Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-05
CITY COUNCIL.
a Short Session and but Little Businoss
brought Up.


The city council met last evening In
8 the council chamber, Mayor Smith In
the chair and present Aldermen Elan
: agin, Elser, Andrews, Askew, Hickey,
Aldrldge, Adams and Haymaker.
The minutes of the last regular meet
ing and adjourned meeting were read
and approved.
The committee on claims submitted
accounts amounting to SO, 093. SO, which
were read and approved.
The bill Of Meneely d Co. for S732.12
D for'the big bell was referred back to
+. the committee ON fire department In
order that an examination of the bell
might be made by experts.
The bill OF the owners of the Ger
mania opera house for S35 80 damages
sustained from blasting for the sewer,
referred TO the council, was referred
back.
Representative Chambers appeared
before the council and showed the
necessity for ordering II school census
taken, the school age having been in
creased. He calculated that this
would save the city over 5000
by the increase In number. He
complimented the council on its pro
visions for the children in the exec
lent school Accommodations, and urged
the necessity for school building in
the southern part of the city cast of
the Missouri Pacific IN his neighbour
hood and one where the Boaz building |
Is now located. He also spoke In IA |
vor of having n central high school, for |
The accommodation of advanced chill
dren.
The following resolution, by Alder
man Elser, was adopted:
Resolved, that the city assessor and
collector OF taxes he instructed TO at
once take the scholastic census of the
city according TO the new state school
law, including In his enumeration all
children within the age of six and
twenty years inclusive, and that fer
such enumeration he he allowed eight
cents per capita, and that this census
be taken under direction of the com
mittee on schools.
Alderman Aslcw suggested that
biil was now before congress giving
Fort Worth Il $1,000 postolllce and !
That The passage of this bill would be l
facilitated and the Introduction of the
carrier system rs well, 10y having a I
general census taken. v
Alderman Andrews said that he v
bought II could be shown that Fort r
Worth had population of u, 900 If n
'areiul census was made, and he
,hought 1t should be done, and that IL /,
would raise Fort Worth in the general /,
-
Alderman Andrews offered a resolu- -,
ion empowering the mayor to appoint :"
committee of three to select census -,
akcr, who should be paid $3.50 to take -,
he census of the city, but the resolu- II
ion failed. II
Mr.: Eskew, sexton of the cemetery.
allied the attention of the council to
he Tact that there should be more til
urveying done, and also to the miser- sy
Die condition of part of the grounds tn
Alderman Askew offered resolu.
ION providing that the pest house be ro
estroyed by fire. Adopted. .el
Alderman Elser offer a resolution re-. 'r'
'rring the question as to the expira- -
on of the term of Aldermen Aldridpe
nd Flanagan TO the city attorney,
Ii was stated that there was no nues-
ON as to the term of Mr.. Aldridge, il
ipiring this year.
Alderman Andrews offered as n sub be
ltutea resolution declaring A lderman Il.
anagin elected TO serve until 1885. n
dopted after discussion. as
Alderman Askew offered a resolu. ran
m providing that the stairway of the wei
" hall he removed from the inside +,
the building and placed on the out ~
lie. Referred. w
Alderman Haymaker offered n reso- a
ton ordering sidewalks on Throck- api
prton from Belknap to Sixth street. n
lopted. eto
The following petition was received In
ON A. O'Neiu and referred To the He
ty attorney Ing
Fort WORTH, March 4, 1854. \
the Honorable Mayor and Cl,y Council: Br
The undersigned requests your hon pul
able body to make resolution re- ~
testing IN proper time Judge Beck VIII
IN, county Judge, TO add in the regu- ure
announcement of election that of
call for the election of city engin- the
+, bnsing my request on the grounds da,
ut the late election at the last annual ed
,ctton was Illegal as far rs concerned the
y engineer, and that we as city yes
nld have had no city engineer dur hoi
the last or past elective term, only A
appointment of the honorable WI
'yor, as the late elected engineers sen
m only expires on the same date wo
At the honorable mayors term of IN.
Ice expires. Requesting that YOU will mn
An q
ne, am yours, very respectfully, vii
"A. O'NEILL. nm,
alderman Elser offered resolution neo
It the mayor appoint committee
three to confer with Sexton Eskew i
reference to cemetery matters. IN
lopted, and Aldermen Elser, Askew :"
d Haymaker appointed.
memorial from citizens on Second
eet stated that 81 1000 had been \
sed to grade and gravel that street an,
m Rusk to Santa Fe depot, and pc IsstIl
Toned the city for help TO the amount sal,
500. Granted. nj
pe''uol was received rom Simon wis
iris asking permission to erect a pro
oden varanda on the north and vii
st sideof the Western hotel, corner bor
eenteenth and Jones street. bril-
antcd, ton
alderman Elser offered q resolution the
ierlng sidewalks ON both sides of emf
nh between kusk and Crump teri
lopted nra
a memorial was received, asking Wi
Emission TO remove the Plaza house Sh,
the rear of the lot 1t now occupies ish
order that n eestory brick NAV SAT
20 its place. Referred To the COM din
ttee on fire department with power m,
act ber
alderman Andrews stated there stat
re charged brought against one of bril-
Q city police, Mr.. Brandon. III was Oh,
clded that they should be submitted
the police committee for investiga.
n,