Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-28
The City Now the Owner Of the Entire
Works, Rights, Franchises, Etc.
A Knotty Problem Satisfactorily Settled
After Much Worry and Trouble.

kew, Aldridge, Hughes and Flanagan.
Absent, Aldermen Adams and Field.
The council was called to order by
President pro TEN and acting Mayor
Andrews.
Tue finance committee reported rs
| follows:
| To the Mayor and Aldermen:
Your committee on nnanoo would beg
leave 10 submit the following report: In &C
coTdance with the duties deyol,ing upon u.s.
we have maue examination of the books
\ and accounts Of the city treasurer, city MS
SCISSOR aud collector, city mar, hal ana CITY
s,creiary up TO date of their eslective
| statements from the 2lst day OF March. $50
ana Il The me neatly kept ana correct
| We would further stat. that we have ,Sam-
| ined tn. annual financial statement pre-
| pared by the city secretary, aud ind IL cor.
Ms bPody sseT &c @G
| future erfereDce. Resp cifully,
II. 4. ID. ASDREws,
w. II ALDRIpGE, Fin. Com.
RICHARD tLAEAoAN,b
The report was adopted and the an.
nual statement published in yesier-
| day u GAZETTB) was ordered received
| and filed
| Approximate estimate for work per-
formed by Tim Crimmens on East and
West Dsggett avenue, was allowed
and ordered paid from street fund. The
amounC Is $500
Petition ~ w. II. Wilson who slater,
| that since 1877. he has been the owner
| of lot No. 1 block No. 3, in Daggett's
| addition, and that by an error IN the
: assessment at the year 1882, the south
half of lot No block No same ad-
dition, was assessed against him, and
that he paid taxes that year on said
lot, aud that 10y an error the same year
the lot was sold for taxes and that at
| great expense he was compelled to re-
deem aid lot for SIT 80 Prays that
the CITY refund to aim this amount,
| Referred to finance committee.
The special committee OF which
Alderman Alexander is chairman,
which has had the subject Of the pur.
chase OF The water works under con
sideration, presented TO the council
copy OF An agreement proposed to
be entered into by the city OF Fort
Worth of the first part aud Morgan
Jones ct al, of the second part, stipu-
lating the manner of the purchase by
the city Of the remaining interest In
the water-wofks company and copy
of deed selling and conveying to the
city the property of the water works
company. The papers read rs follows:
FIRST PArER.
| STATE or TEXAS
Know all men, by these presents That
| THIS memorandum OF agreement this day
made and entered into by aud bel ween the
Morgan Jones, Il p owan, II NJ Herman and
Henry McLnushlin, parties of the second
| part, wi ness eth
That the parties OF the second part, In con
siderat on OF the covenar Ia of the first part,
10 oe oy IL Kept aud performed as herein
after stipulated consents each for h mself,
| that the officers OF the Fort Worth Water.
| WORKS company may AT once sell all of the
lroperty and effects u said com
for the time 10 expire In which said city
| could, under Its contract with Id water
works, purchate same. The consideration
! ior thls u the sum of twenty -four thousand
dollars (s2i,Oo0.0 this day paid TO the parties
OF the heco part, and the further consider
e'iun that the party uf tho frst part agrees
10 pay all OF tho floating debt of the said ort
| Worth Water-works compary y, n schedule of
which Ia attached TO this, marked schedule
Said party of tho first part agrees to and
| WIN ID stockholdel TO well aud truly per-
form, IN good fai h, Its contr CT made with
| Tue Fort Worth Wat. r-works company,
daled Way 20 $50, passed by the city ooun eli
| rs hn ordinance ON the same day, and ap.
proved BY = = ,ith, MAJOR OF said city OF
by the Fort Worm Water.worGs company
ny its president, Morgan jon cs, May 90, 1881
Tho said party ~ The first part az ices with
the parties OF the second part 10 well and
truly carry out the stipulatlona, ayr emeuts
covenants aud conditions made and con.
utlheu IN the Two certain mortgages, given
by the said Fort Worth Waters Works com.
pany' the hrst bearing datu I'd day OF Jan.
nary 1851 Tor one hun red ard M ythousand
dollars, 10 Boo W ans the other bearing date
mo lat day of October. -, for the sum OF
my 'ousnno dollars (f5OuUOl.
In confederation VI the covenants, obllga.
| lions ana agreements herein assumed b the
party o. the nrst part, said stOc holders, par
Yves OF tne sec M rnrt, hereby authorize the
GERS or the Fort Worth WaterworiSs com
panN to tInnsier assign, conway ans set over
| 10 me sad city of Fort Worth all OF tho prop.
erty OF the aid Fort Worth Water-worlss
company, of whatsoever name, natu e, char
ecier or d Soiption, situated aud he nS in
me cry OF Fort worth, together with the
rights, franchises, maehlnely, pipes, aims,
| MIGRANTS, elc III any wise In ident or an or
tai ding o the sort Worth water works
'nIthor agreed and understood be.
ttSM st tbi Inc parties to this contract
tract made by the city Of ''f FSrt Worth l
With On and several OF he stockholders
In witness whereof the parties hereto
set thetr hands. said city OF Fort v orth
nGning by ,ts mayor, aitested by the score
City iFort worth attached.
The signatures not yet affixed.
s.CoND PAPER,
| ate OF Texas, Coun y of rArrant
Know oil men by these presents. that
the Fort Worth Vater.works company, q
private CORPORATION duly Incorporated under
| VIZ avs VI tuN hld{o OF IOANN, being there
nnte lawfully authorized by tho board of
directors ~ tho said Frt Worth Wat r.
WORKS company, ny It's president, Morgan
Jones, have this day bargained and sold aud
| by These prevents 90 bargain, sell and con-
| Ney 10 the city OF Fort " orth all OF that Ger.
tan tract, piece or paroe, OF land situated in
the said county OF TarTant, descrfhei a fol.
| lows to.wi; Situated At The Connuenca OF
Clear Fork and West Fork OF Trinity river
| IN the a. GougherRnt survey or be q right
psruenlarly described as follows; Beginnil Z
| ~ y water elm tree marked on the south
bank OF Clear Fork, bearing N. So 81
| west eighty -siX feei.n ON the northwest cor
her OF the rumpi g.station building OF the
SID Fort Worth Mater-woyks cmpany,
| thtnce south seven degrees west ~ rect 10 a
| STAKE, thence kouth soventy-nine degi ees
| twenty-five minutes east 452 feet To q Stake
| on the pubic road, thence nor tn twenty four
| degrees twenty minutes east aud para lei
| win the public wagonroad and bridge %
Ieet 10 small blackberry tree, marked X on
the north hank OF Trinity river, thence
| north Sixty three degrees west go feet paTal-
| LEI Win tho river 10 q stake ON the north
bank OF the West Fork, thence south sixty
,nree degrees west iSa feet, crossing West
| Eork 70 a stake on the sontL bank OF West
| foik thence SOuth twenty degrees thirty.
NNc minutes Cllt 2SS fCat. crnaslnu taaar