Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-19
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
PAY ROLLS Ron THE MONTH or
JANUARY ORDERED ALLOW led.
Tho Usual Gri.t OF itoutins uu.ipcss
Trsnsaot.d-An Increase In
ths PoIic. Eoros.

Tho city council mot In regular
uession last might and transacted the
usual budget Of bualneuH,
The claim al John Ilhtlgan for i'm
provement 10 Front street property
several years Agu. amounting 10 S7li.
was reported rnyurably by the nnunce
committee and ordered paid.
A resolution from the finance COM
mittee was read saying that they had
received offers to buy $4,000 Of our
own bonds ut 81 .Oi with accrued inter
est, and recommended that same be
purchased The resolution was amended
10 aa to read II no better offer hc
made the same be accepted, ana then
~hH adopted,
A resolution was rcnd ordering the
city treasurer to draw ON tho general
fund Tor $4,000 In favor NJ the Choml-
cal National bank OF New York. that
being the amount the city owes ON a
note which win fnll due March .. Tho
r"Hulutiun was amended 80 ~ TO mako
tho amount lcns II satisfactory ar
Thngementn can be made with the
bank. ana was then adopted.
The pay rolls and claims for the
month OF January were allowed
on recommendation ~ chief of Police
Maddox, John Murphy an old man
unable 10 work, was ordered released
from prison lie was incHrcerhtoI for
failure to pny "a so line nAHeHHed
against him Tor being drunk.
II. 10 kcIr was appointed Il HpcolHl
police officer AT the new variety the.
alter on front street, to be paid by
the proprietor. G. l., Brugdun wug
appointed special to patrol the busluaai
part Of Main aud Houston streets at
night, lie In to receive hin puy from
the merchHuta Interested
The IRE committee reported that thry
had had consultation with Mi
George W Jnloniclt. chief Of the rat
ing bureau for the nrc insurance cum-
rnnirH. aud had considered carefully
the proposition submitted to them In
regard 10 irc department nIpnrntua
which has already been fully discussed
In the Gazette They deemed tho ut.
ter OF great Importance nud wanted an
eNprcsHlon from the council on tho
question. Tho committee submitted
come hguroa showing the cost
To- the city ~ providing the nddI.
tlunal npparntua demanded by the
companies In order 10 maintain Fort
Worth In the first class In tho mnttor
or IRE Insurance rates Tho incrpnncd
pay roll win amount to $4,000 a yonr.
thhl being hNe more men AZ a HRlnry
OF 500 per month, The additional nm.
pnrntun win cost about $500 Alder
man Clements rpukc In favor uf buy.
Ing the additional material After some
lurthnr diNcurHiou n motion was Hdpp-
tod lnstructlnR the mayor ana pur.
chasing nud irc committees to buy tho
apparatus demanded
resolution wAa adopted Increasing
the police force 10 M To hive two
mounted phtrulmcn ON the South side.
To do THIS one cNtrn ONCE man Will
he employed at u sulnry Of $40 a month
no us to give OnlCor Scott an oppor-
tunity to do mounted police duty. and
an uNtrn mounted man viii he nut ON
Rt salary Ut t75 u month. The resnlu-
ton provides that they shall be en-.
ploy"d only when to recelpts In tho
police department are sufficient To nay
the Increased roll,
The consideration of the goose or
dinhnce or that pertaining 20 atork Of
all kinda running at large was popt-
poncd
on motion Of Alderman Mulkoy tbe
resolution heretofore adopted nv In.
council oensuring Mir Thomas II
Ross wns ordered revoked aud rx
plunged from the recorda
petition nuncrously signed by the
lndloA OF Fort worth naked that tho
council cause shade trees To he snt
about the city hnll and the grounda
otherwise benutlflcd Referred To IN.
committee on public grounds
The city attorney wuA asked To give
nus opinion In regard to the right of
tnr counoll 70 consider the valuation "
property after the same had boon
ppsseu upoh ny The board OF equnlIsa.
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