Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-22
Ii SEWER SCRAPE.
FRED TO A COMMITTEE BY
THE COUNCIL.
Nv hoard Of Trustees Elected
6re Watering Places Ordered
New Sidewalks Ordered.

oW SCHOOL ORDlN ANtE.
IA ttorney Swayne read an ordi-
, authorizing the council to APP
aboard of six school trustees of
6the mayor shall be ex-oflicio
man. the board to elect "a super
DENT of public schools, said cleo
q fake place at any time prior to
q III September of each year, and
I06rintendent's term to be for one
t&glnning with September LIST
M Wear and until his successor
IL {,ualiiied; the teachers to be
n rs the board of trustees, subject
y broval of the city council, and
ries fixed by the board with
proviso.
ion the rules were suspended
~ ordinance was adopted.
EcTIoN OF TRUSTEES.
~ Smith stated that the term of
|4fX Bard of education having ex-
examination of candidates
16( lis was not held to-day as ex-
= Id suggested that the board
s he chosen ut once. A bal
ken and resulted in the cleo
essrs. G. NJ. Peake, Sam Sea-
Riley, Frank w. Ball, John
Ind w. =. Wilson.
I PREVIOUS" RESIGNATION.
IN the background got
4 MATED that he was attorney in
y Mr.. Seaton and wished to state
bat gentleman declined to serve.
4decided that Mr.. Seaton's resig-
must be presented to the coun.
itBnext meeting.
A CALL FOR WATER
ksAskew:
owed, That the Fora Worth
fWorks Company, in compliance
|t9 eontract with the city OF Fort
b. ordinance No. 273, be re-
10 Immediately make arrange
1W supply water TO the city hall,
ll to all the public school build
the said city of Fort Worth;
said Water Works Company
10 construct at least three of
ublic watering places in the
ted, and the chair appointed
= Askew, Haymaker and An
ITO select the location of the
{Mg places.
OREERED.
|U0inmittee on streets, ale VS. and
Ks, submitted the following
ION, which was adopted:
gl}fed, That the owners or occu-
IMPROPERLY fronting on the east
|eet sides from the track of the
and Pacific railroad, at the south
ON. b. fuckers and j. Is
I property, the north and sou h
{ Daggett avenue, from the W st
q Mat Wells property to t e
nterminus of the avenue, on tue
B md south sides of Broadway
Main street to the west side of
sion avenue, on the east and west
OF Galveston avenue, from the
&line of Broadway to the
line of the Texas and
Reservation, on the south side
'IeXas Pacific reservation, from
|6ton avenue east TO the track of
u4, Colorado d Santa Fe railway
side of Calhoun street.
L{l8 railroad reservation to Dag
yjhue, and on the west side of
'etfeet from the railroad rcserva-
avenue, also on the
Idle of Houston street from the
bird ward school house gate to
nth line of the Texas & Pacific
1yreservation be, and the same are
Y ordered to construct sidewalks
vel, with q covering ofsand. said
aiks to have a curbing of stone or
Ing; the above sidewalk to be
feet wide. Where sidewalks sit
'in the above mentioned territory
ready of the above style and di-
|0ps, they shall be examined by
AMnittee/uW streetS alleys and
&lks; and they shalt say M slcD
alks are sufficient and suitable,
led, that the sidewalks to be
rpcted under the reso-
shall be built under
Wpervision of the city engineer
Dhamittee on streets, alleys and
Alks. The following supplement
was passed:
Owed, That city assessor and
tor Maddox be requested to fur
tue number of the block, lots,
b &c, of the property situated
sterritory embraced in the reso-
Iordering sidewalks just passed.
II, THE SEWER MIDDLE
next brought up by Mr.. Scott,
M ioy Contractor Slattery, who
that committee of two be APP
Ito act with him in discovering
Ql<dition of Slattery's accounts.
lined that if the estimate of
HELD for Cleveland q Cameron,
rvs bondsmen, were turned over
|ttery he could raise enough more
~ of the sewer force Monday
;t WANTED TO KNOW.
;IF Hickey wanted to know
Ia cleveland d Cameron
made any arrangement
Tthe men.
y6r Smith said he had a telegram
Meveland d Cameron, stating
ley would not advance Slattery
1Qre money.
Dart of the proceedings was fol-
L,Eith intense interest by about
eSa lwart workingmen, who lined
aches reserved for spectators.
ME LABoRERs' SITUATION.
|en Mayor Smith lad finished
pply to Mr.. Hickey. one of
men asked permission to
Y. This was accorded him,
he said there were three
IMAGES due him and his compan-
They owed board for that
hbf time and hadn't a cent, were
I'm distress.
6<her said they couldn't work any
ttn less they were paid, land sure
|ek Mayor" he added as a
I'D, you'd be afther takin' us
Migrants If we'd be doing moth
a MAYOR SMITH
dthat Stattery had gotten into
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