Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-08

The street and alley committee were
granted further time to report on petit
lions of Newman q Young and G. G..
Taylor, asking for damages occasioned
by the construction of the Bluff road.
The street and alley committee then
presented the following report;
Your committee on streets, alleys and side
walks would respectfully represent that we
have directed the city marshal to prevent the
Fort Worth Street Railway company from
building their street railway ON Calhoun
no right OF way has been asked for or granted
by the city council, and also requested thu
city engineer 70 withhold the granting OF his
permit TO grant said railway company 10
| construct their railway on Twelnh street
| from Jones TO Calhoun street until the
present meeting OF the council While the
| committee would not knowingly interpose
any obstaclein the way 10 prevent any pub.
| lie Improvement In our city, yet In view OF
all the surroundings we fear there Is a dispo
sition on the part OF The Fort Worth Street
| Railway company TO occupy a part OF Jones
and Calhoun streets thereby preventing any
other parties who might in the future desire
! 10 construct line OF street railway fro n
| the business center II our city to the Union
depot. In the granting OF the rishtotway
| 70 lhe fort worm street hallway company
| 10 constrnct and maintain a street railway
| rom the Texas 4 Pacific reservation on
| Jones street 20 Third thence on Third
! TO connect with their Taylor street line on
| Rusk; also in granting TO the Fourth Street
Union Depot a Lake Park Railway com
pany nom the Walden school house on
| Fourth streeuto Calhoun street, thence or
Calhoun TO the Texas & Pacific reservation
the committee did not havein contemplation
tho consolidation OF said Zines so as TO per
| nit only such parts OF said grant TO be used
| as might suit the convenience OF the railway
company, without reference TO the convent.
enee OF injury II might de TO the citizens o
| our city. We therefore respectfully submit the
question OF our act for the consideration OF
the council aud ask OF the council It's opiniou
as 70 whether companies asking and obtain
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have the right to use only part OF such
right OF way or VIII II be In the power OF the
| CITY council To compel the compliance Will
the whole grant or force companies TO aban
don said right of way.
JULIAN Field. Chair man.
The course OF the committee in thii
matter was approved and the city at
torney was directed to report on tn,
legal questions involved.
Mr.. Beall, of the firm OF Davis, Beal
d Rogers, then requested permission
10 read the following protest from tn,
Fort Worth Street Railway company
which was granted;
To the Hon. Mayor aud City Council OF For
| Worth:
Your memorlailst, the rdrt Worth stree
Railway company. by It's attorneys, .appear
and respectfully enters this Its solemn pro
test against any action OF the city council n
passing an ordinance, repeating ordinancl
No, 2o2 adopted on the third day OF January
a. ID. isSl, which said ordlna .ce conferred
upon said Fort Worth Street Railway com
pany, the right OF way and privilege of con
structing a street hallway over and upoI
Twelfth street for the following reasons;
First, your memorabilia acting under ans
by virtue OF said ordinance an d the authorit
therein conferred, entered upon said stree
for the purpose OF building said street rail
way banlod tho necessary material thereon
ana Incurred the expense OF employing hand
TO do said work, aud having Obtained the per
mission o. the clly engineer, who stalted on
the ground for the purpose began the con
strucuon OF said Work IN strict eomplianc
ordinance when said laborers employed a
Aforesaid were arrested and said work sua
pended.
2. Your memorialist state that n was thel
desire aud intention under said ordiu names 4
construct a street railway over and upoi
twelfth street a distance OF 201 fee, and thu
TO connect their two lines OF street rnilwal
upon Jones aud Calhoun streets