The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-07
City Council.


Tho city council mst in regular ses-
sion laet evening at tho city hall,
Mayor Brown, presiding. Absent, AL
derman Gibson. The bids for nscad-
amiziuG Ross avenue and Syc.
amore street we're opened, read
and tho contract was awarded to j,
Long at an aggregate OF $1,000, to em-
brace excavation, macednmizing and
fares fsom line on the
Texas ~ Pacific railway crossing to
Rosa ovenIe, and eastwardly on tho
latter thor0UghiHre 10 the Houston DC
Texas Central railway crossing.
Alderman Spellman, in reference TO
The charges against Charles Kahn,
chiet OF the fire department, charged
| fraud.
| Alderman Williams defended him
and on his motion the charges were
knocked In tho head and in race with
Il. Wilkinson for chief, Kahn was
elected ov0r him for the ensuing yepr
as chief Of the department..
Mr.. Wilkinson wAs nominated as
Bistant chief and unanimously
elected. Mr.. Garrett, a
friend of Mr.. Wilkinson, said
Mr.. wilkinson would not serve In that
capsclty, md no had authority TO
speak for him.
The following is tho report OF tho
committee rs given to the council.
City of Dallas
Your COMMITTED, to whom was 70.
ferrod tho petition of Charles Kahn,
chief or tho tire department of the city
OF Dallas, asking an Investigation 80 TO
his official conduct, beg loaye 10 re-
port that the committee held an inves-
legation ut the city hall AZ 4 o'clock u.
M, Tuesday, October 8, 1855.
That the charges preferred against
Chief Kahn were submitted orally by
Alderman John Spellmsn IN the fol-
lowing order:
FIRST cnARoE.
That Chief Kahn had sold 10 John
Conroy = lot of old irons and stun for
81, which amount hnd not been paid
into the treasury az required by law.
SECOND CHARGE.
That Chief Kahn had sold 10 John
herman some old truck wheels for
slo, ana Jailed TO account for tho pro.
ceeds OF the sale.
TgIRp CHARGE.
That Chief Kahn had failed TO dls.
burso monev donated by individuals
NJ certain fires In the city, to-wit:
The ire Mt tho Union dopot,
tho iiro at Reinhsrdt'n ON Elm etrost
the fire NJ 0pponheimor's, ON Bryan,
street; tho fro on Main street, neat
Sycamoro; the fro at the compress
when the elevator was burned.
Nonr committee, alter cxsmining d
number OF witnesses, 1nd ON frs,
charge that scme old rubbish waa nold
Tor ~, but tho proceeds were paid Int
tho treasury, but after the rumofs
were alloat 40 70 his croolSedness. III
Is proper TO say hero that Chief Kanr
gave. this repert himself aud stated
that ho had forgotten the trananctior
until his attention was callod to II by
the public rumors against himl.
second Chsrge--We and that as 70
= The sale OF the old truck wheels, they
were sold for sib ~ charged, aud thu
the prcseods OF rnle was paid out b,
the chicr IN cleaning up tho old Sllap,
steamer, hiring horses for same, an,
decorating tho department for tn,
Smngorfest parade in May. isS3, an,
| that this was done after consult atioi
with tho then mayor and chairman o
, the IRE department, ~ shown by ihpi
committee. '" Wv
\, Fourth Charge--we find tina. no In
olvlduRl moneys were donated nj an,
~ tue Tres mentioned In this chasz
exctpt tho union dept firu and III
NE ~ the cpupress3 that the prom
shows that the donation n. tho unto,
depot fles We divided oni paid nj I
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