The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1992 Page: 2 of 31
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Thursday, December 24,1992
NavCom
ment across the property.
• To build a drain-way crossing
at an estimated cost of $2,000.
The crossing will give vehicles
access to part of the 12-acre site
otherwise cut off from the re-
mainder, Patterson said.
Council members said follow-
ing the meeting they’ve never
heard any estimated cost for the
street construction.
Unresolved by Tuesday’s action
is what to do with a section of
railroad spur which crosses the
LCRA property.
Because a piece of it occupies
part of the Fayette Street right of
way, leaving it in place for some
possible future use could increase
street construction costs, Patter-
son hinted.
An inspection of similar valves
elsewhere on the system Tuesday
also revealed a need for
maintenance, though none of the
others has failed, according to
Fisher.
Monday’s line break and
resulting problems on the west
bank also underline the need for
improvements to water and
In other business Tuesday, the
council:
• Agreed to reimburse K.C.
Land Co. $2,000 for office carpet
damaged by a sewage backup
during heavy rains Nov. 19. K.C.
spokesman Rick Welch asked for
full reimbursement of cleanup
and new carpet costs of $4,377.
The sewage flooding may have
been partly caused by the failure
of a backup pump at the city’s
wastewater treatment plant dur-
ing heavy rainfall, said Water and
Wastewater Director Mike Fisher.
Goode and Council Member
Willie De La Rosa voted against
the reimbursement. Council
Member Jimmy Mathison abs-
tained and Mayor Lock cast the
deciding vote in faVor.'
wastewater service to the area,
•he suggested.
Areas west of the river are
served by a single eight-inch
water main, which hangs from
the Chestnut Street bridge, and a
single sewer line under the Col-
orado River, Fisher said.
Service west of the river is ef-
fectively cut off whenever either
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• Agreed to consider a plan to
install new sewer, storm water
draias and paving on laurel Lane
between Main and Wilson Street.
• Called for a Jan. 12 meeting
with Bastrop school trustees to
discuss trading B1SD taxes due
on the former Bastrop Hospital
Authority property for some utili-
ty impact fees associated with a
proposed Intermediate School on
the city’s western boundary.
The unpaid taxes accumulated
when the hospital was operated
by a for-profit management firm.
Subsequently the hospital fold-
ed and the city took possession of
the authority’s assets-and
liabilities.
Continued from Page 1
line fails for any reason.
When record floods swept down
the Colorado early this year and
ruptured the sewer line under the
river, the city was forced to spend
thousands of dollars trucking
wastewater from the west bank
lift station to the treatment plant
on the east side until the line
could be repaired.
Water
GIFT FOR RED CROSS
On behalf of the Bastrop Ministerial Alliance, Rev. R.D. Smith, right, presents Red Cross volunteer
Jan Emmerson, second from left, with a $675 check raised by local efforts. Lock Drugs added
another $75 for aid to Hurricane Andrew victims. Joining the ceremony this week were Martha
Goldfarb, left, assistant to the county judge, and First National Bank Vice President Minnie Bartsch.
Arrest
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he did not recognize the vehicle
and decided to call in the license
plate.
Before the report came back,
the vehicle turned off and
Daugherty continued on his route
to the police station.
The dispatcher told Daugherty,
several minutes later, that the
vehicle was stolen.
Daugherty said he felt certain
that the driver probably left town
after seeing him.
But a few minutes later
Daugherty spotted the vehicle
parked on the 700 block of Walker
Street. He parked behind the
vehicle and another Smithville
police officer, Sam Rodriguez, ar-
rived to back up Daugherty.
Daugherty said as soon as he
walked up to the allegedly stolen
vehicle, Greene came out of a
house and asked the officer if
anything was wrong.
Daugherty said he explained to
Greene that the vehicle had been
reported as stolen. A drivers
license check on Greene showed
that he had warrants for his ar-
rest alleging unauthorized use of
a vehicle, forgery and failure to
appear in court on an assault
charge.
“The warrants had just been
issued that day,” said Daugherty.
“It’s just one of those lucky things
you fall into once in a while.”
Greene was transported to the
Bastrop County Jail'and turned
over to Lee County authorities
Wednesday.
In other police business:
• Smithville authorities made
another warrant arrest last Mon-
day as a result of a traffic
violation.
Investigator Dick Magers ar-
rested Roger Darrell Pace, 36, of
Smithville after Magers observ-
ed Pace operating a motorcycle
without a helmet.
A drivers licease check reveal-
ed warrants for Pace issued from
Fayette County.
•A 36-year-old Austin man was
arrested Friday and charged with
theft following an incident in
which the victim followed the
alleged thief.
According to Daugherty, Andy
Wilhelm took two bags of pecans
from the Plantation Pecan Farm
in Alum Creek near Smithville.
Wilhelm was followed, said
Daugherty, by a plantation
employee while another called
the Bastrop County sheriff’s
office.
Daugherty said Wilhelm drove
to Loop 230, evidently hoping to
sell the nuts to the Olive Pecan
Farm.
Wilhelm was met there by
Sheriff’s Deputy Skip Wobus and
Magers.
Wilhelm was arrested on the
charge of theft. Later, he was
found to have a felony theft war-
rant out of Travis County.
He was released Saturday on a
$1,000 bond on the Bastrop Coun-
ty charge and $4,500 bond on the
Travis County charge.
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