The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-17
CITY COUNCIL.
MAYORS RECOMMENDATIONS.
A Little Bill for Improvement In the
Waterworks Service-That Sewer In
the Third and Fourth Wards
80 Accounts Allowed.

WaterworlSs Service-That Sewer In b
the Third and Fourth Wards q
Accounts Allowed.
The City Council met in regular ses- /
sion last night at the City Hail. His a
Honor, Mayor Cabell, presiding. Roll =
called: Absent, Alderman Smith. The i
minutes of the previous meetings. were /
read and approved.
The Mayor read the following mes
sage:
MAYORS MESS NGE,
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF DALLAS, Sept 10,
lSSl,--IO the Honorable city Council:
Gentlemen-l have the honor to
recommend that petition be prepared
and presented TO the next Legislature Of
the State of Texas to amend the charter
OF the City of Dallas, and that COM
mittee, to be composed of the Mayo" and
one Alderman from each ward, he APP
pointed to propose amendments TO the
city charter as follows:
An amendment requiring all officers
of the Government Except the seCre-
tarv) to be elected by the people ut the
annual elections, and not 10y the City
council, as required by the present
charter.
An amendment to the charter so that
the Mayors or Recorders court could |
sentence Migrants of every description, |
and persons convicted tor keeping dis |
orderly houses and fast women con- |
Yictcd of disurderly conduct on the |
streets, and for hahitual drunkenness |
may be sent to the poor farm to serve |
out their sentences. | recommend this !
particularly in the case OF female pris-
oners, AS they should not be required to
work out their sentences on the streets,
as no matter how degraded these un-
! fortunate people may be, yet 1t Is insult
| ing to our best nature to see q female
exposed to public gaze upon one OF the
! public thoroughiares of the city, or to
| keen them confined in the same
prison with male prisoners.
An amendment to regulate and fix the
salaries ard fees of all officers, aud also
to authorize the city to increase the
amount of bonds that may be issued by
the city from 100000 to $I5OOOO.
An amendment to increase and sus-
} tain the city's authority over all streets,
alleys, bridges, etc, and to prohibit the
city from gran ing the use
of the street by street
railroads and other railroad. whether
5 horse or steam railroad, unless fair
, compensation is paid into the city treas
ury for the privilege and use of the
streets.
|, An amendment to extend the jurisdic-
z ton of the city over the public cemetery
: and public parks to be purchased by the
! city for the health and comfort OF the
citizens of the city as well as any other
change that the committees may deem
necessary ard proper at this time to adj
q vance the interest of the city govern
NJ ment.
ask your earliest consideration o.
these recommendations IN order that the
g publication rs required by law, may h,
~ made before the moe'in ing of the mex
y, Legislature. Respectfully,
: W. l.. CAnELL,
Z, Mayor.
n Alderman Moroney moved that tn,
y recommendations in the Mayors mes
i! sage be adopted, and that the Mayor mp
d point the committees. Carried.
The Mayor appointed as such commit
tee Aldermen Williams, Nor 5ncy, Seay
10 Loeb, Gibson and Brown. The Mayo
was added and made Chairman of Tia
70 same.
II. Tho Superintendent of the Water
to works made his report. lie stated tina
nd he had experienced considerable troubl
d. in procuring sufficient supply of waite
ne for immediate use. That the improve
IN meuts made near the works, in the Cit
ar 10000 gallons per day, and with dI
economy, he thinks the supply will !
ample for ordinary purposes. That h
keeping the river pump IN trim, the cit
at will have plenty Of water, In case of a
!. emergency. During 80 last month. Oy
''' ing To the scarcity of water, il. has bee
ON pumped three nights out
the week, from tho rive
"a He suggests In his report that the riv,
of pumps not large enough, and il lab
Dl. to break down at any time. \ levoe h,
vat bocu placed around bro der Sprinl
pronor. lie had repaired fourteen leal
in the main pipe ana lire hydrant, b
sides issuing twenty permits for tappiu
A tho main pipes. That Tor tho last 81
In months lac had been collecting the wat,
~ rent and turning the funds over to Il
're Assessor ana Collector until short tin
'ur ago, when he was ordered by the Wat
~. Commissioner to pay for labor done
to the river pumps, and that now the
IN. seemed to some dissatislactiC
Dp- he would ask the city council to eth
An change the mode Of collecting, or
amend the law so rs to protect him ~
his bondsmen in case lie should ha'
tho collecting TO do. AccOmpanyil
nj was list Of delinquent consume
an. whose water had been shut Oft; also
ho itemized statement If the amount spe
u we, in repairing the river pump and clea
WV ing out Browder springs.
r,i Mayor Cabell said that while Assess
,on and Collector Bogel received I
wa funds collected that it "
1'u his place to turn 1t in eve
week to the City Treasurer
no was the proper person or officer
ted handle tho funds of the city.
,,n The itemizod account showed II
!" $l,3S9.l5 had been expended on I
Sc pump and cleaning out The springs.
the Alderman MorOuey said that he
ms not approve of such u halter-skelter "
To ofhlndling tho citv's funds, or words
not that effect. lIo said tho funds shot
have been paid out through the regu
channel.
o., Alderman Carter, tho Chairm
wa" of the Water commission, arose
wed his feet and waXed warm.
/, to said that 1t was case of emergen
lev and that was why the money was u
the out as IL was. Besides, the city had
IN at furnished the money, but that Al,
man Kellar had gone down into his q
pocket and advanced sums To pay oil
iahOrerS. " the Alderman was gett
H. so particular he would like to know
urx what authority the $4,000 remain
- water-works bonds had been CONVEX
, .ho for other purposes.
tern Alderman Gibson did not see
Dr OF cause for wraugle. Everything 60
was bo satisfactorily adjusted, for there
ANel' II he remembered Alright, an omorgoI
Alderman Keller endorsed "
Alderman Carter had said, and sti
:, that every cent had been honestly 81
Poll- 10 tho best advantage of the city.
Rog- Alderman Moroney insisted tina
= 70. would not have cost any 4
the had tho money gone thrO
will tho regular channel. As
Wv" himself he did not believe In such
lation OF the ordinances.
The report Of the Superintendent
0 dis referred 70 the Ws.er commission.
foni. The matter of the extension OF