The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-04-05
WEST SIDE CITY COUNCIL.
They Meet and Allow a Big Batch of
Bills.


night for the purpose of allowing
monthly bills and to transact any
other business that might come be-
tore them in regular meeting,
Those present were: A. L. Chic,
T. F. Tierney, ], A, Lawler, ]. M,
Bender, ]. B, Kizer, Chas. Gala,
CHER, G. G. Burke, r. D. Hart, j, G
Watts, Mr.. Boush, and Mayor Tur'
ner, Marshal Edwards, Tax Collec.
tor Estes and Secretary Stewart.
Mr.. Stewart, the secretary, read
a big file of bills, amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars, and they were
all 90, k, bills, by the finance COM
mittee or by those in authority to
make bills, and who were cognizant
that the service had been perform
ed or goods received for the city.
The quarantine guards, three in
number, received $48 each, which
made considerably over a hundred
Then there were bills for sewer
pipes-those now being laid for the
school building, The gas fixture
man had in bill for a hundred or
more, and the man who sold the
furniture tor the new city hall was
represented by good sized bill.
Tom Daily had in a plumbers bill,
Ghese come high, and the man who
plastered some tiling in the backs
of the chimneys of the new city hall
was there with a bill for $22. Sgd
ney Stewart, for running a line in
the street for sewer pipe, for the
school building, charged So day.
He was $18 or $40 worth Of time do
ingit. Two officers, at $50 each
per month consumed another hun
dred dollars Of the city's money,
The city secretary got $25, and Ben
Davis had in his monthly account,
which, however, fell off some for the
past month, as he did not haul off
any dead cats, and the fatality
among dogs was not so great The
old reliable Bauer and his bill for
"moonshine" were on hand in fact
everybody had in a bill. Bills for
printing, bills for sharpening plow
points, bills for buckets, bills for
feeding prisoners, bills for junketing
to Austin (only one of these), bills
for everything,
The rounder thought, and is still
thinking, where is all Of this money
to come from to pay these bills
The question Of quarantining
longer came up, and DR., Burke said
he did not see the necessity of long
er continuing the same as all dam
ger had passed, A vote was taken
and the quarantine was declared
of s to g. The guards were dis
charged.
Mr. Lindsay a contractor on the
Gulf road was at the meeting and
borrowed from the council some
sewer pipe to be used on a dump in
the city limits, He will pay 1t back,
he said,
Mr., Peter D'Arrigo asked that
his tax be reduced on a certain
piece Of property, as a fire had con-
sumed the house, but the assessor
had him down for the full amount
of house and lot It was granted.
Alderman Lawler arose and ask
cd that he might be heard once
more. He had a "kick," he had
been kicking against paying those
electric light bills ever since he
came into the council and he wish
ed to register in his retiring NOM
ents an eternal kick against paying
for something not received-light'
When Alderman Lawler got through
John Watts arose, he too had a
Chick" He said all the dead ami
mails that had died In the city for
the past two months, were dumped
on his grounds and he wanted 1t
stopped.
Bob Hart had the floor now and
told Alderman Watts to carry his
troubles to Ben Davis and have
them dumped, that he himself had
a "ldck." He said he had selected
the furniture for the new city hall,
had In fact had his measure taken
for a chair and desk, and he
was about to retire now without
having a chance to warm his place,
or cross his feet beneath the oaken
desk In that new hall,
Alderman Chic arose He saldi
81 rise not to kick, but to offer con.
ISOLATION TO alderman Hart, lie can
use his chair and desk at the next
district conrt held here. This rack
ct was kept up until late hour,
The council adjournlng until to-
night, when they will swear In the
new officers just elected
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