Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-08
DALLAS.
The DALLAS RAIDS Meet and Wave ihe
Sansuinary Garment.
The Water Question Still One of Alb.
sorbing Interest.
The Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa Fe Sur
veying New Line.
Court Notes Decision Of an Intricate
Case -Arrestsd-Gave Bond.

Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, July The Republicans
MADE sickly attempt to get up a
Blaine and Logan demonstration to-
night, the idea being TO have big
ratification meeting and then organize
Blaine and Logan club. The project
has been on foot for over n week past,
and has received liberal gratuitous
announcement through the columns of
the Democratic ana "independent'
press, but still less than 100 persons all
told assembled at the court house, at
least two-thirds of which num-
Der were negroes. The usual
wrangle of the ips aud the
outs was INDUCED in. Several he
rangues and one speech were delivered,
the speech being made by United
States District Attorney Bigger, and q
committee appointed to report officers
to an adjourned meeting, on Saturday
night, July 10 During the meeting
the old tatlered, dirtyslrotten, bloody
shirt was waved with old time nause-
ating effect, and showing the purpose
of the party to be to conduct the cam
paign ON the old plan of vituperative
bombast and disgusting SANDER.
| 1t Is reported here tonight that the
| famous. Nose Harris of Dallas and Hot
| Springs newspaper notoriety is i'm the
city prospecting for u location. Dallas
knoweth not why the hand of aillic-
tion should be thus heavily laid upon
her She already has water famine.
Rabbi Schulz, 1t Is said, has pur-
chased the Galveston Opera Glass and
proposes entering journalism.
The state Baptist Sunday-sehool con-
vention meets here next Friday.
/ The city council this morning met
in extraordinary session to consider
the emergency Of the water supply
question; or more appropriately speak
ing to devise ways and means to re-
lieve the people from the present water
famine. Superintendent Wheeless was
given authority to exercise his judg.
ment to secure an immediate supply
from the Trinity river and at once
, proceed 10 put in pump and engine
, with capacity for furnishing l00,0 0(
, gallons every twenty-four hours. He
has force of forty men employed OF
, the job, twenty working during the
, day and twenty during the night. III,
! is confident of having the rive
source of supply in operation b,
, Wednesday evening. The city viii
resume sprinkling the streets to
, morrow morning, arrangements TO
, water for that purpose having beer
made to-day. The city council at il
: meeting this morning also instructed
WatsrCommissioners Carter and Keller
members of the council, to experiment
in the city park for an additional waite
= supply for the works at Browde
!. springs. They at once put large fore
of men mt work digging IA channel an,
putting in box drain. over 100 fee
long to catch the water from Mill creek
: filter 1t through gravel and conduct
> into the main reservoirs. The city ex
: poets to have this work finished by tn
q last of the week, and add at leas
100 900 gallons per day to tn
supply from other sources. All tn
water necessities Of the city are esii
mated at half million gallons pc
day, so 1t Will be seen that when Thu
present temporary projects are com
s pleted during the present week, Their
: VIII he an ample supply for all hre
sewerage and general domestic pur
. poses. The river water To be pumped
q into the mains VIII be used for drink
o ing and other domestic purposes, tn
|, same as that from Browder spring., a
II Will be perfectly pure after passing
through a thorough system OF grave
!, filtering The question OF permanen
!, ana abundant water supply proDabi.
never before engaged the attention
> the citizens of Dallas 10 as gIea
degree as at present. IN
,. rapid growth OF the Cit
ii since the present system was cor
e structed, the constantly increasin
\ demand for the extension of the main
through the streets and pipes to tn
.e business houses and residences, an
,r the large quantity required for tn
a daily flushing Of the new sewerag
o system; also the attendant increase i
r. wastage from these sources, have a
combined to tax the system beyon
its capacity, and no reliance can b
:, placed in IL for permanent supply
- particularly in the summer. The cit
y, authorities have been acting largel
=. " on the principle of economy, and ev
81 IDENTIFY have believed it possible
. secure sufficient supply vt niue
smaller outlay Of money than it
1t probable they will realize. The be
lie sources of information on the SUI
he ject assert that sufficient an
10 permanent supply of wafer for DALI
T. cannot be secured at less than $3.50. o,
~ and that the city authorities may
well prepare themselves ut once for q
nutl.x, ~ a 4 laaat half m ,,illinn dnIlo