Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-10

mending the MatlOck proposition:
This brought out a storm OF
words, Alderman Barter speaking vehe-
mently in favor Of the proposition and say
ing that he knew the council could never
get another as favorable proposition.
Alderman White stated the bridge was of
the Howe truss patent, known as the best
yet devised by man. The iron
was as good as it ever was.
New timbers could be put in and
new floor laid for less than $1,000 and the
bridge would be good for five or six years
yet.
Alderman Barter was opposed to any
further attempts to use the old bridge.
Alderman Clements said that traffic across
the bridge must either be stopped at once
or the city would have damage suit on
hand, beside which S12, 600 would be only q
drop in the bucket.
Z. J. Matlock was called on and said he
was there simply for the purpose OF build
ing bridge on terms OF payment that
would suit the council.
Alderman Armstrong said when the
North Side bridge proposition was up,
that or similar proposition was
up and he fovored it instead
of the North Side bridge. Now that they
had decided upon the North Side bridge
and it was nearly completed, let the people
from the north and west use it; II they
uluH want 10 Il SOOu lOfu Was near
After some further discussion the matter
was referred to the streets and alleys COM
mittee, city attorney and Alderman White.
Alderman White made q verbal report
from the sewer committee on the tunnel
under the Santa Fe track, and recommend
ing the contractor be given an extension of
forty days. Adopted.
The petition of Mr.. McLaury for sewer
extension was laid over.
The following report from the water
works committee was adopted:
Fort WORTH, TEX, June Q, 1891.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and City Council.
GENrLEMEN-Your committee on behalf
of YOUR honorable body was, on Thursday
last, June 4, made the tender for accept
ance of the electric light plant, by the Ed
son general electric company, who had Sue
ceeded the United Edison company, with
whom the original contract was made. They
claimed they had complied with the orig
inal contract, and wished to turn the plant
over.
Your committee replied that they would
only act as medium to convey the tender
to the council, but in the meantime indi-
Gated TO them some deficiencies which we
thought should be brought up, before final
acceptance. Since this time they have sub
mitted their bills for extra work amounting
to SS102 This we carefully checked over,
but We're unable to fully agree upon same.
Our honorable city attorney, who was pres
ent, suggested as 4 compromise that the
city exact the entire amount of forfeiture,
$1,000, and allow their bills for extra labor
to stand, these extra bills being for sew
enty-seven incandescent lights, together
with all poles, lines and fixtures complete;
also ten are lights, everything complete,
together with all labor bills and extras or
dered for original plant
In addition to this. all labor and material
furnished for the fifty incandescents and
two arcs yet to go in, also to furnish every
facility 10 complete the extra work, by pro-
viding full maps and details of the entire
work complete and proposed. This was
accepted by the agent of the company.
This compromise your committee would
recommend the acceptance Of We would
respectfully call attention to the fact that
about $1,000 of the above extras are for an
extra armature and carbons, extra lamps,
globes, and other supplies used in operating
the plant, and are not chargeable as outside
expense.
Mr. Maseman, of the electric company,
also submitted proposition in regard TO
payment, which was taken up by the finance
committee and will be reported upon by
them.
We wish here to state that the original
contract and everything that came under it
was completed as per agreement, and for
contract price, 81, 600, less the amount of
forfeiture, and while some items of the
extra bill of about $1,000 for outside work is
a little high, yet the city has made a good
trade in closing the matter up IN this way.
GEO. II. MES. Chairman,