Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-06
DALLAS.
The City Council Saturday Night Wran-
gle Over Certain Expense Accounts,
Nan Has the Misfortune to Break His Only
Leg-Arm and Thigh Broken-To Prose-
cute Joel Fish's Slayer.
THE CITY FATHERS.


DALLAS, TEX. Oct. 5.-Last night the
city council got down to hard Work and
much business was disposed of. But
little time was wasted in useless argu-
ments, and while few sarcastic passes
were made they were short and to the
point. New arc lights are to be put in
BY the Dallas electric light company for
street lighting purposes and are to be up
and ready for use In time for the fair.
The old lights are very poor, but with
the new lights the city will be as well
Lighted as any in Texas.
When the expense bills of the water
works investigation committee for en-
gineer's hire was presented a contro-
versy was raised and the bill referred
back to the committee on account of their
incom pleteness, with the request that
they have them made out full and COM
plete.
Alderman Webster then submitted the
following, which was read:
The rate of taxation having been recently re-
duced, taken in connection with the fact of our
treasury being empty. renders it imperative
that sharp lookout be kept on our current and
accruing expenditures if the citys credit is to
be preserved.
In looking over the pay rolls for the past
month find that the en- ;ineer's department IS
accredited with nineteen men. including
monthly outlay OF about $500, and on top OF this
l understand there is application on file with
your body from the city engineer for an increase
in said force. There does not seem to be any
great amount OF pablo Improvements in progress
at present-in fact it would appear that little il
anything is now being done in that way, and
think it might be a subject of profitable inquiry
for your body to look into the necessity of carry
ing all this large force on the engineers pay
roll. I therefore ask that your honorable body
require the city engineer, now and here, TO show
cause. if any, why this army OF men and ex-
penditures should not be reduced. respectfully
submitted, J H. WEBSTER.
The above brought out much argu-
ment, some of the aldermen contending
that the present engineering force was
,aA.Heedei and constantly busy on i'm
7portant work.
Alderman Crutcher stated that the re-
port of Alderman Webster showed up the
engineers office in a wrong light, and
f&as reflection on the city engineer.
The alderman brought ID report also,
which showed the expense OF the en-
gineer's office was only STA for Septem-
Der land that the money paid to the other
engineers was for those in the employ of
the water and other departments.
sseylierman Cone said that the city en-
gineer had nothing to do with the water
works; that the council had put Mr..
Werenskiold in charge of that work. He
also intimated that if they wished to cut
down expenses that it could be done by
dong away with half of the council.
ARM BROKEN.
Roy, the thirteen-year old son of Mr..
NJ. Hines, yesterday fell from a pecan
tree and broke his right arm and right
thigh.
THE FLOW NOT SUFFICIENT.
Yesterday artesian water was struck in
the Henry Exall well in the rear of his
new building on Main street. The depth
reached was 100 feet, and the flow of
water II, 900 gallons day. The well
will be sunk deeper, as the contract re-
CURES tn flow of 1000 gallons an hour
be obtained.
BROKE HIS ONLY LEG.
This forenoon Dan Harding, man
about forty years of age, while fixing a
transom over the door of saloon on the
corner of Elm street and the Central
railroad, fell to the pavement and broke
his right leg above the ankle. Harding
is single man, and had had the misfor-
tune to lose his other>leg some years ago,
and had to walk with a peg. He is at
the city hospital.
MEMBER OF THE X. OF H.
The renders of THE GAZETTE will prob
ably remember the killing in this city of
Joel Fish by Claude Stewart. Stewart
threw a rock at Fish, hitting him and
causing death. Fish was q prominent
member of Queen City lodge Knights of
Honor, and at a recent meeting the
lodge employed Col. Whitehead to prose-
cute the case at the trial, which is set
for the Both instant.
COLoRED DRAKE.
A few days ago gentleman IS room on
Elm street was burglarzed of jewelry
and clothing. Sherman Drake, colored,
has been arrested for the theft. Drake
is said to hail from Waco.
The flag skirt dance in LARK - $780,