The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Page: 2 of 10
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FAGE TWO
Street Bonds-
eel about tijmjm It mdse'**
tax^^ucfruns^stfieduled April 1
Ybeae carta, tf xliowed, would i **£,
have reduced the tax on liquor; fj”
from $16.50 to M t gallon: on, “l*
riawwie*. trout g to T cent* a I-if
standard pock; on automobiles * “
from 10 to 7 per cent; on gasoline pn*
from 2 cents to 1cents a gallon; T
an trucks and buses front 8 to 5 cerl
par tent; on beer from S9 to S8 ckr
a barrel, and on wine about one the
third, die exact figure depending the:
upon alcohol content he
participating property owner *“^ *****
They pointed toe letter whichlC“**<5 ' .
sent to EHA pledging j
conatruettm of the street and the •“■•L to **“*" street*
Myinf of • Ji-fodt-wide entente h*n-
precedeuoe over the best interest*
of the city's welfare.*
ThU was the plan Which the
city bed forgotten: which Commis-
sioner Colfc-m ratted In us*
which Mayer Caillavet adsrotted
to be m mothbtlb; ehicfc City
Secretary Cottle exiled antiquated.
Gtv Chorfrr-
Hiqhways-
Wtd" ’ItoJtoewy to Sight out thU." hT stfcnxted.
City Commissioner* rapidly “* • h*1* r«u* it will take all
came to agreement with the Zeto* )**” SS *H *azVoae*
with this explanation; although. *?u*1 **« rtI^H *«n*tnict»on
none hud been to distant from ap-■ ..
troval. Meantime. he continued, “are
As Co«rffiii*k»er Colburn put it. ■>**•'£*■*• ■«» ef HI ew> otter
“It’s not a GUMtion of ttw merit **c**™®-
of the project but where the He called tor “* city bead tome
money will come from.” ! J* ***** fawrevemewta otter
--- ,v. 4----*»- than on thoroughfare*/’
But. that brought up another
ToxCvts-
VA 7vw "7v «nei came, wiy m. u. new
,r«£ » 24. *3 >2 s’ 4f-TaS; 1S
to MttoWlwWtoT^top.,
$1253 “. _ - « 4. . I The argument bed been over fa-
ils yterson proposed to-t lb* roar>ee of warrants as a method of
court accept » bid of $3,559 to ^ Warrants may not be issued
““l* three houses and a before an indetotodnea* is accrued.
J. P. Christian and a bid of $565 ^ afterward,
to dig a new weU for Cbnstouu However, the Zeto*. who said
or a total ol $2,154 to clear that ume work wou)d be done before
section of right-of-way for lhe jujr ending of the current
way 80 relocation Coinntuw-<awre fiscai rmr said they only wanted
; Emest Vfa’les objected with toe M -underetandtaT that the city
idea that H bids were called for woujjj participate,
by the court on muring and pip- Gentleman's Amwat
'-tig of water to Christians oew Tbty wen agreeable to a “gen-
house locations, H would be cheap, tj^an’s agreement."
er for the county. \ The only fly in the pie was in
Masterson reminded that M6 Commissioner Colburn’s utter-
fret of water pipe would have to
be placed under the road, and -That’s fine but we may have
cased, and said: “that will cost ttro ^ commissiomua and a
more." Walks said btonUy: *Tm M]ror by that time who
* not buying hi* well," after Master- n^n’t want to pay tor the work."
(son said the present well would ft*. flnai outcome; The gectie-
i be toed by Christian for other m-n-, agreement to FAX the city’s
s purposes Comisatonw Casey J. ahuv of Link street pairing to
Peveto reminded that two-inch paHi avenue, $4,00980 plus
pipe coat $6.0* per Jdat tat gSOO for engineering.
Walks eontanded the county The project is expected to open
would **ve b*"** aoough oo t new route for paaaenger car
! house moving to furnish the wet- travel between West Park avenue
er supply. Christian asked the „** joth street The city expects
i * 13.154 amount and would oversee to route truck traffic over Burton
, the work himself. The matter was sit . which is open from West Park
, tabled. all the war across the city.
lCasteraon Informed the court} .--
. that it could expect trouble from . p y .
referred to as “as modern today
-v ft eras flt-n” olaeed resremsi-
v-i'ity noon the shoulders of city
cfr;*«ak stating:
“The acrii’I over-all benefits
wh’eh the eftwns of Orange wBl
torive from the efty ptonetn* *e>
tovitie* will deoend entirely uoon
i flip extent of the Sincerity, enthu-
siasm and the rersHfrocv wdtt
which the CftT Official* follow the
recommendation*.
’ “The n’an has been designed as
a coottfoated prorram and na-
lura^y. it wiB not be oossible to
e*f the ftitl benefit of tte BKwram
if mane of the mator prtnelpks to-
*---a—. Ji *8
jgriTW! maw Jgitncu.
f Continuing, to almost orophetk
utotoMHai of what has hao-
Paving Pofity-
Rhrtnkl* Tax
4 *' '
Htosing W* Cast
City $19,782.97
ftli cost the City ’of Or*R*e
8l3::r»7 to provide sumsnpal
lac.. . s to t e new Zeto Addrtkaj
tc<~ to be to corwtruckoo on a
st- scat of Pme Grove s Sat^ia.
CcwS Armory site.
"Lie* r-ight Zeto Er.terptise*. ss-
sour.cc.ng almost uruaeiiate cosn-
metcvmwct of cccsstrarisoc there
asked municipal a*rw«*nt to
frwre to proriston of strew, wxtc
sewage fact 1 tow Zeto s pemon of
the * hiring cost will be fclW*
Coder an esrirw srrengemen:
with the Zeto* the city had fttr-
engincw-"4* on street construction
Sd put to sewerage facilities.
Sanitary sewer installaftoo
THE QtANGE LEADCK WEDNESDAY, MAICH IQ,
macenaci- affeet the typs and na- mad* by Cfry lWt Cam-
tare of our future dty. It k par-} inrtssnsi. '*•1*4^ three «"«< a irelf hum
twularto important that toe lead- waueja mxeri ™ * n*rt-ho«
era to ..... . ._
to guiding such new growth
efficient patterns which
into I Here ' was its pucoctoted fswee |
will to- “It should be remembered Ijg
^ttetondto.city tort is our Ken Lakto of
. _____ than the fortunes of my indin- who wiD erect a
********* « S tSi£- ^bo^^ffl^y^x^-ttod ^
City to taiurm as as vacant lasfi;" ••---
ti-fia! *175 to be paid out for en-
gtotettog.
T> -■ - v, mesnttone. didc t know
where toe money to pay for the
work w.uld come fretn but sa« it
would include the item to next
year's budget.
Polio Vaccine Test
Pvbl;dty Planned
H. I Karturr- ;-umaiw» fe-
Strurtnr at Lutcfwr Stark High
SctoxA has bt-s-. *esi?n*ted pubhc
tofermat a. crixinr.2n_ for tb«
farthcoa; ~ * nolk,- vaccine test to
which wOl be deste hy city cr”> thestswttfares. tcajor streets, ex-
will curt $781550,. wait as add*- tiw*uiimuare». -------
press superhighway*, parkways
aud boulevards and minor streets
Burton street, tor tostaace. the
master pii*i kxrotd Burton t" tM
way freer Third street to an air-
wwt boulevard tohated soutt of
Western svenae. It cresaed Mac-
Artter drive directly behind Hol-
lywood Addition.
It opened llth street as a ma-
jor street from the then only talk-
ed about superhighway 88 free-
way to the north southward acre**
the city behtod Everereen Ceme-
tery, acms* Stark street and joto-
tog' Du Pont drive at its Adams
bare** crossing.
It (dotted new schools counting
for the community junior high
schools to Cove and to the Sunset
Addition area with a central high
FAXTCovgh Relief
Creomuliioa spreads n comforting
film over throat membranes, gives
relaxing aid, helps expel clogging
phlegm, goes Into the bronchial sys-
tem for stUl greater comfort md relief.
CRE0MUCSI0N
nlima CMfta, Cksu CstW, Acele ImicUtii
rKM>l:9W*r-
In the background, a big fight!
wae shaping up for next Wednes-!
day and Thursday, when a hOlto
overhaul almost all tax laws Is
scheduled cm the House floor
Democrats will fight to add a
$100 increase in individual income
tax exemptions for each taxpayer
and each dependent.
The bill up today would slash
the present 25 per cent rate on
long-distance telephone ca’ls; cut’
to half the 20 per cent tax on
movies, sports and other admis-
sion tickets, and or fort, jewelry,
foggaee. cosmetics, woman’s pock- ,
And. Colburn pointed out the j e< books, wallets, cameras film and
Issue Stood a chance explaining, light bulbs; and cut one third
“We almost got a street bond pro- from the present 15 per cent rate
gran in 1844, ft failed at the polk oo sporting goods, pens, mechani-!
by only 8 votes ” cal pencils, lighters, local tele-
Colburn figured now was the phone bill* and rail, bus or air
time to find out what the city, passenger fares.
ally On the i
SPRING IS HERE
Gardening U Started...
. . . And, far yovr Spring Garden-
ing, we hove just received a large
shipment of BolaM Gordon Trac-
tors and attochod tools ... a small
down payment ... pay on it whilo
SUPPLY ..
COMPANY
PHONE 8-2211
SMELL... FEEL
Pay Raisas-
ss^sBKJfvSipS&asEss4^-ri.
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stffl "«"■_ pected to suianit a proposal to
| with fire departmoit captains and
had aarnad the ratines. However.
and Horn
•sevfsr wU! do on;
.neriaot the best .
af the United States and added
with much emphasis that he wat
aat going to demagogue* about it
Mortar Plan-
(Continued Frern Page 1)
eeds but no one ever Mid any
attention to ft*
he of aa
That six-year-old plan said:;
■ 'While We cannot exneet to chance
our city overnight, we should heep -tax in . — »w — pone so. naid in folL
in mind that the building program ether eftv officials, should | When Engineer (key Smith ** ™ ® pS-^ fearful “if
it quite active. New subdivision* keep the City Fknt constantly In painted out toe city need only to! ^mrertolc «e do ft we
are oeftsg designed, lota are being mind and should recognise a defi- say it would participate^ on pev— ........ othec* to -to so and
‘No more
floor washing?”
-
igiii r
Rip a switch, and your elothot dry In • maftor of min-
ute$ exaetty tho way you want thaml To wall ara fluffy,
swaat-smaffing and thirsty whan an automatic alactric
doth#* dryar doat tha job for you. Taka
tha work out of wash day...sava
clotha*. $avt tima, sava work! Shop now
for alactric dryars... on display at all
sppfianea storas.
/s the time to >wiM>Bectr<c
REOOY kilowatt advises using a homk
DRYER OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OR
COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY SERVICE.
££ .
safe /
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1954, newspaper, March 10, 1954; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth557340/m1/2/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Orange+County+-+Orange%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.