Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-03

vest conner OF mouse NO. 500 III bAlu
addition, and running through said
addition Ia to Samuels avenue
including through lot is IN
Block ID. The dedication takes up
twenty-five and a half feet on either
side OF the Rosedale street railway
running through Moore's addition, said
street railway running through the
center OF said street, and also takes up
twenty-five and half feet off Of the
west side said lot No. Is in block ID in
ceived and filed.
Petition Of Jere J. Roach ct al, re-
questing the appointment Of Mr. M.
OGrady to the position of assistant
engineer to superintend the construc-
tlon OF the new sewers, was read.
Some discussion took place on the
receipt Of this petition, and Acting
| Mayor Andrews, who WAS In the chair,
ruled that this petition could
not be acted on until the
council was aware chat any sewer
work was to be done. He thought It
would be better to receive the report of
the sewer committee on this matter
first and then 1t would be known II
! there would be any necessity of em-
| ploying an assistant engineer.
The sewer committee then reported
az follows: Your committee authorized
10 let the contract TO the lowest bidder
! per lineal foot TO complete the system
Of sewerage, would report that they
have let the contract TO Laing d Rati-
can at 53l cents per foot, aud that they
have complied with the requirements
made by the city council, and we ask
your honorable party to approve the
contract.
The contract with Lslng & Ratcan
"a entered into by the sewer COM
mittee was then read, and after
some little additions had been
made the mayor was authorized TO sign
the contract In behalf of the city. The
terms of the contract are that Lalng n
Rstican are to be paid one one-thOus-
| and dollar Fort Worth city bond, at
par, on the completion of twelve hum
! dred and fifty dollars worth of work,
the city retaining twenty per cent. OF
the work done on said contract, and IL
the contractors fail in the work, the
twenty per cent, retained and $1,000
certified check already on deposit
with the city treasurer shall be for
feited and TO become the property of
tine city as damages for said failure.
The amount of work to be done Is es-
tlmated at Is, 400 feet at 535 cents per
lineal foot.
The sewer committee introduced
resolution that |. q. Terry be employed
to superintend and direct the sewer
work under the contract with Laing
d Ratican, and that the city engineer
be allowed 500 per month to
pay said Terry and for such
other extra work as may be needed in
the execution of said work The petit
ton of Roche ct al, for the appnint-
ment of Mr.. O'Grady to superintend
the sewer work had some friends in
the council and 1t was agreed that the
different aldermen should vote for
their choice as to who should have the
position. Mr.. Terry had four votes and
Mr.. OGrady three; Mr.. Terry was
therefore declared the choice.
The sum Of $50 was allowed TO Po-
liceman J. w. Thomson for feed of a
horse for two months, while executing
the COW ordinance.
| The public building committee were
instructed to purchase two tables, one
for the council room and for the com
mittee room.
The mayor and city secretary were
authorized to issue certificates of in
debtedness to Messrs. Smith d Rardon
for the construction of two school
houses in accordance with the con
tract.
The council then plunged into the
consideration OF the street paving mat.
ters.. Alderman Askew presented 8
resolution relating to the advertise
ment OF bids for grading and gravelinp
OF 10, L.. III -
ana two blocks on East Daggett ave.
nue..
This brought Mr.. Andrews to hb
feet, who called attention to the fac
that at the last meeting of the council
two of the aldermen were opposed Ia
any further public improvements, that
IN introducing the resolution there
were two streets named. AS faras ht
waB concerned he was no. In favor o
the city grading and paving any of tn,
streets in the residence portion of tn,
town at the entire expense of the city
lie Wa willing 10 give the city's aiC
whenever the people who lived OIL
) these streets would use some endeRvo
Tor themselves, IA citizens on Lamar
East Weatherford Belknap and Ser
E ond streets; that he did not wish I
encourage the idea that only one par
: of the town was being improved; h,
: was In favor of improving the Who'll
I OF the city as far as we We're able. III
to the present time the most solid i'm
provements that the city had finishe
!, We're in the business portions, aud a
= far as there having been nothing don,
for the southern nortin,
OF the city he though
!: IL was an error. They had across In
railroad as many miles of water-main
: as there were ON the north side takin
into consideration the area of territor,
He had heard complaints of street
which required opening There wer
= streets in this portion of the city whic
= II WAS to his interest to have openeC
J but which he considered the 60.
would he too great for the city 10 stanC
= that these complaints OF one part {
L the city not being treated like th
y other part was saying that which WI
9 without foundation; that he was mo
!. In favor of contracting for these i'm
u provements unless the property owl
II ems would bear part OF the exnense.