Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-02

worth was now using its last ayaiia-
bic water supply aud pumping rom one
hole to another In the effort 10 mske
temporary provision for the city's
needs, He enlarged upon the dangers
Of wholesale coniiayation at any
time In consequence Of the absence Of
a wnter supply and like Mr.. Lassiter,
opposed expedienta.
In response 10 question by Mr.
spoonts, Superintendent Chiies said the
present dam would hold q days sup
ply after the water ceased TO run IN the
river.
Alderman Fry favored putting IN the
three additional dams which he boz
lieved would SECURE enough water 10
tide the city over until the council
could see It's way clear TO build the
reservoir.
Mr.. Hawicy said he thought It would
be unwise to calculate on any amount
Of water the dams would hold beyond
that which they had actually contained
on account OF the capacicus character
Of the stream.
He thought that i0.0p0.Ooo gallons. OF
thirteen and ouc-half days supply. was
all that Il would be safe % buse any
calculation upon.
Another iaterpstlrg bit 81 IN, iru,ati1n
eiicited n the gcnet.t llssusziyn 10
tins pH!f' yna that eo1ta.ne N tie
statement - Mr. c'f.Gsnis iiiat 81;
one time four years ugo the supply
had been ~ 000.l00 fNii0uH i
day. but that IL had never been as
much since then. He also stqted that
he undcrstood that the daily now from
the artesian wells now amounted 10
about a million gallons per day.
In taking M the thread Of his re-
marks on tho subject OF abe water
works mortgage. then proceeded 20
read the same with ~ special pro-
visions for the lcvyinE Of taxes Tor
the payment or the bonds. principal
and interest lie dwrlt M the fact
that under the term OF tho contract
thus made the tax levy for this pur-
Pose could not be decreased He
thought by utilizing the revenues from
the water works fully that $4,000 or
$4,000 might be- secured Tor improve
mcuis aud WAS IN favor OF using this
amount for this purpose. even though
Il should be necessary 20 issue bonds
FOR tho purpose He favored the build
Ing OF tie additional dams proposed
He thought the most certain way to
get water WIS TO build tho dam be-
low the junction Of The streams He
called attention shat Fort worth had
just passed through a period OF unprc-
cedenttd dr1uth,
Considering an these things he
thought the proper c1urse was TO
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and that the future OF Fort Worth
alu 10y me present neels OF me CITY,
"houIu ne opnalurreo' ne suggeHtea
l S,i IL uiinS were ~ ne pullt up me
,ls;ir r. oiN, tnr proper way would he
70 ptklH NRe work puhdlnE q Gam ~
lae point proposed Tor reservoir aud
t Huth hupetAntlhii character That
y Monll serve as a foundation for the
Spnhuuetioh 81 mo reservoir In the
Iuture' ie was satisfied thht the prop
ivy cuulu ne Drought Tor less than ss5
pct nole
-Nn L9soN lnouEht n tho reservoir
were 9u'i. vac a'lnis would not hc need
~ - II" neNkht a dam up the Clear
lpIh Woulu nor 10 much good until
iA suln'neIs re thonght there had
Mn ilUrs ReheIaliN distributed rain
~ w GUNNER man roc nNe or siN years
nelul'i 20 ne dld not believe that
~ uAnls would run the city through
w Huihcl' lie thought the first