The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-10
THE CITY FATHERS.
TO BE NO BACK SALARY GRAB
a Healthy List of Resolutions The May OF
Escapes Dccidinga Tie--Connlct of
Authority Excellent Spirit
Manifested, Etc, Etc,

Manifested, Etc, Etc,
The city council met in adjourned ses- NJ
sion ut the City Hail last evening" Il
Mayor Cabell presiding. There was b
IA full board present. The meeting was y
for the purpose Of considering and pass
ing certain ordinances. 4
"An ordinance amending section a
of an ordinance establishing and pro- n
viding for the building and repairing a
and keeping clean all sidewalks and $
cutters in the city of Dallas, approved 9
November 9, 1851 was introduced, and |
passing its first, second and third read I
ings, was adopted.
IAN ordinance Widening Wood street 1
between Poydras street and the south I
west line of the John Grigsby league,n /
was introduced, and passing its first,
second and third reading, was adopted.
"An ordinance to create the office of
street superintendent" was presented
10y Alderman Brown, and referred to
the committee ON ordinances.
An ordinance amending sections @ of
an ordinance on cemeteries and city
sexton, approved December -, 1850, and
| amended i'm 1881, was presented and re-
| ferred to the committee on ordinances
can ordinance establishing the Office
ofrecorder Of the city of Dallas, pro-
yiding for the election of II suitable per-
| son to fill the same aud defining his
/ duties and power" was presented and |
! referred to the committee on ordinances.
Alderman Williams offered the follow. /
| ing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the city council here |
by approve the estimates for street paw /
ing returned by the city engineer, i'm |
pursuance Of an ordinance approved |
May 20, ashland that the mayor sign the |
. same and turn IL over 10 the city as
SCISSOR and collector, with instructions
to carry ont and collect the special taxes
therein set forth.
\ resolution was offered by Alderman
Cockrell that fire plugs he placed ON the
corners of Lamar ana Polk streets,
/ Lamar and Ross avenue and Ross
avenue and Sycamore street. Adopted.
The following communication from
) the superintendent of the water-works
was read:
To the Hon. Mayor aud City Council;
AT the last meeting of the water com
missiOners they adopted what is known
as the Whites sanitary closet and
notified every plumber In the city of the
fact, and gave them until the lss OF Oc-
g toher to finish up all contracts already
n made, warning them at the same time
that no closet save the "While's"
q, or similar closet should be
, put in after that time, but
y to-day when | refused to give permit
Il 10 put in a common hopper closet, was
Il informed that they, the plumbers, had
\. consulted the mayor and city engineer,
q, and that each told them that a simple
y act of the commissioners was worth
nothing, until tho council passed an
ordinance to that effect, and they need
rot pay any attention to the order.
= Therefore, ! would ask the council To
/, take immediate action on the matter 80
IS that may know how TO proceed.
!, Very respectfully submitted,
y \. NJ. WHrLEss.
> Mayor Cabell stated that there was no
penalty attaching, as no ordinance had
z been passed, but he was willing to leave
d II in the hands ofthe water commission.
,- ers.
The Council ratified the action of tn,
s. commissioners and the "White's closet
ls was adopted.
10 The following resolution was Offered
by Alderman Browns and adopted:
Resolved, That the city secretary h,
and is hereby required to procure a well
bound and suitable book or books in
~ the purpose, to be styled the "nook o
Resolutions" aud that lac shall prOceo,
'' Gil, from the year 1859 to the preSen
time, and record in the said book o
no books, In the order Of their date, all res
olutiOns and orders Of the council grant
OF ing rights, privileges or franchises, o
having a permanent effect otherwise
,d and when 50 recorded he shall make ~
Ineligible index to the same. All sucl
=, resolutions and orders horoatto
'h adopted by the council shall bo i'm lik
manner recorded aud indexed withou
Of delay. ON the margin of each order q
NJ resolution as recorded shall DO noted IN
date aud the page aud the book of tn
,st journals from which IL shall be copied
be Resolved, That the secretary be, aud
also required to overhaul, syStematicall
.o arrange and label all the papers of wha
20 SOeVcr nature or kind, now in lh
y" archives of his office, the whole su q
ranged that any paper therein may |
cs, easily found; and all such papers her,
al after reaching his office. shall he pr,
served and labelled in like intelligib
e's manner.
ng Resolved, That 70 accomplish tn
work, the secretary shall ho above
mi. such nt istauce, with the previous a.
INF. proval OF the council, as he may dee
Iii necessary 10 It's early completion.
Resolved, That th engineer In herot
required To construct two maps Ot Il
ny city park and water-works, one 70 ?
~, main az an arChve Of his Office, an
Vi one on drawing paper to bc framed ~
hung IN the secreidrN's oillce; said IA,
u. shall hc drawn on scale Of fifty feet
the the inch, and, beside showing the q
my terror boundaries ui tho lands, Il
length Of each line, in feet, and the Pc,
Ma. ton Of each gate, 1t shall distinctly q
his hihit the position of tho pumping reese
tor voir and pump-housc, of BruwdOl
thai springs and reservoir, OF the now cut,
In Mill creek and the water. pipe therei
,o of the uum, and Spring Lake bel
81, formed ot % part Of said creek, wi
'" ,',, 1t iDvamlrrs and ur all the
ti,o mainucr oi Mil creek, with its inca
~" ders Ia snidErounds; also oi the ravi
20 VAlti t4u FOURTH ward sewer a.
81 cUugos: the length OF each pipe e,
Meeting these waters with the pumpi
v ol reservoir shall he marked, ANA also /
the total length of said Spring lake-t
whole TO exhibit the true relative DC
ar ton of each object herein mentioned.
ter. Resolved secondly, That the engin,
Ting is hereby required to cause culVeri
died be liked on the upper side of Bry
,on. street, under the Houston q rel
Central railroad, So as to drain
bita grounds on both sides of said street, fr
pn. the mort beast TO the southwest side
Nm said railroad, and 80 extended on
,tod latter side rs TO allow the whole VII
,n' at the street 10 be il,lOd az ami grave
ner for public use, which work he shall
quire said rnilroad company tn do wi
out delay. - :
Resolved thirdly, That Tue onsif
'are, shall Ia like manner aud without del
for require the Houston Az Texas Con,
ke railroad company TO make good
sufficient crossing on thoir track
whole width OF MonteSuma street