Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-28

opted by your body requires that the mar
shall shall make such deposits on or before
which the collections are made. He should
be required to observe this regulation.
There are uncollected fines amounting to
Sl0-being the total uncollected fines since
the present incumbent assumed the duties
of his Office. This fact, taken in connection
with the record of the Office for uncollected
fines during previous incumbencies, speaks
volumes for the efficiency of the ONCE under
its present management.
The report on the matters of uncollected
fines, ETC., of the late incumbent of the
marshal's office is in the hands of the COM
mittee, and we respectfully request further
time in order to make Investigation as to
certain fines therein named.
THOMAS p. MARTIN, Chairman.
JESSE JONES,
GEORGE Il. MES.
The claims committee then reported, and,
first, recommended claims to the amount OF
S2Ol. 10 miscellaneous second, to allow - 50
per foot for the construction of the tunnel,
the estimate of Engineer Kerr being 1886.
Mn. Barter offered resolution authorizing
the city to execute a note to j. S. Hamilton
for an additional $1,000 to complete the
work. Upon motion the report of the
claims committee aud resolution of Mr..
Barter were adopted
The waterworks committee then submit
ted an exhaustive report for the quarter
ending September 80, 1891, with the follow
ing introductory remarks:
FORT WORTH, TEX, Oct q. 1891.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and City Council.
GENTs-We submit herewith our quar-
terly statement of the condition and opera
tons of the waterworks department for the
quarter ending September 30, 1891, show
ing total liabilities at this date and total
assets OF 1894, 664S6, as per statement
Total earnings. 162. 20
Total expenses. Observation-Disclosures. 13,959.16
$500. 90
1t is but justice to state that during this
quarter oyer $500 was paid out for coal
more than was used in order to lay in q
good stock, and also $1,000 expended in new
boilers and settings, which would make
the showing still more favorable.
Signed by Messrs. Mes, Clements and
Montgomery, committee.
1t IS shown in the report that there will
he a surplus on january 1892, of $50, 0S,
less perhaps. $4,000. The fact that u large
surplus of coal has been bought and stored,
in order to avoid similar calamity CT year
before last, caused the expense for the
quarter to be greater. 1t was considered
by the council to be good showing of the
workings of the plant.
Under the head of unfinished business,
keeper, defining his duties, the salary,
fees. assistants, how operated, etc, which
has been pending many weeks, was taken
up and read, and was adopted as read.
The petitions of Policemen J. w. Jud-
kins, S. p. Maddox, S. II. Bromley, numer-
ously signed by leading citizens and tax
payers, praying that they be reinstated on
the police force, were read and referred to
the police committee.
\ petition was presented asking the city
for Il duplicate deed to lot 81, block q, old
cemetery. Granted.
\ resolution was offered authorizing the
mayor to reconstruct his standing commit
tees in order to give the Eighth and Ninth
wards-the new misrepresentation
thereon. Adopted.
Next was a resolution from I. P. Martin,
which read rs follows and was adopted:
Be it resolved, that the city treasurer
shall hereafter divide the several amounts
paid into the interest and sinking funds of
the third. fourth aud fifth series of bonds
respectively as follows: Two-sevenths to
the sinking funds and five-sevenths to the
interest funds.
Alderman Mes, chairman of the water
works committee. then read the committees
report, introducing the report from the re-
cent citizens meeting at the courthouse.
ACTION OF THE CITIZENS.
To the Hon Mayor and City Council Of Fort
Worth, Tex.
At very large meeting of the taxpayers
of this city called by published notice and
held on October 2. the following resolution
was passed and is now respectfully sub
mitted for your consideration, to-wit
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
meeting that we are unqualiiedly opposed
to the construction of the proposed system
of waterworks as advertised in The GA
zETTE, that we consider that the issue of
bonds as proposed for such work would be
ruinous to the city of Fort Worth and we
demand that such plans be renowned by
the council that we favor the repair of
the present system of waterworlis and that
they be supplemented by artesian wells,
bored at such places as may be deemed ex-
pedient, the whole not to cost exceeding
$50, 0O0 J. G. TERRELL,
President.
THOMAS NJ. SLACK, Secretary.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
To His Honor, the Mayor and City Council.
GENTLEMEN-Your committee to whom
was referred the resolutions passed by Il
public meeting of citizens relative to the
Improvement of the waterworks, demand
ing that the present plans be abandoned
and q temporary policy be adopted, has re-
ceived the careful consideration of your
committee. 1t should be taken as good
indication when citizens of our city interest
themselves in the affairs of the city gov
ernnent, ana your committee mas no doubt
but that the majority of the citizens partici-
pating in the above named meeting had in
view the good of the city. but your commit
tee can not but feel that nearly all per-
sons voting for this resolutions did not
or would not acquaint themselves
with are the facts in the case or surely
such hasty action would not have been taken.
Your committee, after careful inyesti-
cation Of the plan proposed by said reSolu-
tons, is compelled to state that it is entirely
unfeasible Nothing would give US more
pleasure than fora comparatively small OUT
lay to give this city sufficient water syS-
TEN, and for nearly two years your honora-
bic body and this committee have been
sinking i well on fuckers hill, tried to
solve the water problem without large
outlay, and that like 4 neighboring city we
could have furnished water and good
water at nominal cost. But when the
practical tests were applied their
lnsufficiency was clearly proved. We
viii here state one case in
point. While testing the natatorium
well, probably as good as any on high
ground in the city, with valve closed the
pressure indicator showed twenty-five
pounds pressure, when the valve was
opened and discharged twenty feet away
the gauge failed to show 4 single pound of
pressure. This indicates that a pressure of
even twenty-five pounds could not be main
tained when vent was given to the water.
No greater. of course, than this could be
secured without the aid of outside force. If
greater force is applied to that into which
the well discharges, the well pressure Will
be overcome and its output nothing. The