The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-10
OUR CITY SIRES.
What they Did IN Adjourned Session
Last Evening.
ON corr. elect Qnaliiy-Prayeriui Petit
lioncrs.
Aud Other Work Of the Body.

City council me, In adjourned session last
evening At the city hall, Mayor Cabell pre-
aiding, Ahsert, Alderman Gibson.
d., j. l.. Carer, hoa IN oiiiotr; ". II.
Parry. secretary; William Johnson, city
engineer, and A Whe'css, tnperintf ndent
Ut wsief-woTks, elected Dy the council nj It's
last meeting, took the on, : OF oflee, nnd
their bonds, together with that OF CITY At
tornoy W n. johnson, who took tho oath
Of Office prior 20 tho meeting oitho council,
wore approved.
The mayor stated ihrt ihere was In the
city troisury orly S73I,l3 tor ibo Payment
Oi teachers, which 10 not sufficient 20 paY
them io' the month BY 1928. TIA there
vas IN the ha3ds OF the o. a'ufer ~ 3IS 0S
special school ignt, and that Ia order that
the publio schools might b. taught until
the 18Th dsy OF Juno, which Is about the
lime all public scnooll close, he rtcom.
mended that IN amount sufficient he
borrowed from the fund aud placed
10 the credit Of he cOmmon fchool fund ,or
toe payment ~ teachers, which Will give
sine aud n hall tnon'ha OF Fono,ling. He
sniu that tho special fund was not nel ded
NJ pietsH,, and that no better disposition
could he m,de OF Il than In schooling tho
children Of the CITY. both whita and col
oret. H thought ~ mad batter be- ru. 10
use eiucstlug the children than lying idle
In She bank.
The question us 10 tho necessity
or the RICH. of the oouncil
10 appropriate suoh iun5s for the
same Wac discussed pro and con,
sad on n vote The tnoHon o! Tie mayor was
lost By a vote a. q TOT
A petition from the Clty Elevator aud
Compress company, asking the city TO deed
10 IL any land OF the rity lying within les
walls aud tina. 70 will ia turn deed IS much
u tho city on Austin street rs per contract
with he CITY council Of 1915, was rosd.
The petition was granted, With the pro.
yisp that the Compress company iirst make
a deed 10 the city az por contract II 1870
A number Of Did Tor building the Moin
street eewer and laying irain pipss from tue
rear Of the old post-oiflcs block were read
nrd rejected TO await tue plans and spec
ifications TO be adopted by the council
The contrsc. Tor taxing ~ hnd relsyiD u
tbs water pine tor the paving o. Nan
street from J II 'rson street 20 Sycamore
strset WAS lot o Campbell Il R'nicke.
Permission was granted Dir A Ne zler
10 cree, stree scales in 'front.' Of his place OF
business, OF the south side OF Elan street,
Just east Of sycamore, under Tue snpsr.
vision Of the c.ty engineer, the platform ot
be same 10 10 on = level 81 ioe surface OF
the street, 50 that vehicles can pass over II
The report OF officers were read and
referred 10 the proper committees.
lub III. ANcNoSh
fttrng neal a officer. SHOWS the Guy 20 H.
in far sanitary condition. Tire NUMBER
ot patients treated in the hospital during
the ii ca year. were 23l; died during the
yenr 80: whole number OF deaths In the
city. 80, numbe- II males, So; females. 1873
Eek not given. %. number ~ shi,ss, 2s9;
number Of colored 70; msies, 1s6 f5males,
1872, sex not given, IL; under 10 wears, 100;
itum 10 70 20years,ls; rom 20 h d5years,9l.
from 40 10 81 years 20 over Cd years, u;
age not given. 6l. rutsl expenses Of toe
hospital fnr .he year. after deducting oil
credits. " 90 20.
The petition uf the San Jdcinto and Main
street railway c1mDanys 10 permit them
10 make curved connection with fiat rails,
at ths Intersection oil Man and Austin
strset,, WAS read ard referred to the com
mi.tep on railroads.
A proposition from the Belt line street
railway, of ring TO nay one'thifd OF the
cost Of constructing stone bridge over;
D. las Brapch an Harwood street, was read
icd discussed ~ ienpth, aud the council
inally voted 10 give $500 towstds the con-
lt-uctioD oil SUCH bridge Council then
y adjourned /, mset again Tuesday night.