The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-04
FORT WORTH LOCAL NEWS
is ANEW HOUSE OUT OF PLuMB9
spriakiiae the Reusisn Grsunds-city
Property Litigation - Veterans
A'rivisg-A Dallas News
paper Nsts-Psrsonnl.

FORT WORTH, Aug. 3.-[Spscial. l.
For some days past rumors have been
sfiost in the city that the new Slmp-
son-Huffman four-story brick building
on Main street was unsafe, the walls
being out ofplumb. AS this building
Is decidedly the handsomest In the
city and 10 now nearing completion,
the report caused considerable talk
and some unfavorable comment upon
Mr.. M. r. SanguiRet, the
architect, who drew the plans
and supervised the construction.
The Martin-BroWn Co., who are 10
occupy the house when cempleted.
upon hearing these rumors, employed
=. b. Hsggsrt, architect; j. j. Kane,
architect; John +. Murrsll, civil en-,
gineer, and Thomas Heck, contractor,
all OF this city, to examine aud re-
port upon the building. This COM
lnit;ec have made their report, slleg-
ing among other defects that one OF
the walls is 10 inches ont OF plumb.
In this evenings Mail Mr.. Ssnguinet
is out in card defending himaelf
and HIS work. lie published a
certificate from City Engineer King,
that the wall which is alleged by the
committee to be 10 inches out O!
plumb, 10 absolutely untrue. He furth.
srmoro says that Mr.. Hsggart submit
ed plans for the erection OF this build
ing, but that they we're neglected and
his (shnguinet'sGadopted and that Mr..
Aurrell, the civil engineer, admits
that his instrument might not have
bsen correct. or Mr.. Thomas Heck
he says that some time ago he waa the
contractor of n building which no San
guinet) refused to accept. In fine, he
alleges that part OF the committee
we're sctusted by uniriendly motivor.
In conclusion, he says he 10 willing to
submit the work to any competent,
dlSintorested persons. Tho tenants OF
the new building have given notice
that they will move int II ~ soon as il
il completed, 80 IL docs not seom as
II they will accept the adverse report
OF tho committee.
GOOD IDEA.
Mr.. Is. +. Coff'nsn, the general mall
agor Of tho Fort Worth Trans
fer company, in anticipation
the reunion grounds, has taken upon
himself the work OF ksepiug the
grounds sprinklsd during the three
days OF the reunion. This 10 q com.
msnAAble set and one that will be ap.
prssistsd, for otherwise the dust
would be simply unbearable.
SUITS FLIED.
In the district clerks ONCE to-day
X. Is. Buell instituted q salt sgainSl
James ". Blsckman, for . lot OF
ground In tho east part OF tho city.
The Same plaintiff also filed salt
against the Gulf, Colorado & santa Fo
railroad for a piece OF land on the
suburbs OF tho city.
VISITORS COMING IN.
Visitors to tie coming reunion have
already commenced coming in. The
noon trains brought in quite u good
crowd, and number have already ar
rived In their own vehicles prepared
to camp. To nights trsins will aug
mont tho numbers, aud by to morrow
night the city will DO full to overflow
ing. The indications are that there
will be very largo crowd present, and
ill arrnn gementa havo been made TO
entertain all who come.
AFTER TEEN.
The authorities seem determined
that the immoral portion OF the com
munity nhEll not tlaunt their disrepu-
table conduct in the fecos OF decent
people. Complaints were filed to-day
against certain pkrtiea in tho city for
adultery. Tho names are withheld
for the reason II they were published
they might DO non est when wanted.
FINAECIER's FoRgTBoUGHT.
A Dallas citizen here the other day
opened the eyen OF many OF our has.
inose mon by this significant observs-
ton, repeated by reputable genile-
man TO your correspondent ENbstan-
italy as follovt:
IL is q singular fact, but by no
mesna . surprising one, that one OF
me shlef inEpirsrs and subscribers to
tho "Dhiias News" 10 getting his work
In splendidly ON the "ncw venture"
A lot that hau been = dead weight has
been used for the erection oftbo News
building at a fiso rent and adyhntag-
cons losoo and the subscription
Will thus draw a handsome in
terost. IL 10 not forgotten, either, that
this building will be q valuable annex
TO big hotel property whon ths News
cessof 10 use IL. "Other subscribers"
tho gentleman remarked, "sre begin.
ninK 10 recognize this fact, and com
plants are neither few nor guarded"
This subscriber, II is alleged, had 4
spite against The HERALD, but he
has taken in the entire News outfit
and continues TO make money by the
operation At the expense OF tho over
creduloss, who were somehow in-
pressed that "if the News did not 20
TO Dallas, II would have come TO this
city," while others were left under the
impression that there was 70 bo con.
solidztion with THB HERALD. Obi
the ways OF tho financierl
PERSONAL,
Colszel ID. A. Williams, OF Dallas,
came into the city to-day. He will no.
main until after the reunion.
Mr.. J, II. Brown, Of Weatherford, In
in the city.
4. T. Lenoir, OF Refugis, is in the
CITY on buninasE