Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-28
BILLS PULL AGAIN.
Tho Urbane Street Commissioner
Talks Through the Gazette.
Not I'm Politics Now.

IL would seem Mr.. lNahy and his
friends are not quite convinced that his
pulp is impotcnt They sem 10 think
"Bili's pull Is still capable of the effect
i've work Il has done IN the past, AZ any
rate BINS pulp will DO put to the test
al touight's' ,sNon Of the council, An
effort Will be uadc 10 reconsidcf the vote
by which the street appropriation was
reduced frca, $1,000 to SiaO0 monthly.
report was ourrcut yesterday enia-
mating from Mr.. Ieahys side of tie
house that two OF his crstwhllc support
srs who had gvuc OF with the oncmy
hhd reiented, aud that they would vote
lirst Tor a Reconsideration aud second for
Il restoration To Slbuu, The pcuitent re-
galcitrouts wco said To be Alderman
Drake Gnd Aldormnn laCrOiN.
80 TAR as tins relates to Alderman
Drake Il may lie pronounced mistakes
Alderman Drake tod Gazette ~
porter yesterday nflcrO0n that he was
very wei satisfied Will his vote On the
resolution TO decre, So the amount, and
that he knew Of no reason why he should
vote differently.
The report, said Mr. Drake prob.
uhly ARISES from misrepresentation We
told 'ul lseahy's friends we were going
70 reduce Tie appropriation, and they
| laughed az US aud dared US 10 10 II.
WEI, we did, aud then Alderman l.a-
Sr9iN and myself iol,ingy told them that
II they would reform We might reconsider
pur action, Probably they think they
have reformed
Alderman lACroix could not be found
yesterday afternoon, hut there Is little
doubt tl.at he, too. is quite well satisfied
WIN NE vote he east Hast Tuesday night.
\ Nakrtte reporter succeeded yVstrl-
Say ~ obtaining MIR. Lcahy's viewH GU
'billr pun In general and street work
IN particular Mr.. l4Vuhy declared, hove
ever, ihat he was universe TO newspaper
notorcy, desiring only To work the
streets OF Mort Worth, and vixen asked
what observations he Ind 90 make ON
me subject OF .'Bli's pull said hc ddn' {
know that he had anything 10 say
"hut, Mr., loahy," the reporter ppt-
sisted, after MIR Lcnhy had evadcd ans
wotlng every question, "what about that
work IN the Eighth wardi Was that
done ~ obedience 10 resolution 10y the
couurilY'
We'll" said MIR Icahy, after some
hcatauon, "Mr. Spounts suggested that
] ought 10 put down tlien sidewalks
I and grade that street, and ] did"
Are You accustomed to doing worl,
nt the suggestion OF one alderman, MIR.
| l,oahyT
"Qh, no; hut there was more"
WHO were they -
"oh. you see, don't like to mention
| Names
"Well, who suggested 10 you the need
| Of u buggy stand In front OF Alderman
| Tcrrells gate, Mr. IealyN
~ didn't put any buggy stand there"
"piln't you make gravel bed there
| for buggy gtnndF
"Oh. maybe the boys did dump "A
| little there, which was loft over after
| they finished on the sidewalks Nou
see We sometimes have a lund. or half
| "a load left over from a
| job. Maybe the boys dumped OF what
they had left In front Of Mr. Tcrrcll's
| gate"
"Allcrmnu Spoonts," Mr.. Lcahy con-
| tinucd, suggested 10 me that the chill
| drcn ought 10 have good sidewalks about
| tlle college and | mndc them. Then,
| you see, that street by Mr.. rerrclrs was
| Ia good condition, except two blocks of
| L., which was In a bad condition Amy.
body knows that one bad hlocl, mikes
| a dozen good blocks almost useless, and
| that's the reason ! graded aud grnye'cd
those blocks, did II for the public
| welfare"
swell, Mr. Icahy Who are you going
| 10 vote for for muyOrF
"Oh, ! don't know III vote for the
most practical man. IN vote for the
man that's nominated
But whom DO you consider the most
| practical nnnY
"Ob / don't know; I'm not in poll
| tics now, I'm pnitng In MI nay time
ubont I may be dead before then"
"D0n't ynu think Alderman Terrell
would iunlSc practical mayor Mr..
| LcnhyW
"Oh, I'm not in politics Al present; !
don't know anything about ~
Nfr Iscahy broke M ON 10 o technical
dissertation nm street work. complain.
ING that after puying yard expenses