Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-21

uecile, ID conclusion, 70 return
my heartfelt thanks 10 every
Ineipner OF the cts council 1
curing the four yeats that have presided
over the Affairs Of the city While we /
may difier upon small and unimportaut !
points, yet have had the hearty CO.
operation OF every member of the councils I
In every good work that we have under. 4
taken 70 prosecute. Thanking You again I
Tor your kindly consideration during all 1
our Intercourse, bid God.speed to those I
who are about 20 take up and carry on
the work we Law down.
To all my fellow-citlzens return my
thanks for the condolences and esteem
which has always been shown me, and
those OF you who are present ! thank
for your Kind attention this afternoon.
DIR. BRonEs' TALK.
GENTLEMEN or THE CouNcti., IApIEs,
] GENTLEMEN, AND FKILow-CfrilENsi
beg to assure you that am proud OF the
honor conferred upon me by your action
in electing me mayor OF Fort Worth, the
! Chicago Of Texas, and | hope that my
administration Of municipal AFFAIRS dur
Ing my term Of Office will be such as TO
cause you no regret for having conferred
this honor upon me.
deem IL becoming for me, gentlemen
and ladies, before entering upon the
duties of mayor Of your CITY, to outline
20 some extent my policy, aud | know Of
no better method than by giving you the
names Of my committees and specifying
some OF their varied duties.
First, have seen proper TO appoint on
the finance committee Geo. II. Mulkey,
chairman, W. A. Barter and Il. j Tatum.
Gentlemen, | assign you TO this position
because you are good business men, not,
perhaps, better than others, but because
believe you TO be prudent, careful and,
at the same time, progressive men. AS
you are well aware, II becomes your duty
to provide means by which we may de-
fray the expense of all these improve
ments that are so greatly needed. II Is
your duty to eqpalize taxes. You should
: recommend at an early day to the council
the appointment or creation of board
of equalization to distribute the taxes OF
the city more equally and equi,ably,
, On the claims committee | appoint
w A. Darter, George IL. Mulkey and
+. j Tatum, men whose business capac-
! ity warrants me in saying that they will
! protect Fort Worth In its financial affairs
men who will no doubt get value received
y for every dollar that is expended by the
J city.
appoint on the police committee j. j,
J Cooper, w. X. Haymaker and r. j
8 Tatum. Gentlemen of the police com
q mttee, select none but good, true
Il honest aud brave men for you
8 policemen Confer with your mar
Y shall Take his advice. 1t Il
! to him that we look for protection. TIN
y men whom you will select are the men e
:, guard and protect our property and GU
u lives, and should be good men.
= On the Dire committee, | appoint G. w
y Hill, j. / Cooper and w, r. Haymakef
= Gentlemen of the Ere com
Z miaee, would earnestly reqaes
=, you 10 look 10 the comfort Q
y your tlfemen and to give them necessor
y Gre apparatus, and listen To thAr wlshe
, always in these matters. DO not sttn
y them. These men who voluntarily PFC
~ tect tie property of the city, should Ger
- tamly be provided with every euitabl
i? and convenient apparatus for the prote'
r.. ton Of property.
,o On the street aud alley committee
% have appointed w. a. Darter, Geo.
Oh Mukey aud C.. B Daggett. ] appoint G
ya this committee these three men because
nt know that they have heretofore been for
Te most in the street work. know them
I'M be progressive, wide-awake men, Aide
En- man Darter, | believe, started the pre-
II ent plan of working the streets. | wou
lv recommend, gentlemen, tnat we have
he street commissioner to superintend O
II this work In the first place | would r
~ commend that OF you three, one look O
IN. ter the east part of town, another aft
~ the west and the other after the southel
We portion of the city, while,
,ol a matter of Icourse, you shou
nv look after the whole city
on an entire committee. You should have
d street commissioner, whose duty 1t sha
~. be to employ labor at good wages instea
o,, of the contract system 1t is much mo
I'D satisfactory to home labor, and belle
mr. will be vest saving to the city. Ho'
iIy ever, gentlemen, If in your judgment "
~ differ from me, would at any rate su
a. gest to you that you impress upon tho
,so who take contracts for these street II
I'll provements the necessity OF employli
Ter home labor
nol On the public building committee a
icb point +. j. Tatum, w. A. Barter and
ere Brownson. Gentlemen, it win
ex come your duty within the ne
i've few years or months to build
eed city hall. The present hall is q
1ur solutely unsafe. In my opinion the III
our thing that s0Oulu De uOhe 10 w oullu
10 city hall. Next, we should have I'll
we halls, and last, but not least, the
nur school-houses should be repainted, and
Ave soon as is necessary and advisable,
we'd should begin the construction OF a NJ
,ol- schoolhouse for high school. do I
son propose, gentlemen, TO have you build
EN- extrayagant house or a very large hot
peh ct the present time, but begin, and WI
,tJy building material you do use let IL
one something that Is of permanent and s.
and stantial character, something to VIII
Irst YOU can make additions as desired, M
as il is OF sufficient size 20 accommodate
,er- children we will have In our c
nat within the next few years. Thu
ills nothing that win better HI
rom to build up the city than go
ers, school houses. | admit that 90
nitv streets and good sewers and water-Wol
he are absolutely essential, but not TO
hat exclusion Of school houses. We shot
NAV first of course place our city In &c
the healthy conditioD, but too much cam
re,s be said upon the proprlety OF build
obt this high school where we can give
S4N' | go 49,. Z. 41,c-onr,b aduputfpn at no