Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-13


| house damaged by fire. He also reported
! that the caIahoosa had haar -.o I.onqirad
| that prisoners could rot dig heir wav out.
| THE CRY nj
| Have Won ANYTHING from the public
| grounds committee. NIr, Secretary?'' as ed
| Mayor Smith. and Secretary Burns pulled
! of the rubber that kent a huge pile OF
papers together and selecting the commit
| tees report read: I'VE. your COM
| mittee on public grounds. present 10
| the council all the propositions we have
| CT the Bailey proposal " This was signed
| by Aldermen Drake and Armstrong. Mr.
| Ryan not concur,inc. The proposition
| made by Mr. Bailey was to donate 20 the
| city lot 25xQ4 on Monroe str, ct to square
| the city's Baptist church property. and to
| donate the ground necessary to open
| ThrOcknorton street and jackson street.
| The adoption Of the report was moved.
Capt Martin offered as substitute that
! the Casey Il Suasev property be taken
! under proposition that Mr. Casey had
! made 70 him.
Mr.. Ryan seconded this motion.
Mir. Casey being invited TO address the
council said they proposed to take the Bap-
list church property off the city's hands
and so arrange i that the city would rot
have to pay out one cent for the 26Ox210
feet offered BY Casey & Swasey: they asked
q brief postpOnement of the decision 10 give
them time 10 get the proposition in proper
form.
Capt Day said the CITY hall question had
been postponed now for year, and IL was
time 10 settle the matter lae Bailey
property was central, had street cars ali
around il and was where the hall should
60.
Capt Martin said: y have been OPP
posed TO the site proposed by Capt. Day
and this has saved the city many good dol
lars. The Casey & Swasey property IS
Equally central TO the other; IS
4 accessible and in value
il UNNECESSARILY ahead of the Bailey prop
city. We are representing the city OF Fort
Worth, and should make the best trade
Ibssible for the city" Capt. Martin then
Hated the anecdote of the old darley and
Nle fish. He had caught large
fish and tying it to his fish
ing pole left it in the water. another
darkey came along and substituted Il much
smaller fish. The old darlley returning
pulled out his fish and noticed its
diminished size. Scratching his head,
be remarked: Dis am De place
and dis am the pole and dis
awfully." The Bailey property was the
place and the value was thought to be
there, but it had swunk awfuuy. from
81, 900 TO So 600 and now still less.
Alderman Armstrong regretted that the
old fish story had been brought up again.
The sentiment as h. found it was to build
the city hall at once and let the market
come up later. He made an argument in
favor Of the Bailey proposition.
Alderman Mes said the delay had not
harmed the city. There We're many 2rgU-
ments in favor Of the Casey * Swasey
property but more for the other site
Capt. Martin showed that the Bailey
property was assessed at $1,000 a lot and the
Casey & Swasey property at S?5UO. and that
showed where values were. lie closed by
saying, y fear the Greeks ever bearing
gifts" He urged DISAPPOINTMENT
Alderman Dartcr favored the Bailey
property He thought the eight lots north
Of the city property could be bought for
5000. He favored an auditorium in the
city hall 10 seat 10000 people
Alderman White said If the hall and mar
ket We're located on the Casey y Swasev
property i would remove the stain ;ald blot
from the city known as Hell's Half Acre
As the prairie dogs leave when the plow is
put into the ground SO would the disrcputa-
bic element leave when the hall and mar
kat were bulls.
lAldcrnan DaTter-'I have been in Fort
Worm thirty years ana I have never seen
prairie dog vet" Laughter.
Alderman Nhite-''I can show you five or
six Of them in the Third wardR More
laughtcr
Alderman Montgomery said thelocality
could not be changed by erecting = public
building
Then Inc vote came on postponcmcnt to
give /fsev & Swa,ev a chance 10 make
.<N new proposition. The vote was
taken by ayes and nays
Ayes-.IOncs, Ryan, Martin, White, Jack
Nays-Darter, Day, Montgomery, Mes,
MAYOR smith said he voted no.