The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-05
Proceedings of the city Conncii-'Hee.
uiar Meeting.

uiar Meeting.
Published by AuthorlD.l
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Dallas, Sept. ., 1873.
Council met pursuant 10 adjournment.
Absent - Aldermen Sales, Bryan
and Sanger.
Minutes of last regularand adjourned
meeting were rcad and approved.
PETITIONS.
Petition OF citizens, more than MY
freeholders, asking the Council to order
an election to test the sense of the Il lal-
lied voters Of the city on the question
of taking stock in the Dallas Water
works Company, and also u similar Pc
titlon in behalfof Dallas and Vic iiln
Railroad, read and petition granite !.
Petition OF citizens In relation to
bonds required of drnymen, express
men, &C., read and laid on the table,
Petition of w. III. Wentworth, City
Engineer, asking for increase Of salary,
read and referred 10 Finance colilnit-
tee.
Petition of w. c. Young for Street
Commissioner to survey llaIwoo It.
south of Wood street, and the report
of Commissioner In relation thereto,
read and action deferred.
Petition ef j. A. Work 4 Sons to
erect wooden structure within the
Fire District, read and laid on the table.
Petitions OF citizens asking that The
hospital be not erected on Mayors
land, near Methodist Seminary, read
and laid on the table.
Ordered, That the City Engineer mo-
tify the agents of the Texas AID Pacific
and Houston aud Texas Central Rail-
road companies, to put In good condi-
ton, to tie full width OF the streets, AL
the street crossings their roads cross
within the limits OF the city.
ACCOUNTS.
The accounts Of f. NJ. Hammond,
for S25 for improvement Of Howard
street, read and referred to the COM
mittec on Streets and Bridges.
The account of Mrs. :. Walker, for
boarding and lodging Frank Mailman,
blind man, amounting TO $50, read
and laid on the table.
The accounts of d. King, for 81 IS
for stationary, read and ordered paid.
The accounts of w. b. Greer, for one
desk for S45 for the Assessor and Col
lect0r, read and ordered paid.
The account of w. II. Meredyth, for
services in the city engineer corps for
So, read and ordered paid.
The account of L. Is. Brayer, for SER
vices in the city engineer corps for Sl5,
read and ordered paid.
The account of w. T.. Walker, for
services rendered In the city engineer
corps for Sl3 II, read and ordered paid.
The account of +, 5. Ryan, for serv-
ices rendered In City Engineer corps,
for IS II, read and ordered paid.
The account of 4. j. Reed, for serv-
ices rendered In City Engineer corps,
for SIS, read and ordered paid.
The account of Stephen Hudson, for
S72, for furnishing food to paupers in
City Hospital, read and ordered paid.
REPORTS.
Report of City Engineer, on Engine
house, ETC., read and referred to spe-
cial committee of Young, Ervay and
Sanger.
Report of special committee of Al
dermen Ervay ana Sterrett IN relation
TO Odd Fellows Hall, received, and the
Marshal was directed to notify the par
ties complained OF to abatc the nui-
sance.
Report of the City Engineer, upon
the drainage of the city, was read, and
the Street Commissioners was ordered
to take the street gang and drain the
city according to said report, ana 10 re-
port progress nom time to time.
The report OF the committee on Hos
pitals was received, anu tnc mayor Or
dered to contract for building said hos
pital according TO sail report.
On motion Of Alderman Ervay It
was resolved ti,at me street bonds
be issued IN denominations OF SOW, ana
the funding bonds at nom 500 to 500,
An ordinance amending AN ofd!-
nance regarding dogs was read, rules
suspended, an emergency declared, or,
n law