Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-01
The PROCEEDINGS.

The petition of Judge Kern Of the police
court. presented at the last meeting asking
that the council purchase 4 set of court OF
appeal reports, set OF supreme court re-
ports, and some additiopal law works, was
reported on by the fnaEce committee, which
recommended that the petition be granted
in so far as it related &c the appeal re-
ports and the other legal works.
The report If the committee
was adopted. 1.-THE report of the same
committee on repeating article 2l1 of the
Revised civil ordinances was received and
filed.
The report of the committee on claims as
10 the interest on bonds, electric light,
waterworks and public schools was re-
ceived ard adopted.
The report OF the fire committee en-
braced several different items-the
ment of the injured horse of the
fire department, the cutting of hose by a
locomotive, thereby damaging it to the ex-
rent OF SO. The items, with the exception
of the latter, were placed in the hands of
the fire committee with power 10 act.
The item with regard to the damaging Of
the hose was placed in the hands of the
city attorney with instructions to investi-
gate the liability OF the railroad company.
The contract for gravellnlg and grading
one block of Sixteenth street was let by the
street and alley committee. The report
was adopted. The same committee was
authorized to secure from g. \. Cofer the
use of three of his largest sprinklerS, with
teams and drivers, at s. per day. This com
mittee was further ordered TO have prepared
an ordinance which should provide for the
sprinkling of such short streets in the city
as are not embraced in the original ordi-
nance.
The grading Of the high school grounds
was let to ~. j. Hayes for the sum of 800.
The report of the public school and pub
lie grounds committees recommending the
securing of Q site for the erection of a
public school building in the Fourth ward
was received and adopted.
A resolution that the health committee be
invested with power TO make all necessary
rules and regulations for the cleanliness of
the city dump grounds was adopted
The city secretary was authorized to draw
a warrant on the special fund for 1872 in
payment to the St Louis, Arkansas and
Texas for freight charges due.
The city engineer was instructed to widen
the crossing at Adams and Vine streets
where the same crossed the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande and the Texas and Pacific
roads in order to meet the needs of traffic
The city treasurer was requested to
transfer $500 from the cemetery to the
special fund, the secretary TO notify the
treasurer of the passage.
The resolution instructing the city attor-
ney TO draft TN ordinance prohibiting
the erection of any lumber yard or
the depositing of any lumber in the business
part of the city unless it be for immediate
use, with the accompanying resolution, was
referred to the fire committee and city at
torney.
In conformity with the ordinance Great
ing the Eighth and Ninth wards, resolu-
ton authorizing an election to be held for
the purpose of choosing aldermen TO repre-
sent the Eighth, Ninth and First wards,
was adopted. July IA was selected as the
day for holding the election, and the city
secretary was instructed to publish notice
of said election as provided by law.
The petition OF the marshal, j. H. Mad
dOX, that the council appoint another turn
key to relieve the present one, who is on
duty the whole of the twenty-four hours,
was referred to the police committee.
In view Of the fact that a plumber in the
city has made connection with the new
sewerage system TO houses on Peach street
without permission, the city attorney was
instructed 10 file complaint against, and TO
prosecute all plumbers hereafter found
making any connection whatsoever with
the new sewerage system.
The complaint fled by Charles S. VIII
iamS for damages IN the sum of Sl15
caused TO his buggy and harness by the
negligence of the city in leaving 4 steam
roller without lights in the streets, thereby
frightening his horse to such an extent as
70 cause him to run away and cause damage
in the amount set forth above, was referred
to the claims committee.
The petition of S. G. Marshall to build
within the fire limits frame building clad
with iron on top and sides was denied.
a resolution creating an ordinance in
creasing the number of school directors to
twelve and amending articles 1S6 and POS of
the revised civil ordinances of the
CITY, was laid over till after the city cleo
ton in April, when an ordinance should De
drafted allowing each ward director on
the school board. The vote stood eight for,
and five against.
Alderman Martin before adjournment
read a communication from Robert p. Por-
ter, chief of the census bureau, in which
the population of Fort Worth and
the population of each ward was
given, according to the last census. 1t was
IS Follows: First ward, 1858; Second ward,
$40; Third ward, 40l6, Fourth ward, 293S;
Fifth ward, 219f: Sixth ward, $3.50: to-
tai, 1905. Alderman Martin then
suggested that he communication be filed
with the redistricting committee, as it
might be Of assistance when the redistrict-
ing of the city took place.