Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-11
TERRELL.
Water.WOrks 10 be Erected
0ehOol Building-Nstes.

u y SehO0l Butlding-Netes. 81
No., rolai 70 the Gazette.
h. ,ERRELL, July 10.-Tuesday night
y h city council held their first regu-
| he meeting since the water.w orks
re tested. The committee reported
hpd satisfactory test. In consideration
Hs;he o0lnpletion of these works the
| hog Issued to the company her bonds
70 h}he mount of $35,0O0. Tuesday
ot,ht the city closed n contract with
" esers. Brown & Lane, under the
n ale Of the Terrell Water-works COM
n ny, by which the works are turned
wen.r TO them at cost, or, in other
|e strds, the assumption of the payment
Fy The bonds issued for their construc.
J ain. This latter company is to fur
flom b the CITY water for fire protection
ne2.4O0 per apnum for twenty-five
q nSH, ct which time, when all the
|med Ids and interest are paid, they be-
Fan me ahaolute owners of the works.
d irls len optienary with the city at the
,ti@oirntiun of ten years 10 receive them
lie v:k ct what they shall then be
for rth. Brown Il Lane are to pay into
hce city treasury annually an amount
neaal TO the interest on all the bonds
Ii. H one thousand dollars To a sinking
fetic I'd. This being the amount equal To
loci: bond and interest on the entire
J ipt5t less the s. 400 annual payment
for.u IRE Protection. Some Of our citi-
Tbas are opposed to this action. They
'Tbe, ink thai the investment is a good
| Hus aud will yield handsome profit
| the Q the real parties who constructed
|,set an would not be so ready to take
am and that the city whose credit
ldds.nished the capital Is entitled to the
|irly ofit. Others say that such an enter
bec,Jse to be maintained and operated
exr city employees was a "white ele-
bnsSantn on the hands Of the council
Lpss d that they have done well to rid
c,emselVes of 1t. Brown 81 Lane will
|tbs Nv lay n considerable amount more
lo., DO, and commence at once to erect
sns ,drants for the use of subscribers.
|, L..rrell Is now the best supplied city in
"a ~ y state. Nearly every residence has
Inn. iever-failing well at the door of good
wimher, besides everyone willing to
md asmall outlay will now have an
Lr,, ditIonal supply of pure water from
'nms big we'll Cor stock, for washing,
nsptrlnklIng yards, gardens, etc. This
ids all uncertainty, and places the
4 hterprise at once into the hands of
..ff1se directly interested in making
lie works self-sustaining from the be-
NJ inning.
s,.;' Dur people are watching with much
~. sterest the indications pointing to the
~ ccessful candidate at the Chica-
a. convention. IL appears
XII at majority would favor
. ~, eveland, but the nomination OF
sI iyard will be received and supported
18th Enthusiasm.
rusWe are all free-grass people down
hn "A beautiful drawing of the Terrell
Iblfc school building hangs in the
hoe Of the Pacific EXPRESS company
% dthis is the only place where one
lay gets glimpse of this institution.
nav lst spring we were assured that II
Pu. build be completed by the lst of SEP
,eeunber, and ready for use by that time
FIX! lie school board selected splendid
~ RPS OF teachers, but up to this date
n Shearo of noprogress being made with
hn Q building.
pc sEx.Gov. o. NJ. Roberts was in thu
fndpy Tue day, and visited the town a
les q terminus of the Texas Contra
I'D nmed to his honor.