Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-17
WACO.
A Tour OF Inspeciion-New Census VI
Notwithstanding Convicts-Ccnrt
and Local Items.
Special TO the Gazette.

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and Local Items.
Special TO the Gazette.
Waco. November l8.--A special tram
this afternoon brought President w.
porramore and General Manager
Woodward of the Texas N st. Louis
railroad. They are on u general TOUT
of inspection of the whole line. ~ is
the new general managers first TRIP
They 80 hence 10 Gatesville, the Wesl'
ern terminus of the road.
The city council Mt its session last
night took one timely step, and thal
was the passage of the resolution or
derinV city census to be taken. me
provision OF the state constitution
which limits towns of less population
than 10000 to an ad valorenl rate OF
one-fourth of one per cent, has been
"A drawback to Waco. With all the
machinery of city establishment, she
has been compelled to get along on
village revenue. The result is that
public improvements here have been
merely nominal. All the income has
been absorbed in paying for gas,
water, fire department, police
men and salaries OF officials. Sew
erage, paving, grading and street
improvements generally havenot Deeil
possible. 1t is believed by nine out OF
every ten persons here that Waco has
over 10000 inhabitants. II is to be
hoped the enumeration will demon
strate the fact beyond nj dispute, so
that the city government may he
placed in position to gather sufficient
revenue to pave, sewer and gutter
these streets, to build bridges and
crossings and otherwise carry out n
thorough and intelligent system of
internal improvements. The report OF
the enumerators, who are to he APP
pointed by the mayor, will be sub
mitled to the council on Thursday,
December 9Th, and then we shall know
what Waco's population really is. The
last census, which was taken ON the
English style, in one day, gave lis
slightly over $500 Inhabitants. IL was
regarded at the time as very incom'
plete.
There is great complaint of made
auatc room in the public school build
ings. They are badly overcrowded
and new buildings are an immediate
necessity.
VIM. ish, one Of the deputy contrac-
tors for conveying state cOnvicts to the
peniteutiury, left this morning ioi
Austin where eight felons await his
coming. Including this batch the to-
tai number of conVicts carried To
Huntsville this month by Hall d Bal.
| ley (the contractors, and their depu'
| ties is eighty-stven. From the al
vices in hand the contractors believe
! the number will reach l20 by December
/ first which will he the largest mum
Der yet handled by them in any one
month. The largest previous month
was July last, when they conveyed
! ll3. Waco is the headquarters of the
contracting firm, both of tke princi
! pals residing here.
! David Williams, negro, does moi
| find the horse shoe an emblem o
good lucli.n He was arrested ant
/ jailed this morning for stealing Il boN
| of horse shoes from II blacksmith shop
In the district court the Mancha6g
land case still holds the boards. In III,
! county court the case Of George Bono
+. Tor ssh Both are restaurateui,
well known 10 travelling men. In til,
recorders court only one case was W
this morning. No indictments RI
turned yet 10y the grand jury, but
delugc Is expected any day.
At the Jewish synagogue to-nigh
Rabbi Suhler delivered a schOlarl,
and interesting lecture on the life an,
character of Sir Moses Monteliore, I'll
wOrld-renowued Hebrew philan
thropist of England, who celebrate
his one huudredth birthday on In
Sth instant. y large audience NJ
tended.
The ladies of St Paul's Guild tEpi,
copall are preparing for tableauX v
wants and festival at the oper
house The first rehearsal is going o
Tonight NJ the residence of Mr.. Wn
Cameron. Nearly all the young soci,
ty people are enlistcd in the matter.
Sen. +. II. Dent and wife are regi
ut the Pacific. They have been visi
ing son in an adjoining county. Gei
Dent is 81 brother of Mrs. Gen. Gran
The city election for five alderme
is ordered for Dec nher 10Th. Sever:
candidates in the field.
VIM. Krugmuu, the bartender sh'
in the melee last Sunday, is able To- |
up again. An investigation will no
take place.
Cotton unchanged to-day, an
, prices range from 81 to Ole.
The first ice of the winter appeare
+. this morning