Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-10

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| to climb down and sit down under the tree
| for awhile. 1t is much more comfortable
and does not require the eNertion necessary
to get up the tree.
1t goes without saying that the present
| street SprinklinC system is success as far
| as ii goes. but il does not 90 far enough.
| To be thoroughly successful, all streets
should be thoroughly sprinkled and
| the penuriOusnesS OF a few should not be
| allowed to become detrimental to the many.
! There should be no dust on any of the
| streets, no matter how insignificant they
| may apparently be.
l had a funny complaint from some of the
| members of the police force in regard to the
coupons While tanning my fevered brow
| under the tree, two of the starred fratern-
ity came up and said that I member of the
department was 'hOgging'' votes, that the
police force We're working for Miss Dickson
and their friends frequently left coupons
with the aforesaid member to be voted fer
Miss Dickson, but he voted them for Miss
Weltman. told them that | thanked my
guardian angel that | was not the scholar
ship editor and had nothing to 30 with il.
There are some very funny things happen
ing in connection with this contest.
The canine holidays. vulgarly known as
the dog days, are almost here. and all
who can afford il are hieing away 10 the
northern resorts where they will sweat and
broil during the hot days and nights in the
fond delusiOn they are enjoying themselves,
while they write sEmpathiziug letters to
the StaY-at-hOmes, who lounge around en-
dishabile and enjoy the cool breeze from
the Mexican gulf, and at night are fam TO
hunt up blankets. | believe the Stay-at-
homes have the best of il. but as it is none
of my funeral, the resort visitors are at lib
erty to sing the praises of their vacation as
it seeneth them best
/ am receiving many complaints OF the
ice-cream wagons run by the scavengerS.
The assertion is made that they begin work
as early as nine O'Clock and use Rusk, Main
and Houston streets as thoruughfareS TO
the dumping ground. instead of some OF the
back streets. As there are many places on
these streets where people are often busy
at their work until near the witching hour
when graveyards yawn, there is doubtless
much good ground for the complaint.
] think the powers Of the police force
should be extended. Texas has no metro
politan police law or anything similar. and
the consequence is if criminal in escaping
from the police can get beyond the city lin
its he is safe, is they cannot go beyond.
The powers OF the police should be extended
so they can apprehend 4 criminal anywhere
in the county This is something like the
authority vested in the metropolitan sys-.,
ten. Fort Worth has a good police forcSe
of men. who are diligent wide awake and
energetic, and they should not be handi-
capped by the metes and bounds of the
city. Give Chief Maddox and his men 4
little more leeway and the police force of
Fort Worth will be a model one.
In this connection, the city should pro-
be to remain at the central station all night
keep the records of arrests those placed in
the calaboose and those released on bond
To him the police on each beat should re-
port all happenings, and he notify the
mounted patrol, so that all the policemen in
the city would know Of it. This would have
the result of keeping all the men on all the
beats posted on what is happening over the
city, and more efficient service thereby OBJ
tanned. The expense would not be very
great and the city can better afford TO dis
pense with some of the employees in other
departments in order 10 promote the
efficiency of the police department. This
and the fire department are the most i'm
portant branches OF the city's government
and should be fostered and encouraged re-
CARELESS of the hard times. If necessary 10
retrench, let it be done in other portions OF
the city service. ! don't know what Chief
Maddox thinks about this, as he never
comes near my tree, but venture the aSSer-
lion without fear of successful contradc-
ton, that he will heartily indorse il.
Great care should be taken that the
waterworks do not break down. Should
this happen and Il fire break out at the
Union depot nothing could check it, and as
a result. Jay Gould would be bankrupt
The present Union depot is beautiful
structure in that 'raynayssong style of
architecture so much affected by the Gould
lines, and its destruction by fire would be
public calamity. Fort Worth has had
enough bad luck this year. and the loss of
her magnificent Union depot, in case fire
should break out when the waterworkS
are disabled, would be just little too
much TO be easily borne.
1t seems to a man under q tree that il
would be good idea for the sanitary of
ticer to take a trip over the city and note
the weeds that are growing rank. These
pestilential breeders of disease and
death ought to be cut and cut
at once. It is not only source of
disease, but is standing disgrace and an
eyesore to any city and should not be per-
mitted, though all cities do so to greater
or less extent. On some of the side streets
this species of vegetation has actually
taken possession of the sidewalks