Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-28

| clear york and West Fnrk OF said Trinity
| river, and also ths tight, authority and "
cense TO erect and maintain fences on the
| bans OF said streams AND all the property OF
/ the said fort Worth Watei.worss company.
| OF whatsoever nAmo, ma ure oharact'r or de-
| rlption or wherever the same may be stu
| ated being In the city OF rort Worth. Toe
| consideration upon which this deed OF con-
yey vance ~ made, IL that the sal q city OF Fort
debt St ef ssid Foft Worth We D Vat works com.
any as hedule q which lie hereto attached
| marked schedule "a that said ity Will ~
| does agree 10 well aud trui perform IL full
| and good faith Its contract made with the
said Fort " orth Water-works company.
dated May 23, 1882, that the said city II Fort
| Worth agrees and VIII well and truly carry
| out, each every anu all stipuiRuons, agree.
| ments and covena' Is made and contained
| in two certain mortgages given by the said
| Fort Worth Weter-works company, the first
! OF which bears date the I'd day OF January,
| lSS3, and Is TO secure The payment of one
| hundred and hfty thousand dol airs (sli0Oo1
| and The other dated the LIST day OF October.
1873, and wa 20 secure The payment Of fity
| thousand dollars. Zach OF said mortgages
| aie duly recorded in the record OF dee
Tarrant county, Tex. and ref. rel Gel n which
Is hereby maze I r a full and cnmploLe de.
| agreements and stipulations in the same
contained: In witness whereof the said
| sort WORT Water-workB company. by Its
presi ont. Morgan Jones, hercuI 10 signed It's
name, nttested by the sec etary OF the said
Fort Worth water-worhs company, and the
day OF March. 1885.
This paper was lot signed when pre-
The following resolution was then
presented by Alderman Aldridge:
Resolved, that the contract pre-.
scented by +. p. Cowsn, Morgan
Jones, II. M. Herman and Henry Nc.
Laughlin wi n this city, be approved
and executed by the mayor That the
deed made By the Fort Worth Water
works company be accepted and this
city consent to the same upon the
terms therein contained. That the
mayor and the special committee on
water-works take all the necessary
steps to make and complete the con-
| tract this day made with said above.
named parties and to pay them the
consideration therefor.
Alderman Andrews requested per-
mission TO offer substitute to the
Askew resolution, that the papers re-
lating to the purchase by the city of
this water-works property be referred
to the city attorney, he to report to
the council next Monday afternoon.
He said In support Of the substitute,
that he was taken by surprise; that
he had no idea that this question was
to be taken up this afternoon; that this
new manner ofmaking this deal should
have a full legal light turned
upon 1t 80 that the people should know
Just what was being done and that
there might be no false step made.
The substitute was then voted upop.
Mr.. Andrews calling for the ayes and
nays. Aldermen Alexander, AL.
bridge aud Askew voting no and AL
dermen Hughes and Andrews voting
I aye,
Alderman Andrews then made a
motion that the council adjourn, the
vote being taken the motion TO adj
journ was lost
Alderman Hughes offered motion
that the whole subject be laid upon
the table. Motion lost.
Alderman Andrews made another
motion that the council adjourn. Mo-
ton lost.
The question then turned upon Mr..
| AldridKe's resolution Alderman An
drews appealed to the members present
to defer action until this matter
could be inquired into. He said
the city attorney was the legal ad-
wiser OF this council, and that it was
their duty to refer the matter to him
In order that the representative of the
people might he given all opportunity
10 serve them; that he saw no reason
for such undue haste, that It was evil
cent to him that the matter was cut
and dried for this occasion: that ad.
vnntsge was berg taken OF the alb
sence OF two members of this
body, Aldermen Adams and
Field; that without intending TO
wound the feelings of anyone In a per
sonal manner, he could ouly charac-
t.rize the action of the majority, in re.
iuslng To give the city attorney an Cd.
portunity to investigate the legal
status or the matter, as a studied out
rage upon the people; that they should
always be advised OF the councils in
tentions before they were bound i'm go
important a transaction, or in the
expenditure OF so much money.
that the city did not have the money
on hand To pay for this interest thew
were endeavofiug to purchase, that
they had no right TO presume upon
the future sale of the bonds: that
While he had great hopes for the fu-
'ure prosperity of the water works
property, yet the last statement of the
waler-works company, made last
| November To the council, showed ID TO
be not self-sustaining, and was, there
fore, not worth the money thew were
| w pay AVA IT, htlAL NOW ever,
IL was Sppart Mt that he was only
spending his breath in vain, and the
people alone could judge of the mat
ter; that 1t was due the people that
they should know that this Mas the
nrst time that these papers had ever
been submitted to the council
alderman Alexander, as chairman
OF the special committee who mad the
water-works question under consider. !
alton, stated That this matter had been |
before the committee and the council !
ABOUT eight months, and II was time |
That the matter was disposed of one
way or the other
Alderman Askew stated that he was |
in .vor of the purchase OF the water |
works from the beginning to the end: |
That ne did not want any further post. |
ponement of the matter; that he did !
not care to have the papers examined;