Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-21
5LD AND THE NEW.
b,oIIes and the Newly Elected
|Idsrmen Take the Oath
Of Office.
an reviews the Events Of
~, ysars' Administration
w., 10 Be Proud VI.
.,..or Promulsates HIS Policies
sis' ,nncss His Committees as
an Earnest Of Them

.nd,ence assembled at the
- yesterday afternoon to wit
srsrster Of the reins of city gov
~ the newly-elected officers.
u,n,sterlng the oath of office to
~ aud Mesars. Tstum, Cooper
i. W. Ri. smith relinquished his Of
,esia brief talk, recapitulating
L ne ~ his administration. He
~. IVA in a short address by DIR.
me remarks Of each are given
a .o, sNfrH's ADDRESS,
.V 9,rx or THE COUNCIL, LADIES
,r,rwES: Upon retiring from the
a nsyor Of yourcIty, a position with
an nave nonored me tor two sue
.a ~ | take 1t not out of place
N S,,eay some of the main points
y characterized the admlnistra-
vour public affairs.
! y when / was first elected your
n ne gentlemen who were elected
vim me in the council, as well
N were all committed TO the
z 4 establishing for this city a system
f e schools and a system of internal
o,nents such as were demanded by
Nv seeking and Intending to rank
& ne great and thriving metropo-
"A our country.
A,ly 1889, by actual census taken at
INA we had a population of ll,748
a today we have $4,000 people
4 our corporate borders. Then we
Ia and a quarter millions of taxa
'{ies; TO day, we have seven millions
3ble property. WHAT has wrought
&est change, this wonderful develop
4 when we came into the admins
\ Of your affairs, we found floating
"A 500, 900 and not one dollar with
a to pay it or to improve
1clty and erect and estab.
A,r schools. In the fall of 1882,
Acceeded in negotiating $50, 900
IA bonds at 97l cents net to the city
klud was all that we could borrow,
&ler the constitution and laws Of his
'ino city can create a bonded III
&pess Of more than per cent. OF
&yahle values. With this fund We
h ded in constructing a system OF
d 70 which now comprises some tii
niles OF sewer pipe, together viii
Height miles of improved streets
4 cond wear thereafter, our property
Il increased In value that we wet'
n contract further debt of $3.50,
shd with this fund we have i'm
4 your streets until to-day yol
8in addition TO your superb system
$erage, the only comprehensive sys
h the state, fourteen miles OF i'm
4 4 streets that viii compare witt
9reet in any city in all tie state
h Improvement Of your streets an'
construction OF this line system 0
NJ has so tended to improve tn
II Of the city that to-day the deaf
Ss less, with %, 900 population, tina
when we had only 5000 people
4, friends, you must comprehend tina
honey thus expended has been Of vas
6it to you in this respect, and espt
4 do you owe the wonderful adyanc
4ur taxable values TO your sewer an
n improvements.
ltime Of my first election, we had Nc
lyle school building, nor had we on
1red dollars worth Of school property
Ss2, by vote OF the people of tn
'pf thirty, five in favor to one opposed
we're authorized TO levy tax not e.
bug one-half of one per cent. to e
Ish system of public schools.
:ber of that year the schools wei
'yn open, ard during that scholast
we had an average attendance
h eight hundred pupils and ninete(
hers. To-dey we have fifty thousar
lrs worth of school properly, cor
Ing eight buildings, bringing Il
|ol buildings, as it were, to the We,
b OF every child within our border
/ ior to the epidemic of dengue al
p pox, we had this scholastic ye
odd actual attendance in our schoo
to-day we have well on to fourtel
bred In actual attendance. We ha'
pol property and teachers adequate
pmmodste 1900 children at the pre-
time. by another year, my friend
will need some additions to our IRE
buildings and you will require accol
pstion for at least 1000 children.
p-day we have, according TO the
OF your city treasurer, some fl
psand dollars belonging 10 the sever
ns In your treasury. OF that amour
pt seventeen thousand dollars Is
credit OF the schoolfund. This win
public schools of the city until Ju
:, comprising the nine months OF u
plastic year, and will leave in I
Isury some Sll 900 with which to
operations in the fail, not includi
$4,000 or $l2, 900 which we viii
Y from the state, and this will email
= city government to run the scho'
Il the taxes levied this year are C
ed in March next.
MS brings us 10 another quesu'
ut which / desire 70 talk somewhat
people. Imust not, however, oy
( the fire department, which is
ID question the best fire department
state.
We have a system Of water-woIks q
Unsurpassed anywhere in Texas. !
are that oyself and other members
council have been censured for
chase OF the water-works by the q
Z desire to say to this people to-.
1 rather had | surrender to auot
honor of all else that may have c
'uted toward the upbuilding Of
Y and risk my reputation for sagacit
ard for the interests OF this city all
IN the part | took in the purchase
sc works by the city, than thai
'uld be deprived of the credit VIII
le VIII demonstrate is due those y
,ught about this purchase.
" the time Of the Inauguration OF
ITEM Of public improvements, 1t
siess 10 construct sewers with
ter-works, for otherwise our sew
lld not be Onpratad On the OF