The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-05

l.. Jones condemnation proceedings
sent In a bill for services and the bill
was allowed and ordered paid.
The gas bill for lights in the city
hall last month was larger than the
chairman of the finance committee
thought it ought to be and the dis
cussion brought motion from Alder
man Brinkerhoff to instruct g gas
mittee to have gas metre put In
the Blue Room which was adopted.
Alderman Hawkins submitted the
following recommendation:
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council:
Iwould respectfully call the atten
ton of your honorable body to the
continued creation Of new indebted
ness by this council without making
provisions for the payment of same, it
is not only unlawful aud works a
hardship upon an innocent contractor,
but is not consistent with sound
fnanoial policy, and tho payment of
these amounts of this new indie bted.
ness out of funds SET aside for another
purpose creates deficiency that will
work hardship upon innocent en-
ployes drawing their salary from that
fund. | would urge this matter upon
your honorable body for serious con
sideration. In the handling of the
street force | find that the street com
missioner draws the amount i'll full of
the weekly pay roll and settles with
the men. would respectfully recon-
mend that every man employed on the
street force be required to sign the
pay roll and the city secretary be re-
quested TO issue draft on the city
treasurer to each employed for the
amount due them. | would also re-
commend that your honorable body
take more notice of the working of the
street force. The monthly report
made by the street ommissioner is
not worth reading. 1t gives no data
by which the council can arrive at a
conclusion as to whether the work
done justifes the expenditure. II
would further recommend that the
street commissioner be required to
present to your honorable body at
every regular meeting an ourline of
his intended work the succeeding
week, giving the location and charac.
ter of his work, for your approval.
Respectfully su omitted.
w Il. HAWKINS.
The report was adopted.
The secretary was Instructed TO |
communicate with Mr.. Thad Holt of
Houston in regard to the land claimed |
by him in Clay street.
The joint committee reported favor
ably the application of Jones ard
Oglesby for the hire of the city pris,
oners and the mayor was instructed
to enter into contract with the par.
ties for II months beginning Jan. l
1892 to take all the prisoners Of the
city.
The fire escape ordinance was read
the third time and passed.
The ordidanoe creatiI g the Office of |
city recorder was read first time and
went over.
An ordinance repeating an ordinance
granting the Houston & Texas Cen.
trail railway franchise to lay side
track in the Fifth ward was read first
time and motion to table was made
but withdrawn by Alderman West.
BY motion of Alderman Payne con.
sideration of the ordinance was in.
definitely postponed.
A petition from w. 7. Harris and
Others for sewer was referred to the !
street committee.
Another petition from Hinchman
Pettigrew and others for a sewer in
the First ward was read and referred
to the street committee and city en-
gineer.
City Attorney John F. Flint was
granted leave of absence until Satur-
day evening.
Alderman Payne submitted an
ordinance abolishing the office of
CITY public weigher, which was read
first time and allowed to take the reg
lar course.
Matter of putting in a light in
front of the Fifth ward engine house
was referred to the fire committee.
The matter of the judgment oh.
tanned against the city by Mr.. John
Naylor, was brought up.
The case had been first tried in
the justice court and a Judgment for