Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-03
Wage Workers Want Nine
Hour Labor Scale.
THE WATERWoRKS CONTRACT.
The Contractors Notified the Bonds Have
Been Sold.
Work to Begin az Soon as Practicable.
Providing for an Ensiseer Corps.
Proceedings OF the City
Rulers in Detail

The city council met in regular session
last night The minutes of the preceding
regular and called meeting were read and
adopted, after which the council proceeded
to the. disposal of routine business in a
manner that contrasted considerably with
the last regular session of he body in that
the business of the body was disposed OF
quietly and quickly.
The finance committee made no report
The claims committee presented report
of claims that had been allowed by them
for expenses in city government OF last
month as follows: Pay roll of city officers,
STT47.S1; feeding prisoners, S163. 95; gas,
SIS5. 90; paupers, SIG; current expense s of
fire department., SS92.55; advertising,
S140S0; stationery, 1852. 80; miscellaneous,
1.S0; public schools, $5399. SO; electric
light expenses, 5000 Il; streets and roads,
S326 30; feed for teams, $500. A claim
for $40 by the Fort Worth light and power
company was allowed. Cofrode & Sayloris
claim for $685. for putting in center pier Of
Texas Pacific crossing on Boaz street was
referred to the streets and alleys committee.
The police committee recommended that
a vacant room in the Hendricks building,
which was being rented by the city, be de-
voted to the use OF the city Judge as an
office Adopted.
a petition to grade and gravel Cypress
street for two blocks was introduced. Con-
siderable discussion was engaged in over
this question and. upon vote being taken
upon it, tie resulted. The mayor voted
no and the petition was declined.
w. II. Holden petitioned the council to
open an alley back of his residence on the
South Side. The streets and alleys COM
mittee recommended that the petition be
granted, and in commenting upon it said
that in view of the number of complaints
that had been coming in relative to obstruc-
ton Of alleys they deemed it a good plan
that notice by publication be- given that
where any one had fenced in any portion of
any street or alley, or had placed any OBJ
structions therein, such persons should
Immediately remove them. Also that the
city engineer furnish the city marshal data
enable him to remove such Instructions.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The public grounds and building commit
tee asked further time in which to report
The waterworks committee handed in the
following report, which was read and
adopted by the council:
To His Honor the Mayor and City Council.
GENELEEEN-We beg to advise you that
the McArther Bros. and others intel ested
have been officially notified byh honor,
the mayor, that our waterworks' bonds
have been sold, and that the city is ready
for the work to proceed. d
This involves upon the city TO provide for
the necessary engineering corps. We would
therefore. recommend that your committee
be authorized to arrange with the city
engineer all details of this department,
expense to be as limited as consistent with
good first-class work, and that consulting
engineer OF frst-class standing and
character be-employed who shall work with
the committee and engineer. The work is
of such magnitude that we believe it best
that this precaution be taken.
There should also be system of pipe in
spection at the foundry, which we would
recommend be secured.
We further beg to say that Macarthur
Bros. responded promptly to the mayors
message, and Immediately by wire re-
quested data, which has been furnished by
wire that there be no delay. They advise
that their Mr.. Hawley is sick, and but for
this would bave been on the ground. We
would also state that work has begun on
the pumps, the chairman of your committee,
with Capt. T. P. Martin, having had the
pleasure of seeing the working details
while at the factory some days since, and
also the new patterns especially designed
for our work.
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