co-op- ration with iln- dtiaetn of Cor-
pus Christ! in proniofln and <1. velop-
iii" the entire seetbni and reaiises that
lots that it iw claimed t xlgl fn the bay 1<’**>' at o1,c time did own this
mi front of my property. 1 cannot being granted it by the State
of stakes In thu water. 1 paid out 1*»<I "to afige of the bay as the city’s with a live hundred million dollar cap- ' M'lalned Interview with Mr.
it Aiil work i hardship upon them Hi. money to s. cure the deed to the boundary line Another action by Hal Incorporated to construct a line **> mldlUon to this, states Mr.
tlo* leghfauire granted tlie city the from St I'nul to Seattle has ben Miller, the department has fined the
right to construe! wharves from the debarred from the malls by a fraud < rttl*way company for lining late in the
ties notice, however, that this matter '’ltd of IIjb streets into the bay, order. Its subsidiaries, the t’o-oper-
will be tested and that they will According to Mr. Givens
to have the mail
such manne
- i-rvi
.(•rititendenl of rail
requested th<
i , continue the ser-
lou would be taken
This was uhoti! ,
The railroad com-1
ire time has been
.■rviee without com-
udditlon were requir-
■ t nitiium for delivc
I'W ■ ell th1' (| ,K)t gml
■tie city of Corpus ■
•.Hiding this delay
.. railroad company
Very effort to have
i t no nt ad just it
and some two
- >ad company «av >■
;ld file claim againsi
, Veil rig Silt'll, set vie.'
■ i cbotWhlK Eilat
iv vvii entitled to:
ui provided . a
in good faith, and
for the outlay of
Corpus Chrlnti and
in lion but wiiat the
merit I* wron? in
: iniing that the Tex-
vay ami tip? S. A. \-
:be mail and receive Disctet Judge liopklti:- will ad-
handling this mail iourn courf at San Diego onm time
ii ami Corpus Christ! 'IBs week and hi In Corpti «’hrlwti
Sinton. under agree- o convene th( April term .f the dis-
,-t- or four years ago i trict court for Nueces county Monday
weighed and the morning.
.id a graduated scale Sixteen gentlemen have ........ -mm-
o i on such weight ntoned to appear Monday in the court
room nt which time ilm grand jury
will b>* empaneled The following
those summoned: Messrs. E. H.
Caldwell Clark Pease. Dan K id. R.
L. Gregory, C K. Coleman, I5d Bar*'.
A. A Thompson, V. A. I’.*-n .all
John McIntyre. IV. H. McCracken.
\V G. Blake. J B. Ragland C C,
Wright Kd Kilmer, William Shely
and D M Davidson.
til Btlilil l> I 1(0M M \|LS,
here all the time to sit on the Legislature, hut the State later saw
wafer front in front of my home with W lo rescind its action, and, in d«- Wushiugion. April 28 The Miune-
i Etotgun mid prevent the driving fitting I h* city b boundaries, deslgna- a polls and Seattle Railway company
wot .' than was at first thought. The
nillwjix eompany tins lieen required to
deliver the malls to the postoffice wil'h-
ont remuneration In order to do this
the company has l>een paving $100
each year, or Iiun paid a total of
nearly $1000 since the trains began
running Into tills clfy This is fully
the interview with
alleged lots simply to < are peace
for my family I have given the par-
HOA BUTIN ISA A Hill l.l If.
Blunt/,or. T.-xas, April 22. The two
iiid a half year old son of Mr Henry
Hunt, living three miles smith of Ban
Patricio, v ''s bitten at I o'clock Mod-
lay afternoon by a bug. rattli nake
The snake w.is coiled utid1 • the dour-
• f.-p and attacked the boy as lie was
bout to enter the house
The nake h)so lilt the littb tMi.v's
■ which dti*d in twenty inlnuti
was Hapravio.u.
DISTRICT < <»! RT op|A* MONDAY
Judge tlopkiie Will Vdjourti Court
at Nap Diego This Week
delivery of the nmlls, If tho train
these Utive Const.uell.m company, the Great | waH h"1'1 i,lu'k lU H“’l>*,own ««"*•<*
have to pay hack this money. I alts may be carried into the higher Northwestern Pi cal Agenev and the , ^,rt' !l bebtied train and came into
have goue to much e>|,ease in filling courts before a aettleinent Is reached, Northern luvesUnnut Bureau ara In-' ’ ori’UK ' lir!i,tl la,i?r 1,1 Hfl
Hi the edge of my property, have and that additional counsel may be eluded In the fraud order,
onstrweted a cement bulkhead rind 'iceded
the like anil feel that I should in |ef
time, tin* department Imposed the fine
and collected from the money* due the
The council Instructed him to be used and the coat to be paid by the! company on the line between llolm-
tiiki- Mii b .fops n are necessary In owner of the house to be numbered. , town and Brownsville or between liny
defend the city nipj to employ such Alderman Otiwvn submitted a reso Glty and Brownsville
muistanc.' needed by him tut Ion providing for the reading of Discussing the rumor flint rite
The application of Messrs. Paul ail ontinem. at three consecutive Brownsville hud purchased the Texas*
and Bannister for a street car fran- meetings before passing upon them Mexican mad and for this rcaaon
,-hJsi having been changed in a few There was some objection to this on w»uld discontinue the lirownsvtlle
particular:* by the applicants, was the ground that many ordinances aret D'uln into this city, Mr. Miller said:
again presented to the council for
consideration. Mr. C W Gibson as a
iti/eh ibmiftlng !t together with
ion.munbaiion received liy him
from the applicants. This comtnunl-
matter Into the courts ,atio" l^bllshed In a recent Is-
sue of the Caller together with a
summary of the changes made in the
franchise,
The council refused to grant the
franchise a* applied for. The meta- city lieu lit) ofllcer for the i»asi three; place does It lof»k leusouahin or wor-
ber- expressed theuiKelves as opposed months, made a verbal report of hlsj1'* ‘ •*rlou» notice to say that after
to granting a street car franchtoe work He stated that his work w.;m i company has spent something like
unless two bonds were provided for, finished and that the city was In | ^3it.GGO In terminal facilities that It
one of 85,000 for prompt construe- good sanitary condition. He wl)l
alone.
' I don't mind stating that this
bickering over alleged water lotn i
an injury to this city. When people
at has.- property along the water
frot.i they purchase such property
because it along the water front
chance of gome one erecting ome-
Mm leiigtby and would lake up loo I tie rumor would be uu,smithy of no-
much time tics If It were not for the Injury to
After (hi diem Ion Do .ouncll GiIh city of such a report. If allowed
: the mail was weigh
"> ago and till such
y tic Brownsville road
a this weighing; there*
. . tiie BrownttvllL
■ iv oistlv entitled to
ion It is a simple
it ion ami should be
ii-tiness principles, the
,’liant or any one else
who cannot afford to
Burnt consideration,
(led that with a view
a hardship on the
•I, tlu* line of th'
v or the citizens ol
To Be Held oil AraiiMi*. River.
The annual Presbyterian Sunday
school picnic win be held on Aran-
sas river, eight miles below Sinton,
on the St L„ B. A- M. railroad, on
continued hauling Saturday, April J'tih. A special
(vice from the so- train will leave the union depot at
x a. m.. arriving at the grounds at
10. Jjrice of round trip tickets, one
doliur for adults and fifty cents for
children Tickets for -ale at Bing-
ham’s drug store.
Die ’r.*i ■ railway ser-
adjustment would be
n de the jiokt*
r bus hi en delinquent
.o explained, s id
was tinafiV orercnled
Eli Miller fated that he proposed
v it bin a very hurt time.
The city, too. along with the par-
ties against whom suit has been In-
stituted, will test the question to the
fullest extent
it hac been suggested that the
pending a decision that no further
attempt be made to construct pavil-
ion on disputed property, but at the
aim time that all attempts to tear
down thos. amuRemeni places that
.ilready exist cuasn until the matter
is settled,
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
Klngsvllfe Texas, April 2.T This
.icinity was blessed on the night of
the 2Oth with a I Inch rain, and
everybody* Is smiling. The crop pros-
pect Is very flattering. Borne onion
growers are harvesting and some are
b rough.
There will be an Easter service
at the I’r. -byterlan church Thursday
night, conducted by Dr Brigham. He
wijj also lecture on Friday night on
he hist ry of the North American
Indian.
Building goes steadily on. Lum-
ber is on the ground for additional
ofii t room, fo. the railroad boys
voted to tah|e tin- resolution Die vote
i-.-tUK ic loliowh. For tabling, Al-
dermen Yeager, Gregory, .Sutherland,
Dowtu-y, Grant am) Lovemtklold.
against tabling. Aldermen Bowles,
Dnzon and Gibbons,
in Seel who han been acting as
to go without contradiction in the
first place die Brownsville road has
never considered the matter of pur-
chasing the Texas Mexican railway.
VV’e have art ui licit lut we Call atienb Ur
now to make a first-claw line out of
Dm Brownsvllb' road In the second
ilop ami the other of $10,000 for make ft more complete r«port at the, ’l'11 ‘'Pending money here
would discontinue its trains jibe road
We are
continuous operation, mid unless (he next regular meeting. ' airanging for a hospital service (hat
time limit of tin franchise was roduc- It being ueressarjr that It he <je- necessitate the expenditure of
ed from fifty to twenty-five years. tot mined between the two aldermen otucb money here every month
’j lie bond of Mr John R. Shaw, re- from the First Ward which will (*ur Interests are In Corpus Chrls-
eorder, was examined, approved and <*rve the long term, a coin wan tooa-1 ** Me believe that It is going to bo
ordered filed. "'I and Alderman Yeager wu winner n KI ,*H* f’My Me lie I lava that w# newt
Th. matter of limiting the speed and »ii) cive two years while Alder* j <*11' *11 out business, and that the
of automobile- was then discussed man .Sutherland's time will expire:'"' ueeda our road, and we have never
and tin city attorney was ordered to Her tic next election | for an Instant considered stopping our
draw up an ordinance regulating The council then adjourned j fralB».
I can always be found by telephone,
Mr W. B Bart(*r of Houston is In A message can catch me in my office
the city on a business trip. Mr. Car- at Kingsville in three minutes. If I
ter - headquarters are in Housti n am not. In my office i will be out on
but he wishes to locate here and Tkp line and it will be easy to reach
automobiling in accordance with the
State law.
It was then ordered timi Aider-
man Grant, chairman of the street
committee, be reimbursed the
amount expended by him on the h,’rr‘ f,»r the purpose of secur- I «m ready at any time to give
advanced
good residence.
street worn, he having
money for a week's work.
The sum of $50 was net aside for
lht. tmivoi jo u?< In antiarv work ^ also pasturage for limited num Big aho.ti, If the mattqr concerns the
Brownsville road, i will take plwu*
Wc are "oiling Victor talking tna-
Ijije eve: v ta or,two on that $1
. mid a week plan Why
put
off
this
steps i
enjoy
mn-
rh. nu *
JchiT' chine while paying
New
1 ii ever ta - pt-* t.
'"•ne- ther line which
I., i: opt six lu twelve
ill* D’orn tii< Brow ns-
itiid from three to four
■ ■ ■ be. ' • : r
«o rt ords and tha* $800 Vft
r ir the B- aside hotel now Tail
’Xj»e(*u*d.
C
C. Book & Stationary Co.
Mrowosv:
FOR SALE Two or three sjian
good voting Vf iw-.ejfi HHliert J
Beckner Bunshln*-, iesos.
over the city in cases of emergency.
Another such sum win likely be set
aside when Dtiw is exhausted. Also
the um of $100 was appropriated
out of the street fund to carry on the
work of afreet improvement, it Is
inton 1 o u e tbh sum at least
ever.' month in ibis direction.
Be -ral smali bills were ordered
pa: j, among them being j hat of Mr.
C T Wnitin for getting up a list of
tfec unnumbered bou** - it was
stated that these houses would have
to . numbered before th(* free mail
! h, held at the Pavilion on Tu«eldt-5herj service to »« Inaugurated
at,, 1 fi i rvCVtesrxve imvt totm* h hr. hftffilW THd
nailing year and to transac- such mattei ot cotBpieiliiv this work was
ther bu-iir.e-N a* m»' come iu*fore the® referred to the street commit*
tee with instructions to secure the
E D. Scot! President. ■< nBe* of onie one to do the work
L. VI. Rankin. Secretary.
FOR SKRVin; My Imported black which the public Is Interested lit know*
b(-r of horses or cattle.
under > .instruction, arm quite a num-
bei* of COW.U • -
rtis Flii'b re’ irm- ' • terday'
from the Lumbermen ■ ca ""n1 ion
at Dallas
NOTICE.
The annuai meeting of the stock-
!tilers of the PartUon Stock Co.,
the meeting.
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