Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-19

! $3.50, and II thu purchase Is made will
! donate 30xi6l feet for a continuation OF
Missouri avenue If the parties owning
| Drops4t: opposite me will donate thirty
| feet TO make Missouri avenue sixty feet
wide. The property owners opposite Mr..
Fosdick recommended that tn PROPOSE
ton be accepted. Street ana alley COM
! mittee.
| The city secre,a.y was authorized TO
| notify the different railways of tho city
! in accordance with the waterworks COM
nitiee report OF October IS in regard TO
! lighting their crossings. Carried.
| The following was read:
! BE IN resolved that the public grounds
committee be instructed TO get up plans
and specifications to build a citv hall on
| the grounds purchased for tina, purpose
! (Signei) JAMES RYAN.
MIR. Armstrong moved that the resolu-
ton be adopted.
Mr.. Mes moved that 1t be tabled.
Mr.. Armstrong thought it wrong to
make a motion TO table, thus cutting of
discussion. MIR. Mes said he would
waive opposition TO discussion. Mr..
| Ran said he would like to hear Mayor
Smiths views upon the matter.
MAYOR Smith said his ideas were con-
1t seemed to him that if our own people
have not enough confidence in the city
to erect a fitting public building they
could hardly expect the citizens or
strangers to come here and build
Mr.. Ryan said-'sI may use plain
language, but do not want to Offend my
one. Capt. Martin seems 10 be opposed
10 everything, and by systematic course
Df, IL.
that the city is almost bankrupt. There
is strong demand made upon us by the
taxpayers that we build a city hall. That
is one of the reasons why Mr.. Smith WAS
elected mayor. The people want the
Improvements to go on. As the mayor
said In his report, the city can build the
hall and the means can be provided. -
Mr.. Martin: "Le: me interrupt you.
How would you provide the meaEs?''
Mr.. Ran: 81 would like to spend
six hours in your office tomorrow and
show Won. / eau L do it in few mill
utes off hand, but l could show you. |
can take the report YOU make and show
you very easily. A prominent citizen
said to me the other day that in years
gone by. when it was desired 10 make
big Improvements in the wGterworks
system, the same difficulty OF Obtaining
funds came up, but il was gotten over,
and see the great benefit the system g d
its improvements have been 70 us. The
effect OF building q city hail will be
good. Instead OF vacant lots on Hous-
ton street we VIII have rows of fiue
brick aGd stone structures. If the city
government does not have confidence
enough i'll the city TO make improve
ments, what can we expect from others?
The taxpayers are willing 10 bear the ad-
diiional burden
Mr.. Martin: EMr. Pyan's reference
70 INV being an obstructionist confirms
me IN the view that the letter III THE
GAZETTE referring TO obstructionists in
connection with this city hall question
published n couple Of days ago referred
TO me. / know that by some l am locked
upon as an obstructionIst rs 10 this mat
Ter. But that letter was not signed so |
will take no further notice OF it. What
Mr. Ryan says confirms me III the belief
that the letter was directed at me. |
will state my position in Fort Worth.
! have lived here for nine years, aud
vii! yield 20 no man in devotion 10 the
Interests OF the city or to anything that
goes to make the city great. | east the
accusation that I am an oostructionist
makes it. They say that l am too much
of the bank cashier. but the man who
can fool ME in figures Is welcome to do
it.
"Before this matter of city hall
came up there was special meeting to
confer about this, and the mem bers
COR mItted themselves that the issue of
certain bonds was necessary. We are
al tot,
bui!d schoolhouses and fire halls. which
will require large sums of money. and
we Go not want 20 be compelled |
10 issue scrip, 20 the advan- !
tage of Il horde of cormorants who !
live off the loss of the laborers. They |
say il is necessary to ha We improvements |
under way in order to give work to the |
iaboring men. HASN'T the city beer |
doing that duriu= the past year! We |
have spent hundreds of thousands OF dol !
lars in that way. Is that not the full |
pe;ie of justice to the laborlng men? If |
you can take that report and show |
" therein you cGn get the money with
which you can build g city !
han l will am not q betting mani |
will give any man the finest silk hat in |
Fort Worth. We now have SS4+ 900 of |
bonds outstanding. In the next few
months we must place nearly $500, 600 !
more. They must be sold on the North
srn and Eastern markets. 60 up there /
low ard see what You will get for those
bonds. III the face of the fact
hat we have TO put on bonds on q bad
market, you now propose 20 issue still
more. We have either got to lop of
ome of the improvements already ar
'anged for and build a city hall. or we
will have to let the hail go until the con-
litiou OF the money markets at large
viii Justify the placing of additional
yonds. we cant DO it now.
Mr.. Arnsgrnng-"I favor the resou-
ion to go ahead with the hall. | have
everal REASONS for it. ln the first place
have the highest regard tor the parent
.ge OF the scheme. It's parents are Mr..
tiaIoue OF THE GAZETTE, Alderman
tyau and Mayor Smith. Mr.. Malone
les done more for Fort Worth than any
ther man in the city in the way of
ringing people here; Mr.. Ryan has
tone more than any other one man in
he city to build homes for the people
fter they got here; and Mr.. Smith. who
acks the project. is the recognized
athar Of Fort Worth. He has
ere in the infancy of the city before /
vas born. lie knows its needs better
han any other man. while on most
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