Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-17
emo, sir; let the secretary read that
again and Won will see ,,

! No, SIT let tue secretary reau lnal
again and you will see.
Secretary Early read again.
Mr.. Bailey-"tThls council is not here
to have people step on them; I move the
document be received and filed
! Mr.. Nies-''The sewer committee has
| given Mr.. Sirrelle two hours Of its time
in this matter and asked him to make a
full statement of the pipe question, but
his answers were never twice alike, and
we finally told him to make a tabulated
statement of the pipe, which he has not
done. -
slrreile-e'I have; it is attached to
those papers. -
Mr.. Mes Your honor, hope you
win not permit this interruption by one
who is not member of this council; |
want to be heard. -
Mr.. Mes, continuing, said: ''The
committee had told Mr.. Sirrelle they
would do him full Justice to the public
and in the press, but now he presents
another long harangue, and it was an in
suit to the sewer committee.
Mr.. Fraser-'fI move the communities
ton be tabled -
Mr.. Fry don It like to vote to table
anything 1 haven It heard. -
Mr.. Haymaker-"'L et's hear it all .
Go on with the reading
Mr.. Bailey's motion prevailed and the
document was received and filed, and
Sirrelle walked out.
An ordinance providing for the issu-
ance of bonds for high school was read
and laid over under the rules, the finance
committee to examine it.
An ordinance providing for issuance of
sewer bonds took the same course with
out being read.
An ordinance amending ordinance Sc !,
regulating express wagons, vehicles,
hacks, and so forth, was read
1t provides for the insertion OF
section IA, which provides
that no hack, no wagon or vehicle which
is used to transfer people or merchandise
from one part of the city to another for
hire shall stand on Main or Houston
street or in front of hotel except long
enough to receive and discharge its load.
The rules were suspended and the ordi-
nance passed. 1t provides for a fine of
So to S25.
The committee on finance reported that
Wilson Gregg had codited the city ordi-
napces for the sum of $3.50. The COM
mittee had been granted power to act
and now made its report. The report
was adopted and the claim allowed.
Alderman Smith offered resolution
which acted like red rag to a bull. It
provided that all hands at work for the
city on the streets should be under the
control of the street commissioner.
Mr.. Bailey-"I move its adoption to
see what it means.
Others seconded it to find out what it
meant.
Alderman Smith, introduce the
resolution simply for harmony. The
street commissioner and the city engineer
do not seem to get along the best in the
world, and when the city engineer asks
the street commissioner to haul sand or
gravel or serve the men who are working
for him the street commissioner re-
fuses
Mr.. Nies-''I am sorry that an act of
mine should have brought about q mis-
understanding and am told that some
work now being done on the South Side
under resolution of mine has displeased
my colleague 1 only said the city en-
gineer should have charge OF this work,
because it was provided SO in a resolu-
ton adopted year age, before we had
any street commissioner. -
Mr.. Smith, had no Illusion to the
work on Elizabeth street. Who told you
so?''
Mr.. Nies-"The contractor told me so,
and that you had asked who had ordered
the work done. -
Mr.. Smith, It is a mistake. never
asked him any questions about it -
Mr.. Kane-'tAs far as har-
mony is concerned between the
street commissioner and myself we get
along very smoothly. 1 asked him once
to lend me some of the city's tools,
but he refused and l got them some
where else. We are harmonious -
Mr. Jackson There can be no room
for conflict of authority in this case, the
street commissioner has his duties de-
fined and so has the city engineer.
Mr.. Smith: 81 do not wish to create
any confusion, so l withdraw the resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Jones: ''That will make more
harmony. daughter
The city attorney WIS instructed TO
draft an ordinance providing for the
building of good solid sidewalks on Main
and Houston streets and intersecting
streets from Weatherford 10 Front
street.
The city engineer was instructed TO
make survey and give estimate Of cost of
connecting Brewer street with Boaz
street.
The street commissioner was instructed
TO construct sto rm sewer TO drain pool
back OF Maddox building.
The fine of one Glieser, charged with
walking with lswd woman, was re-
mitted. The woHau had been vindicated
by Jury of her countrymen.
A petition TO open East Seventh street
was referred.
The auditor ordinance was refer redsE5
the finance committee.
The city engineer announced that dds
for the bridge TO the new cemetery wesnes
in. The street and alley COMMITTEES -snd
engineer were instructed to open teaem -
Adjourned.