The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-01

east 10 Atafd avenue, thence south 10 The
corporate line.
sHcosD WARD.
Beginning nj the loot Of Elm street md
east on that street 10 Sycamore street,
thence 10 Ross avenue, thence vest 90 o.
augo street, thence north 10 Mckinney av-
enue. thence noftneastto this corporate line,
thence weat 10 the Trinity river, thence
down the river TO place Of beginning.
THIRD WARD.
Beginning at the intersection OF Sycamore
and Elm streets, thence east on Elm TO
Pearl street, thence northwest on Pearl
street to the corporate line, thence west on
the corporate line to Mckinney avenue,
thence southwest along Mckinney avenue
10 Orange street, thence south on Orange to
Ross avenue, thence northeast along Ross
avenue TO Sycamore street, thence south
along Sycamore TO The place OF beginning.
FOUR IL WARD.
Beginning at the intersection OF Elm and
Murphy streets, thence south along MUIR
ply to the line OF the Gull, Colorado &
Santa Fe railroad, thence along the road 10
Polk street, thence east on Polk street to
Akard avenue, thence south Of Akard ave-
nue. to the corporate line, thence east with
the corporate line to Csbell street, thence
north along Cabell to Elm street, thence
west on Elm to the place of beginning.
FIFTH WARD.
Beginning at the intersection of HarHoo
and Elm, thence along Elm 10 the corpor-
ate limits, thence south along the
corporate limits to the southeast corner OF
the corr Grafton, thence west on tn
corporate line TO Harwood street, thence
north with HARDWOOD street to the place OF
beginning.
SIXTH WARD.
Beginning at the intersection OF Pearl
and Elm, thence northwest on Pearl to
corporate limits, thence east to the corpor-
ate limits to the northwest corner OF the
corporation, thence south along the cor
porate line to Elm street, and thence west
on Elm to the place of beginning.
The ordinance re.districting the city goes
into effect at once.
The following ordinance was adopted:
An ordinance amending section =, OF an
ordinance entitled an ordinance prohibiting
the destruction of sidewalks, approved Feb
ruary Goth, 1880, and adding thereto sec
ton to be known as section A. AS
amended the ordinance shall read az fol-
lows: Section g. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons TO hang orsuspend by
any means, any signs or any obstruction OF
any kind across any. sidewalk or
street so AS to project outward
more than six inches from the outer edge OF
any lot or lots abu ting on any street, or TO
hereafter erect auy awning post OF any de-
scription whatever on any sidewalk.
Sec. 2. That there is added TO the ordl-
nance section to be known as section A,
which shall read ''all signs and obstrnc-
tons of whatever kind now swung or sus-
pended in any manner on or across
any sidewalk or street in the city OF Dallas
and extending outward more than six
inches from the outward edge OF any lot
abutting on any street, are hereby declared
u nuisance and ordered removed. Any
person violating this ordinance shall be
fined IN any sum not exceeding SO the
same to lake effecS from and alter jts pas
sage, October 26th.
An ordinance granting to the Gulf, Col
orado IL Santa Fe Railway company the
right to erect telegraph poles and lines
within the limits of the city, and to estab-
| sh telegraph oificss, was adopted.
An ordinance was adopted establishing
and oruering public drain built in the
Third and Fourth wards, to be circular,
and composed of brick, TO begin at The cul'
bert OF the Texas q Pacific road, on Pacific
avenue, just east of Pearl street,
and running westward on the avenue TO
Pearl street then south along Pearl atreet to
Elm street, thence west along Elm street 10
Cabell street, thence south along CaOell
street to the middle of the block No. III
between Commerce and Jackson streels,
thence DETECTING west until IL strikes the
fourth ward race. The Train is to be six
feet in the clear to the fourth ward
race, thence along the fourth ward
race to the north line OF B. II Bodwells
lots-the drain in the last called to be seven
feet in the clear. This will drain q great
deal of the north and eastern portions OF
the city and will carry off in different
direction a vast amount of water that now
floods the business centre OF the city.