Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-25
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Another Hitch in the Matter Of I
New Union Depot.
HEI.aG.N. WANTS AN INTEREST.
An Old German Charged with Hsinous
crime--Henvy Graia Movement.
Muse Jury Completed.

| Galveston, Texas, January ps.-Thcr,
| was another setback 10 the Union depot
project THIS aftc.n Jon when II wna learned
mat representative OF the International
Dnd Great Northern was here 10 protest
I" the city council against the proposed
ordinance granting certain privileges to
the santa Fe railroad exclusively In corr
motion with the right OF way over Strand
| street to the proposed new Union depot
" was said the International and Great
Northern company was not satisfied with
| the way tho Santa Fo had acted In tho
matter OF securing the right OF way and
Dc slred TO have hearing before the coun-
ell prior TO the granting OF such privileges,
ms had been asked. General Manager
Campbell OF tho International and Great
Northern. being In the city. was consulted
by several members OF the council, and,
It Is said offered TO take half OF the honda
OF the new Union depot II given tho OPP
portunity TO purchase them ana 10 share in
tho ownership and benefits OF the ontep-
prise. An adjourned meeting OF the coun-
ell was held this evening mainly for the
purpose OF considering tho ordinance grant
ing the franchise asked for.
Action OH the report OF the ordinance
committee on the ordinance granting to
the Santa Fe railway certain rights ind
privileges for depot purposes was post-
poncd until next Thursday for the reason
that the Santa Fo representative. an hour
before the council meeting, suggested a
change In section of the ordinance to
tho effect that tho matter OF rent for
railroad company to come into the de-
pot should he mutually ugreed upon be-
tween tho road desiring to enter and tina
Santa Fe instead OF by arbitration AZ
originally agreed upon A representative
OF the international and Great Northern
also appeared before tho council md Of
fered to take $4,000 OF stock IN the depou
and float $4,000 In bonds nnd further
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Manager Campbell of the road would per-
sonally guarantee 100000 bonds of tho
Union Denot company.
The council also appropriated si99. sTS1g
TO pay the salaries nnd claims and nc
counts from tho month of July to Dccem-
ber, 1886, inclusive This money was de-
rived from tho sale Of t200,Oo1 funding
bonds Of the city authorized by the last
legislature, Tho appropriation made by
she council nuts the city on n cash basis.
Alderman Fcrricr was appointed chairman
OF the entire council as budget COM
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WHO HOLDS TAX RECEIPTs7
For the rnst few days City Tax Collector
Ira Il. Collins hnH been busy Ronding out
notices to delinquent taxpayers. In some
cas"a notices have been sent to persons
who. upon receiving them. have Appeared
NJ the collectors office and produced re.
ceirts showing that they had paid. Inc
chairman OF the lnarce committee re-
quests that those who have received these
notices and who do not owe taxes cali NJ
the city collectors office and have the cor
rcctlon made. Delinquent taxes run hack
number Of years ana II is tho desire or
the chairman OF the finance committee
and Tax Collector Collins to get the boots
In proper ahnpN and they ask tue tax
payers to assist them.
THE GRAIN MOVEMENT.
The receipts OF grain today aggregated
1876 cars OF corn and two of wheat. tho
Gulf Colorado nni Santa Fe bringing In
elghty-one cars and the Missouri. Kansas
at a Texas flfty-six cars. Total receipts OF
corn thus far this season 1907
earn. Tho rcocipts for several days
days past have exceeded 100 car
leads each day and seem TO be Increasing
rather than diminishing. The number or
unusually large for this season OF the year
and is accountable for by the heavy grain
export business.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
In November last little negro boy was
run over and killed by n trolley car willis
playing with some OF his fellows on Broad
way, the testimony before tho coroner'H
jury Mt tho time tending TO show that
the nlotorman nnc conductor wero not
TO blanc for tho accident. 11he father OF
the boy. Austin Galveston by name. has
now brought euit for damaRes In tho dis
tflct COURT IN tne sum or ioOOV Tor inc kil-
ing OF tho youth. against the GAlvostou
city Railway company, alleging negii-
Eenco and carolessness on tho part 81
the defendant company's employees.
HEAVY CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The largest sum OF money paid for i'm
port duty since the year 1ss2, was paid To-
diy 10 Cashier clifford at the unitod
Staten custom house. II was tnrin on
tho cargo OF tho steamship Warrington
Han, which consisted OF ~, 1916 sacks of
beet su5ar from Germany, and s12s sacks
or Portland cement. Ths duty on tho
sugar alone was s2s.7ts,a7. and on tho CO.
mont s6i56s, the aggregate sum collected
for duty amounting TO $40.
This amount was paid In treasury notezt
Tho cargo was imported through NJ n.
Levy OF thls city.
a HErNous GRIND,
August Schultz, o. years Of are. was
niTaigncd In the recorders court this
morning charged with an assault to COM
nit rape upon his s-yenr-oid baby and
!. year-old granddaughter. The charge wa2
preferred by Schultz daughter. Mrs.
Amelr Wagner. A German physician and
midwife gave testimony which was suf-
icient 10 hold Schultz and the case was
continued until tomorrow morning. An
he persons In the case are Germans ana
Julius Lachenbaoh performed tho duttss
II interpreter in court this morning.
Thu MUSE CASE.
The Jury In the case Of the stats against
nudge J. A. Muse. charged with murash
n tho criminal court. was completed this
afternoon. The FIRST venire OF 100 mo-, was
Exhausted before moo than half n dUzen
jurors had been obtained, most Of those
md excused claiming to have
disqualified themselves by having formed
md expressed opinions In regard to tho
riiit or Innocence OF tho accused Ths
earring of testimony began late this AZ
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