The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-20
Proceedings Of the city CouuciI-A Al
Journed Meeting.
published by Authority.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, |
Dallas, Sept. IL, 1873.

| b"ll"'i NNpl' ~ 1000
ACCOUNTS
Absent Aldermen Owens.
! me nccOunt OF V, H., Talbot, for use Of
mack In removing from tho Guy a.yrllow
! l'Ntr patient, $50, read and ordered paid,
| Thenccuunt of H. &. Ho,Sins n CO., for
| medicine furnished pAunpr, Sl2 ~, read and
| laid On the table.
The account of, Doyle, for guarding train,
| ", rend and ordered paid.
The account ot T., q, HUT, for boarding
| pauper JNs, CoNl s7j, read and referred to
| committee on Claims.
| The account OF Stephen Hudson for feed.
| ing sick In hospital, s6i road aud laid on the
| table.
! The account of witt & Wilson for meat,
read, amount 5000, account laid on the
/ table.
hcaccount OF Thos. Flynn for sundrcs,
read. amount s6D, ordered paid
The account of John Cochran for i've days
services IN nSse sing damages To land taken
| OF CASTOR Co., Tor right Of way Of Houston
and Texas Cen"'nl RAILROAD, amount sl5 O0,
rend aud laid ON the table.
The judgement In the Cusc OF Houston and
Texas Central Railroad VS.. CASTOR & Co.,
amounting 10 SiiSOO read and withdrawn.
| The account of j, h. RAFFERTY, fOl rrpni ding
bridges on Commerce and Lamar streets, and
lumber for same, amount 81 30 read and
| ordered paid,
The account Of Dls Jones n Thruston for
| medicine and medical attention In the ease
otO'Neul readi amount ", ". Account de-
| ieircd.
The account of W. II. Tennison for dog col
lars read, amount so 80, The account al
| lowed for SO.
| The account Of VIM. 4. Jones 4 Co. for
suudres read, amount s5i y. ordered paid.
The account OF c. u. Williams and John
| Harris, nurses in yellow fever ease ruad,
amounting 10 SIS 10. Referred to committee
| on Claims.
| The account OF William Stewart, for guard
| ing train read, amounts Laid ON the table.
The account OF Thomas Palmer fDrsiX mat
trasses read, amounting to sl2. ordered paid.
Report OF committee 10 whom was referred
| the question Of compensation Of Aldermen,
read, received, approved and committee
| discharged,
The following resolution was read end
adopted:
Re it resolved by the city Council OF tho
city of Dallas, That each Alderman of the
city of Dallas shall receive Tor his services as
| SUCH the sum OF three (S) dollars for cacl
regular, adioLrncd or called meeting OF the
| City Council lac may attend.
Ordered, That the committee ON the Cep-
suS be allowed further time 10 report.
Ordered, That the committee on the Local
| ton of HOSPITAL have iurthcr time TO report,
and that the committee examine the land
offered by his honor, the Mayor, and report
at the next regular meeting.
Alderman Lane, chairman OF the commit
| tee TO whom was referred the question Of
publishing the advantages Of city and
| county of Dallas 10 capitalists and tmmi-
grants, recommended the proposition OF hr.
NJ. Pomoroy, of Pomeroy'S Democrat, that
| II the citizens Will subscribe iur one hundred
and iitty copies of his paper, he will publish
in his paper photographic map of the city of
Dallas anu give column of his paper Tor an
| article descriptive of the city of Dallas ANA
Dallas county, and would allow II column
for correspondence weekly, ior the advances
ment of the city. Report received and COM
mittee discharged.
The following resolution was read and
adopted:
City of Dallas, That the Dallas City Gas
Light Company, may, and they are horeby
authorized to take and use twenty (2Ol feet in
width and two bundled GOO iert In length
OF Wa or street III the CITY OF Dallas, the
same being situated Immediately west and
adjoining the lot or parcel of land purchased
by said company, oil Mrs Sarah COcknell, to
be used for the purpose of erecting and es-
tubishmg the Dallas city Gas Works.
Alderman Ervay reported that Mr.. Thos.
Field was willing to submit To three disin-
terested persons the assessment of damages
that would be done him by reason ofoXtend-
ing Akard street from jackson TO Commerce
streets, and 10 accept the bonds OF the city III
payment for the damages assessed. Report
laid on the table.
Alderman Lane moved that the Mayor be
| authorized 10 advertise for nve days Tor bids
to build protection TO ditch, from Antoinc's
no second.
Alderman Young offered the following:
That the Mayor be authorized to advertise
Tor bids 10 build q retaining wal! tne entire
length of the ditch. Carried by the following
vote: Aldermen Barksdalc, Ervay, Sterrett,
Greer, Young and Bryan voting for the resO-
luton; and Aldermen Lane and Scales vot-
| ing against the resolution.
Ordered, That the proposition of Mr. Raj
ferty, to construct II culvort across jefferson
street, be accepted.
| Ordered. That the Mayor contract with
| Charles O'Donncll, for tilling the wash ON
| jefferson street, upon the same terms and
conditions ms that made by aud between the
| city and said Charles ODonnell for grading
| Main, Elm and Cominecce streets.
| The following report received and &C.
| cepted:
DALLAS, TEXAS. September !, 1879.
| To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen OF
| the City of Dallas:
Your Street committee has considered the
| proposition of Messrs. Burford, Stcmmons II
| Williams to allow the city TO Inappropriate lots
No. 9and 10 of their subdivision for street pur-
| poses upon condition that the city pay fifteen
| hundred dollars in city bonds for the same.
| We find that the creek neanderS through
said two lots along their cntiie length; that
the ground is SO low and cut up by the ac-
ton of water, that said two lots are wholly
unfit for n street without n vast outlay OF
| money. We have estimated that the I'LL
| necessary 70 IlNht u SlGttl pitSStDit lHC
| length of these two lots will be not less than
| two thousand dollars. This added to the
price demanded for the ground would make
The street for the distance OF two hundred
| feet, fity feet in width, cost this city $685.
600, wherefore your committee beg leave Ia
| refer this matter hack to the council.
Respectfully,
W. G. YOUNG,
W. q. STERRETT,
II. $. ERNAY.
Ordered, That the proposition OF n. NJ.
| nurford, John NJ. StemmOns and W. Il. Will
lianls be rejected.
| Ordered That the REIMBURSEMENT of cer-
| tain parties for right OF way on Elm street
and the agreement of Nat. NJ, Burford, giving
certain right of way, be spread upon the
| records.
The following was read and accepted:
Alta mectingof the Board OF Health, Dr. j
S. Darlington was eleced President, and DR.
W, II. sutton, Secretary,
After discussion ihe following resolution
was offered,
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this
board strict and rigid quarantine of tn,
city of Dallas against all points infected
with yellow fever be inaugurated at once
| and that TO render the same efficient Is non,
l a n,., n hos. ii.