The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-08
OUR CITY sIREs.
Tuesday Nights session-The Monthly
Report of Officers, etc. The Meeting Last
Night

Report OF omcers, etc. The Meeting Last
Night
The city council met in regular session
Tuesday night at the city hall, his honor,
Mayor Crowdus presiding. There was a
full board present at roll call. The secre-
tary read the minutes of the last regular
and adjourned meeting, which were APP
proved. The monthly reports ofthe follow
ing municipal officers were read and refer
red to the proper committees:
MAYORS REPORT.
To the City Council;
GENTLEMEN--l hereby tender YOU nv re-
port OF mayors court for the month of
May, 1852: Amount of fines assessed, 1912;
number OF cases before the court, 2l7 COLI
yictions, l52; discharged, y; dismissed, 80;
transferred, 3; continued, 8; total, 2l7,
Respectfully,
j. w. CRowpUs, Mayor.
CITY sEoRETARY's REPORT.
The city secretary reported that he had
received of City Marshal Arnold $676.I5
fines for the month of May, which amount
he had turned over to the city treasurer.
TREAsURER's REPORT,
The treasurer reported cash ON hand:
Common fund, $l4,9356l; water-works
fund, s., 100 3d. school fluid, $l0057.
CITY MARsHAL's REPORT.
The report OF the city marshal for the
month of May shows the amount of fines
assessed to be $972.00; the amount of fines
paid, $616.75; amount worked out ON the
streets, $67 90; amount in calaboose, not
worked, S73.25; discharged by health
officer, mayor and marshal 5000; sick,
$3.50; unexpired time, 500; escaped,
$500; fines paid from assessments in
April, March and September, $1,000.
The number of arrests made during the
month of May and the ollenses are as fol-
lows:
lntoxication, IS; assault, 49, abusive Ian.
guage, A; walking with prostitutes, 8; va
grancy, AZ; to prevent suicide, /; peddling
without license, 2; interfering with private
property, 81; concealed weapons, 3; loud
and boisterous noise, 8; careless driving, /;
leaving team unguarded, Z; obscene and
vulgar language, 3; on warrant, Is; deposit.
ing filth, =; gaming, 7; obstructing side.
walk, 2; theft, 3; cursing, f. accessory TO rob,
berry, l; lighting, .; refusing to pay hack
! hire, /; exposing person, l. Total number
of arrests DDS
| WATER REPORT.
| The superintendent of water-works, after
reporting list of new subscribers, states, in
his report; | have also issued 80 permits
for extension OF supply pipes and for tap
ping main. | would suggest that four
inch pipe be laid on Masten street from
Ross avenue to Cochran street, anu fire
plug placed ut the corner of Master
and Cochran stree $. There are abou
twenty consumers OF that line and the dis
lance is coo feet; also a two-inch pipe OF
Wood street, from E.vay street TO HARDWOOD
street, a distance OIL 900 feet, and afour-incl
main on Ervay street, from Canton to st
| \ Anip ctr unit Ia fire t,Inu ON ba
ner of st. Louis and Ervay streets, dis
lance Of 1000 feet also iour-inch
pipe on Main street from HARDWOOD to tn,
Central railroad crossing, n distance OF 80,
feet, and two-inch pipe on Bfowder
from Young to st. Louis street, theme,
, east to Ervay street. forming a complete
circulation, distance 5000 feet.
!, RECAPITuLATIoN.
The above suggested extensions vii
regain $500 feet of iour-inch pipe an,
1900 feet OF two-inch pipe AM
| recommend that it be done us early a
: possible.
The report was referred to the water CON
missioners.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT.
The city engineer reported us follows
Your city engineer, to whom was reierre
a resolution OF Alderman Clark as to tn
: best plan TO divide up and disperse the WI
ter now rising in the neighborhood of tn
; Hanks addition, on Ross avenue, aud run
ming in southwestern course under th
Central railroad ut Cottage Lane, an
under Elm street, Main stree
and Commerce street, between Cabe
and Preston streets, and On % the tourt
ward race reports as follows; This can b
effected by brick sewer four feet in diam,
ter, commencing on the east sid
lnf tha tfantpul raflrOal nj Inttuu
,, Lane and runuins down Good street 2, &C
feet TO Elm street, thence east out Eli
: street 600 feet TO Nusbaumer's branch,
total distance of 1000 feet, and would COS
, in the neighborhood of $4,000. Reierre,
to the committee on streets and bridges.
REPORT NO. 2.
Your city engineer considers IL his dut
to respectfully call your attention to til
, drainage to parties buying cheap lots /
the bed and along the channel of the nj
, tural-course water courses within the cit
limits thereon, making such Improvement
! as will necessitate considerable Q!
pense to the city to chang
said water-courses along the street
: and into sewers and be responsible ic
a storms, water ovcrilows, etc.
+ II the charter or the law will justify II,
= will be cheaper to the city to buy the sal
= lots or condemn the right-ot-way for sue
= sewers as you may deem necessary. It wi
- cost the city to divert the channel Of tow
branch and its tributaries into streets an
sewers over 100000.
Referred to the committee on streets an
bridges.
al ASSESSOR AND COLLECTORS REPORT.
y Monthly report Of city taxes collected b
]. c. Bogel, assessor and collector, durin
g the month Of May, 1882:
y DR..
. To ad yalorem tax, 20,