Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The New Charter Received and Ordered
to be Printed.
The North Side Street Railway Ordinance
Amended-ResOlution and Petitions Read
and Disposed of-Fixing Salaries.

journed session. Present, full council;
his honor, the mayor, in the chair.
Police committee made report regard
ing the charges of fighting made against
| Officers Rushing and Bell. The report
! recommended that the two men be
suspended for thirty days, but, in view
of the fact that they have always
been faithful and efficient officers,
and that they have already been
| fined in the police court that the suspen
sion be set aside and the men be retained
on the force. The report was adopted.
Alderman Fry moved to suspend the
rules and take up the ordinance creating
the office of street commissioner, on
second reading.
The roll being called, the motion was
agreed to by vote of 8 to 3. 81,
The ordinance being taken up o1f|a
second reading.
Alderman Jackson moved to amend so
as 10 put the street commissioner under
the control of the street and alley COM
mittee.
| Alderman Nicks moved to amend the
| ornidance by inserting $500 in the blank
left for the amount of the bond to be
given by the street commissioner.
Alderman Fry moved that the COM
| missioner be not required to give bond.
Alderman Mes made the point of order
that the motion should be to amend the
ordinance.
The MayOr-''I have been overruled on
so many points of order that l am now
going to let you do as you please, and
will take the vote on any motion you
make. -
a motion to refer back to the ordinance
committee was lost.
An amendment to fix the bond at 81
was lost. -
An amendment tosfix+ it at $3.50 re-
ceived vote of six for and six asaiust,
and the mayor DECIDED 5the motiea IN the
Affirmative. o. u. e
Alderman Nicks meRed toSffl4 the blank.
fixing the salary OK the comhSssiORer
with $4,000 per annIm paid inthontfily
installments of $50 lspY ssnpnta ~
Adopted. 9ssssgss IF =
The ordinance as amended was lthen
adopted by vote of 8 to 8
The finance committee reported that
they had prepared charter which they
were ready to lay before the council.
On motion of Alderman Nicks the re-
port was received.
A communication from the mayor, dis
approving the ordinance granting the
North Fort Worth Company certain street
railway privileges, was read by the sec
rotary.
Alderman Mes moved to reconsider
the ordinance by which the vote was
passed.
The roll was called and the motion pre-
vailed by u vote of l to l.
On motion of Alderman Ward the
ordinance was referred to the street and
alley committee.
a petition from certain citizens re-
garding the need of crossing over the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas track on
Peach street, was referred to the streets
and alleys committee.
A petition from NJ. V. Baker, set
forth the fact that petitioner had
been owner of a house in which
a patient with small pox was alleged
to have been confined; that the house had
been burned, as he believed, by order of
the council, and asking that a committee
be appointed to look into the matter and
decice what compensation petitioner was
entitled 10 for his property.
Referred to the board of health COM
mittee.
Other petitions and communications OF
small import were read and disposed of.
A resolution instructing the secretary
to purchase six chairs for the city hall was
offered by Alderman Ward and adopted
unanimously.
resolution was adopted instructing
the city marshal to invite bids for feeding
the city prisoners.
Alderman Haymaker offered a resolu-
ton to the effect that the roof of the
pump house be given a coat of paint.
Alderman Mes moved to amend by
making it the duty of the waterworks
committee to have the painting done,
Alderman Haymaker protested against
another member tampering with his reso-
luton.
The mayor declared the amendment
in order. 1t was agreed to and the reso-
luton adopted.
Alderman Ward offered a resolution
requiring the street car companies to
hereafter put in diamond switches
instead of ''belly' switches, and to take
up all street car track not in use.
Adopted.
An ordinance abolishing the fee system
and requiring for the payment of fixed
salaries to all city officers after the next
city election, was read first time.
On motion of Alderman Fry, the rules
were suspended, by unanimous vote, and
the ordinance passed.
On motion of Alderman Ward the vote
referring the North Fort Worth Street
Railway ordinance to the street and alley
committee was reconsidered.
Moved, that the ordinance be taken
up and read by sections. Adopted.
The ordinance was then taken up,
amended and postponed until the next
meeting.
The amendments restricted the lines to
be constructed by the North Fort Worth
Company to two lines, prohibited the use
of steam, prescribed the position of cleo
trio poles and wires, fixed the limit of
time in which the line shall be begun and
completed, and imposed certain other
limitations of more or less Importance.
On motion of Alderman Ward the
secretary was ordered to have 100 copies
of the proposed new ordinance printed for
the use of members.
Alderman Fry moved that the city at
torney be instructed to draw up an
ordinance fixing the duties of all the city
officers and that the council now fix the
salaries of officers for next year.
Adopted.
Alderman Mes moved that the matter
be postponed to be taken up at an ad-