Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-22

silart Of The majority Ia detail and az.
liaineo u more fully than the rcnort
,,, set out They had squeezed tie
stand, and the city would mako 4 n,t,,b
he.ter settlement ia this way than IN
kvihE into court or cousentinr 10 nrh
thtiuh. lie criticized the nil
9y,isS npor as not being
vas made to Pipe that had broken
vas put on H. when the aidernan Who
1sneg the minority report well knew
tue pipe was not burst hut TINT then,
WIS q crack In IL the hammer tost had
.ihhued 70 discover but the pressure OF
bhe water discovered
Mes looked at il simply from the husi-
ness standpoint for he disciaimed any
special friendship for the contractors az
ueif representatives and was certainly
uN1er NO social obligations % him. liz
was an equitable adjustment OF N diff
hcultyi tnir honest aud tight as between
nun and man and one better than the
wv Wpuio SET in court. Tor about some
Ieiy essential dates bearing on the ques-
ton. of forfeiture. NO two of the citv
vuplVycs agreed about their dates while
the contractor was exact The city WINS
legally and morally bound 20 make this
Montgomery claimed Tor himself the
same degree Of honesty as actuatrd the
majority ~ the watcrworks coumittee
and ihought the committee had hoon trFat.
e9 With more consideration than any
Vther of the council for when ne fought
tue police reduction mo- one waved bloody
tomahaWks higher thnu did those two
| gentlemen OF the w0terworks committee
Who were defending the majority report
because OF little delay la finishing the
| pumps The committee was iu favor of
giving Macarthur Bros $4,000 when
Tor anyone.
Aud this suggestion was Indignantly
spurned by both the accused aldermen.
Mes oud Nicls.
Orr also opposed the majority report.
and was glad the committee had no
I higher claim for It's report than equity.
lie got IN another conundrum for City
Attorney Powell who thought there wns
an attempt ia put the burden of this set
uement on the narrow shoulders of the
city attorney. On the legal question he
had passed, On the facts the council
must pass
than dOubly protected hy the sum re-
tniued, aud why there was SO much tilkr
he could not understand, for there was
NO political thunder in it
lie went on TO show that the reason
the final test could not be- made. was
because the llolley company was behind
In It's contract aud he could not see
| why. Macarthur Bros. should be pun
ishcd for the HOlley compuny's short
comngs. lie thought an the opinions of
lawyers that had been quoted were worth
| just what they cost
Montgomery wuntcd to know " lac
was the one Nicks referred To as the
! politically thunderer, and Niclls said he
WIS not.
White congratulated the 20 nui',c, en-
the way 10 had lowed the contractors
down In the scttlcment, aud thought
the city hud got better settlement
thuu it could before legal tribunal
Mayor Paddock was asked 10 speak
20 the question, He said There were
! but points involved; FIRST. ,hc Quos.
| tiou OF demuTage. aud the almost tie
| city. could claim on this, if tle r'uuse
| in the contract protecting The contractors
| from delays not of their own musing
was Of no good, WAS nine days no 500
! per day The second quest n WAS the
/ right of the city 10 make the payment
/ of the $4,000 discussed. N tlp city
was protected hy what was retained.
/ the city c0nld make the payment sug-
/ gested 10y the committee. incidentally
| ne remarked the cost Of the h"w water
| works was Within ,uc-hnlf of per cent
/ of the estimates originally made some
| thing unhelrd of before
After little more debate the vote was
! taken and the majority report was re.
jected.
THE VOTE.
Ayes Ward Jones. Nicks. Dartcr.
! White, Mes Lewis aud Early.
| Nays LaCroiX. Montgomery, Tucker,
! Drake. Teller, Bowlcs, Terrell Orr aud
| Byron.
Alderman Mes moved the watcrworl,s
committee be discharged from further
consideration of the wuterworks settle
mcnt
Mayor, "out Of order"
THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
Street Railway company asked aud by
| a unanimous vote. under suspension uf
rules, was granted a franchise to build
aud operate line of street railway
! from Jones and Front street eastward
! TO Magnolia street in the Texas aud Pa
cifc addition, distance Of about half a
mile.
ROUTINE WORK
The finance committee reported favor
! ably ON some petitions ON equalization
OF taxation, viz; Il. q. Iohuson's and
! g. III Cushmau's, and adversely ON those
OF the Penn Mutual Life Insurance conn
pauy, H. NJ Turner and A. q. Coplee
Tho monthly report Of the auditor
showed the budget 10 date had been eK-
ceeded SlG5S aud nt this rate there
would be- deficit OF 5000 at the end
of the year. Economy Is recommended.
The same committee reported back
as y. X the reports Of the city assessor
and collector for February, and for the
year
The claims committee recommended
the payment Of claims 30 the amount Of
SBJ96SJ, Ordinary and extraordinary ex-
penses, ~ follows; Holly company, for
pumps, Sl625QL and new waterworks
suction Wen, $50
The claim Of the Merchants National
bank for $l4B23 for cleansing ont the
Martn-lirUwn cQmpany's cellar alleged
TO have been flooded by "A defective sewer
AeEiey a Osbourne were allowed $3.50
for heating apparatus for the high
school
II, j. Rice was allowed s75 as salary
for February.
S. w. Jacisou's petition 70 be- appointed
special police was fhelved. He u
minor.
The purchasing committee was author
lied 10 buy 900 feet of ire hose.
The street aud alley committee recon-
mendcd the purchase ~ The four Gopher
street sprinkler. ut $500 and Che public
grounds committee was authorized 90
sch Mrs ~ J. Loving lot ~ block IA
new cemetery for $50 provided She did
MOI disturb The remains of Rebecca
Grounds now inferred therein
The unfinished business was the street
aud alley committees report on the North
street sewer which was filed.
PETITIONS.
]. A. Randle for a sewer through
block =. between Taylor a. WentLeriord
streets; Nike Mansfield for The city's
purchase OF certain lots now being used
as street, hledi Josephine H. Ryan