Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-25

clnched they would not hesitate to hold the

c1nched they would not hesitate to hold TIT
city to it.
This caused reference to the records O.
| August, the time when it is claimed The
award was made, and they were read, an(
| the fact that the plans and specifications
were now materially diferent-having beer
modified and otherwise materially changed
| was brought out.
Mr. Early took the floor and proceeded tc
roast the bridge builders for trying, as hs
claimed, to bulldoze the city by claiming
they were awarded the contract, ETC., an6
! said no such proposition had been accepted
by the city, and that the specifications now
were foreign to those which the records
| showed. Mr.. Early was quite eloquent
and was listened to with much interest.
| Mr.. Barter took the floor and spoke at
length in favor of the bridge and in explain.
ing his position.
A proposition Of Mr.. Montgomery to post
| pone action on the bridge question until the
first meeting night in January carried.
Mr.. Brockman of the Eddy bridge COM
} pany asked to be allowed the floor, and his
| request was granted. He desired that a
| communication be read answering certain
condemnations of the city engineer, and
| talked about the bridge proposition. The
| mayor, after 4 few minutes, informed
| him that inasmuch as his story was 4
| lengthy one and as action had been post
! roned until January he was out of order,
and called for the next routine bust ess.
saying the communication could be filed
away to come up when the matter was
again brought up.
The proposition of Messrs. Caps, Nc
Cart & Canty to sell certain lands for a
waterworks site was read, with the recon-
mendation of the committee and city attor-
new, as follows:
To His Honor the Mayor and City Council:
We hereby submit herewith contract from
MesSrs. Capps, Canty and Mozart relative
to land desired for waterworks site. This
contract to substitute the one recommitIed
to this committee at your last meeting.
GEORGE E. MES, Oh.
JNo. L. MONTGOMERY,
J. G.. CLEMENTS.
l approve the attached contract rs to
form. L. j. POWELL, City Atty.
This memorandum of contract made and
entered into by and between William
Capps. S. B. Canty and Robert Mozart,
parties OF the first part, and the city of
Fort Worth, party of the second part, wit
nesseth:
First party here bind themselves to sell
unto second party fifty acres of land at the
price of 300 per acre; said land is to be Sc
lected by second party or its agents out of
the land now owned by, first party, being
the same land purchased from X. NJ. Van
Zandt, situated on the Clear Fork of Trim
ity river, in Tarrant county, Tex, and be-
ing the same land known as the Van
Zandt land, west OF the courthouse
in said county. Said second party
is to have the privilege at any time
within - weeks, 10 survey and locate its
said land at any point and in any shape it
may desire, and to be ON either or both
sides of the Clear Fork. The said second
party agrees to purchase said land at the
said price of 500 per acre, paying the price
when it shall be furnished the deed to said
land conveying perfect fee-simple title to
said land; and upon the failure of said sec
ond party to designate and locate said land
within the time herein specified, the said
first party shall have the privilege
of locating and designating in such shape
as first party may desire; and upon
rendering deed to second party, the pur-
chase money herein named shall become
due. Upon the locating by metes and
bounds the said land by second party,
should first party fail and refuse to convey
the same TO second party, then first party
bind themselves to pay second party $1,000
hquidated damages: provided, always, that
the title to said property shall be clear and
unincumbered. Payment to be made either
in notes, bonds or cash at option of council,
and if per cent bonds are profered in pay
ment the same will be taken at par.
WIN. CAPPs,
$. B. CANTEY.
Mr. Barter moved to refer to public
grounds committee, seconded By Noodle.
Mes moved the contract be approved,
seconded by Early. a forty-five minutes
talk free-for-all, followed, during which
the mayor called for lone al a time''
Motions and amendments were showered
in TO call special meeting to settle, then 10
merely receive and file, the latter prevail
ing.
Mr.. Armstrong then moved that the
waterworks committee, the public grounds
committee and city engineer be instructed
to select site Tor the proposed waterworks
plant. Adopted.
1t was announced that the waterworks
committee was ready to report on the bids,
but as it was late and it would take much
time in their consideration, it would be ad-
visable to adjourn TO l p. N. to-day, st
which time they would be considered. A
motion to this effect prevailed