Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-17

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Report Of q. II. Eskow, city sexton,
for November, 1884, showing the num-
! hcrof intermcuts 10 be y. " these.
| 20 were whites and 2 colored. ordered
received aud fled
Petition on n. j. Walsh ct al re.
questipg the appolntment Of James
Cole as policeman when the first va
caucy occurs Referred 70 police COM
miftee.
Deed frmu John McCahon TO the
| city VI Fort Worth for some ground for
street purposes 10 connect Boaz street
ard 5amuels avenue, with a written
request from ID Boa2 that the street be
pul in proper condition. Received and
filed
Veto " hia honor, the mayoron the
allowance 10 Towneend d bugher Of
s20i7, was then repd, ~ follows:
10 tho Iionorn blo city Couucl:
1 hefnwth roiurn without my npnroyal
resolution approving thu account OF Town
20 tho cuiured Fchonl.hnuse. ON examine
ton 81 tho account nled see that ~ claims
inter Nv 70 DO added og specified ln cor tract
Tho contract purpurls to have leon cHecu
Tod uie s0th day ~ september 1881 nud was
not nlud with the city gCcrctnfy until alter
THE account fir 3s1iT Wns allowed. Tho onu-
tract, ON Inspection, As found 20 contain this
wonderful CLAUSE, title contract price to bg
paid on or before tho 18Th day of Noyumheri
not paid ON oihth day ~ December, ~,
the pnrty of the nut part thall my. ~ nldi.
ilon a. tho contract price per cont nnd "
not pnli before the lbth doy OF January, ieH?'
lnpcr cont aud % not pmd before TUG lHh
day OF February, lsb5, 10 pcr cont, ~ Il ~ not
paid he'1fe the 18th day ~ March, 1875, ~ per
cent shall be added " tho contract price
| rms contract IS payable out Of tho pubilo
| building fund uud viii not Ia pll prnciienbl-
| ny De paid hCinro tho 18th dNy OF Mnrch,
l.s5 = thp coutmet-pEee, sloll was
| formtd the committee have power 70
| Htlpulnto FORTS fnyu eut but they cerininly
| haze no powtr 10 rod under pny cucun'
| four months, 18Th Of December, 1851 70 tho
| ihth day ~ March, loN,. Nordo ] thlnE inc
! iOriuiarsHt. Nor hul This ClnugO OF tho con.
! trnct bgun brought to mo attention ni
| tho council that The sum would have been
j P.SNlr1f, Mayor
The following Is copy Of the &C
count!
city effort worth, dobteglo ,,a
For building additl on to o5iefoi school
house, contract ptieO sallLOu, with Interest
10 be- added ss specified M contract.
u. H. j. T.. lluGHrs.
W. n. AhDRfrGH.
The contract between the city o
Fort Worth and Townsend ~ Lushe
wps entered into on the 10th day o
September 1884, and Ia signed by J
= Hughes, chairman Of the puhlit
building committee, and the contract
or, pursuant TO u resolution adopte,
by the council September TO- 1884, ~
follows;
Resolved, that the building committee h
! empowered with authority 70 let contrRc
r 90 enlarge the cNlOrOd school house 10 accom-
+ modnio The acholara that attend that schou
sigutd j, II. ALENANDth,
AT tho conclusion OF the reading q
4 the mayors veto Alderman Hughe
o called for the contract under whic
G this account was allowed and takin
n Il into his hand stated that althoug
L lac had signed the contract rs chail
Ii man Of the COMMITTEES he had left IA
/. details aud stipulations Of the doCl
h mcnt entirely in tho hands Of Cdpl
O Alexander, who was member OF IA
j committee, and IN whom he had grel
.t faith ~ CO his honor Gle,
Il Alderman Alexander stated that D
had as member Of the building con
g. mlt,eo arranged thi8 contract, aud
re he had the arranging OF another uI
K he would manage II 10 the same WAY
~ That nc the time he had advertised I,
OF bids 10 build thiARdditiun tOthesehW
house he had stated that the tern
y would be cash. as lao Ind thought
"a that lime that our honda would ha'
met a market, an that the city won
r. have hRd ready money 10 pay the q
a, count; that II this money had bo,
paid before The 10Th day OF Decemb
The city would have
n forfeit 90 pay. Tho mayor stat,
% ia tho veto that PER cent Interest I
II q certain date 10 due II the account
n not paid. The contract does not q
% for the payment OF any interest
- states that we shall forfeit so mu
. money II we do not do certain thir
ds This work was done at cAsh pri
80 and N thpee men bud taken thl
IN claim into the market they could u
% have sold II for "A less deduction ia
n 10 or 20 per cent and this WAS one
- the TeaHons Why he avrced TO u
% Clauae Ia the cOntrA1t adding the Il
! u to-day was paid for az a
, ~ cash and 1 will eay again [ at N h
/ 81 this thing 20 do over, | should do
- same Hn then called for the readi
II OF the resolution empowering the co
! a mittee 70 enter into "A contract TO hG
\ u the addition built TO the colored scht
q, IA house, and then stated that lac col
n ~ not understand what right the ma,
4 % had 20 veto this account, rs the 90
~ mitloo had full power 20 act and Il
? ~ the contract had now been NUM-
o % and tho council could not at tho pl
ent time do anything against 1t,
y Y Acing Mayor Andrews who was
~ the chair, called Alderman Askev
. % take his seat while lac took the 10
9 e2 and remarked that in the absenc
il "a Mayor smith he would try aud expl
4 d this veto, In which he FUZZY agreed
!, ., It WINS through hls information
Y W interoession that this account
- vetoed He called the attention OF
Y y council 10 the fact that this cont
Y q" was signed by the chslrsuan OF