Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-24
FOUR NEW DADDIES.
They Will Come from the
Eighth and Ninth Wards.
THE ELECTIONS ARE ORDERED,
Which Means tbs Number Of Aldermen
VIII Soon Be Eighteen-The Or
dinance Creating the Eighth
and Ninth Wards Passes.

last night, and the mayor being absent on
official business, Alderman Jones again
acted as mayor protein. The minutes
both the regular meeting and the
called meeting of Thursday night, were
read and approved, after which Alderman
jackson asked leave of absence of ten days
for Alderman White.
The council then passed to the transac-
ton Of general business, and three hours
were consumed in disposing of matters
which should have been disposed
Of the time was taken up in the discussion
of the building of bridge over Trinity
river in place of the old wooden one now
there, and of the ordinance drafted by the
city attorney extending the city limits and
admitting the Eighth ward to the city OF
Fort Worth. The latter question was debated
fast and furiously for the space OF an hour
and half and not small amount of feel
ing and antipathy was shown by some OF
the aldermen, their action at times savoring
strongly Of perverseness, rather than down.
right conviction. The ordinance that the city
attorney was instructed to draft extending
the limits Of the city of Fort Worth, and
creating the Eighth ward, was presented
and upon motion it was decided to suspend
>the bylaws and pass the ordinance at once.
The yeas and nays were called, and the
vote stood ten for and two against, Alder
men Martin and Barter casting the negative
vote. 1t was then moved that the amend
ment be adopted. To this amend
ment Alderman Martin offered
an amendment providing that the creation
of the Eighth ward from the said territory
and the giving Of itotwo aldermen to rep
resent it in the council should i'll no wise
prevent the speedy dividing of said terri
tory with other territory of the city into
wards which should be as! nearly as possible
of the same voting strength, the redistricting
to be done now. and to take effect on jan
uary /, 1892 The substitute was lost by a
vote of to 3, Aldermen Ryan, Martin and
Barter supporting the substitute. The
original motion was then put to adopt the
ordinance Alderman Martin spoke against
the adoption in the form in which il was
presented, and wished to go on record
as strongly opposing the adoption
of an ordinance admitting the Eighth ward
ing Of the wards was appended thereto. He
opposed the passage of any such ordinance
that gave to 100 voters the same rights,
privileges and representation as those
accorded to the voters of those wards
containing from 400 up to 1000.
That the representation was to-
tally out of proportion, and to
that allowed 500 was radically wrong and
contrary to the spirit of the charter of the
city of Fort Worth. The motion adopting
the ordinance was finally adopted by vote
of ten to two, Aldermen Martin and
Barter voting nay.
The ordinance providing for the division
of the First ward was then read, and the
was unanimously adopted. This ordi-
dance provides for the dividing Of the First
ward into two wards, one of them to be
known as the Ninth ward, the dividing line
to be Weatherford street, all south OF that
street being known as the First ward and the
territory north of the said street to be known
asfthe Ninth ward. In addition to this the
city council ordered an election in the
Eighth and Ninth wards for the purpose of
naming the aldermen who shall represent
those wards. After the passage Of this
ordinance Alderman Martin introduced
resolution, the sense of which was
that the mayor should appoint a COM
mittee of such a number as he
should see fit to divide the city, including
tain as near as possible an equal number of
voters, this redistricting to be done at pres
ent and to take effect on January l., 1892.
Alderman Armstrong moved as a substi-
tute that the resolution Of Alderman Mar
tin be tabled and the substitute was car
ried Then followed a heated discussion
between the two last-named aldermen, in
WHICH AlucTuldu NldTGlA uSCu SOnC
very plain words with respect to the dilly
dallying tactics pursued by the council with
respect to the redistricting of the city,
arguing that there was no need and no ex-
cuse for delaying the matter any longer,
and a constant postponement argued de-
sire on the part of the council to avoid
the issue.
was in favor of redistricting, but did
dacJrp fn hp rnShpd the
matter, and that there was no necessity for
it. Further, that each member of the
council was in duty bound to see that the
redistricting took place before January 1.
Alderman Neis then moved as a sub
stitute to Alderman Martins motion that
committee of seven to be appointed
the city, said committee to report as soon as
practicable. The substitute was carried.
The finance committee returned
bill of costs in cause No. 37O3,
City of Fort Worth vs.. NJ. B.
Lloyd ct al and recommended that it be al
lowed as shown, to-wit; s2755 for. plain.
tiff's costs, and $500 auditors fee, total
mended in making final settlement
with the Lane bridge company, that the
fact of said company being delayed by
any failure to pay on the part of
the city, shall be open to proof
on the part of said company,
and if established shall be given due
weight in making said settlement. The
SECRETARY was instructed to issue certifi-
= u Indebtedness to said company un-
der his hand and the city seal.
The petition of G. G. Marshall, c. C. Cum
bingham, P. E. Sergeant and others that
certain property be taken out Of the
fire limit, as three-fourths of it was
residence property was reported on by the
fire committee, and it was advised that the
ordinance remain as it now is, The report
of the committee was adopted.
The citizens along both sides of Jennings
avenue from its junction with Houston
uatHft south to where it crosses Terrell
Avenue OF the south city line,
petitioned the council that it order
the construction of cement sidewalks, five
feetNide on either side of the avenue, the
RI 1E0ewalks being in very bad condition.
It was referred to the sidewalks committee.
The report of H. H. Kerr, city engineer,
advising the grading of the public school
grounds before the laying of the sidewalks
was referred to the committee on public
Improvement.
Alderman Montgomery presented reso-
luton to the effect that the street and alley
committee and city engineer be authorized
to advertise for bids for twenty days,
for the erection of a bridge over
the Trinity river Of not less than one hun
bred and fifty feet span, with sidewalks Of
six feet and the bridge proper to be not less
than twenty-five feet, with twenty feet ap-
proach on the south and fifteen on the north
side the cost not to exceed e12 OOO Alder.