Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-23
Meets, Gets Down 70 Business and
Builds Dam
In Forty-eisht Days Nc win Know
the Result, and Then What Next?
Reports of the Several Committees.

! NFhAANNf
last night with Mayor Paddock in the
chair. All the members were present
with the exception OF Aldermen Spconts
AMI Byron. Secretary Burns read the
minutes Of the last regular and the
] called meeting. which were adopted.
The report of the finance committee
was read and accepted
The report of the city assessor and
collactor showed collection for the
month of July of S1026T.76.
For the same month the city marshal
report showed that $Sl1 was collected.
The pound keepers collections amount
| ed to SJ0.25, less S13.3O for feed, which
was checked by the auditor and lodged
in the city treasury.
The report of the claims committee
recommending the payment OF claims
of various parties was laid over, with
the exception of the electric light and
waterworks coal bills, which aggregated
| $45OIS, and We're ordered Dn!l The
| petition of Robert Alexander to have a
| fine rcnitted that was imposed upon him
| for committing a nuisance on his own
premises, was not granted.
j. ID. Jennings was recommended by
Alderman Nicks to serve as special po-
| llceman, which produced quite wran-
gle.
At the last meeting the name of Mr..
GIiswOld was proposed and Alderman
| Frye wanted TO know why his name had
been stricken out and Jennings named
~ ms STEAD; he was IN favor OF thls
eAtra man, put thooght IT not showing
| the right principal to ring in Jennings
when Griswold was the first man pro-
posed aud he was not going TO vote for
IT, aud further he wanted an cXplnna-
ton of why il was done, The supporters
Of Mr.. Jennings offered the explanation
that the reason they changed men was
mat they thought Jennings was ne h oest
OF tne Two, Al9eFtnnn leIrell ,hougnt
u not adNasiole uullns inc PRESENT ssIliln -
sShcy OF money 10 ~ 10 inc expense
Oh hlrlhs ~ eaiIa pohcelEnun'
heIe again hueEInuh Nlcks tApi3lheu
luht the expenses OF the city Woulu nor
be. increased as the extra man would
only report Tor duty when one oil tue
regular police oncers ialel 10 report
for duty and would receive the salary Of
the absent man. IL seems that Marshall
Maddox had been Ignored in the matter,
but that official said he did not mind
that so long as the extra was put on
as it was q very necessary move. The
matter was laid over for one week.
Then came the report Of the water
| works committee which was read by
| the secretary In response 10 the mayors
! call. The committee recommended the
building of a ten-foot dam across the
ClcAl i"IaN ut II coAt Oh Ns-olb III luls re-.
| port wa included the reports of Water
| works Superintendent Scoble and the
| city engineer, and profile Of the river
| for 1000 feet, drawn by the city engineer
was made n part thereof. Alderman
| Terrell was in favor of the dam If 1t
could he satisfactorily explained TO him
| whore the money was 10 come from.
| H. spoke at length OF the great injustice
that had ben done the taxpayers in
| placing the waterworks where they now
| stand; but as this had been done and
| no relief could hc he -'''thout the evpen-
| diture of perhaps 100000. he was In
| favor of building the dam.
ing Of The dam would make great say
ing in fuel and that money from the
construction fund could b. used Gnd
| by the watcrworks
Alderman Drake thought II merely an
| addition 10 the great waterworks specu-
lation and was not in favor of It,
Alderman Lewis wanted to know
| what good the dam would do when the
| Clear Fork was as dry cs the sands.
| The matter was discussed pro aud con.
| when finally a vote was taken which re-
suited in eleven yeas and three nays in
favor OF the construction OF the dam.
| When completed il will hold about 81.
100000 gallons.