Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-19
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Project To Build An Auditorium On
the. Beach Revived.
STREET.cAR COMPANY WILL HELP,



seierally and MS a summer resort aud at.
traction for visitors during the heated
term has been dormant for some time
ana II has been broadly lntimated that
the failure to push II was due to the un-
Willingness OF the city railroad company.
which would derive the greatest banoat
from the enterprise to contribute any.
thing toward tho cost OF It. When asked
concerning the matter today, presi.
cent l'unro OF the street Railway COM
lany said his company was whiting 10
20 as much ns any other interest toward
the building or tho auditorium, but was
u9t ,Wllhng to accept the proposition
Mllch hau been made, 10 guarantee a
iAru sum Tor uNH years, whioh, iucludlnA
ne as cost OF the llghts, amounted to about
fPVVV an amount hutilOlCnt to Insure the
u,nt ct the \ por cent a! sldaida Witch
u was represented 70 stockhoidera they
NOUN receive upon their ntoCk lie thought
| ihn enterprise should he Regarded In the
lHhi of 4 public n cogsity and that those
! contributing toward II would receive "A
iul ana ialr return upon their invest.
,Rom without any ilvidend whatever upon
lhrlr Stock. lie says tue city railroad
! tpuplny " anxious that tie auditorium
~, pe hllit anu proposes m elastic
I arrangement by which his company viii
contribute 10 Tho Auditorium compnby
IN proportion TO the amount OF irUfiig
resulting nom tho construction Of the
lsNqrt. Ills plan has lhe appearance
| q fairness and lihcrality aud VIII rrob.
! HhlN glvo IN Impetus to tho efoft now
! htlug made 10 revive the auditorium,
ltnleci anu 10 push q through to sue
'nshiaI issue m speedily ~ possible
UNITED hrATEa COURT.
IN" United states circuit ana district
courts convened for tho February torn
.nls morninE lion. Dayd u. bryant.
United sioic" district Judge. presided, and
inrro were present Sinclair Talinfcrto.
| United EGtcs district attorney; J. s.. VII
mans United htatus marshal. John D.
| bnlly, assistant United states attorney.
| ana g. part, clerk a number on Httnr.
| n'NH from various pArtR OF :hc Btatc were
| ~ lhn court MON. The nest business
| Transaction was the orHiniantion OF luriea.
! l. ~ khihi luiN " couilurcd pf the fol
I LOWING A. NJ Mcdonald foreman, gflnr.
/ ,,,nunS n Hamper D., a. urcw0, lamvg
/ Iohn Do iruhl Dauula Foley, Galveston.
! T., W, FuthukioNi Grimes Gus Fruirr
~ Harris W; Wins, Colotaiu a, !,
icwoiiyn, Walker. r. M"iRrniS,y,f' ~ WI H.
| utdiu, John O.. Conn. Madison: liar, ey
| Fletcher. jefferson, will.om Clarke, Cham.
! rho following petit jury wan selected
! u. J, Williams. Jasper; JnWcs Hickey. ual.
| yYtonj John Names, Galveston. Arthur
| ". hroylen Wlkur, ] T.. McCIoy, Fort
l'onI, u. NJ Gillrr, Tyler. VIM Mont.
! geometry, Montgomery; d. W LaComp,c
/ y, Beatty, Tyler, H. a, Bcnio, Jasper, j.
/ p, Lnndcl, Austin. \. G. Myrlck, drlucsl
Geo l.. Bohn, James Coylc, GALVESTON.
| Kconnn, George Dohorty. Galveston: u. =
., i'ren,an. liqaia kan,igalti. deiyesioa
Galveston. I. 9. Lindsay. Mndisoni Iamcs
| llowani y. r Dodds, Galveston,
!, u. MALTA waA appointed halllff
The following cnaeR were dspuseI Of
u, L.. ile1in vs., highonbcrg 4 co. and
H. L. lienln Va. lHlnnd city Savings bank
Eurniahoe. nottlel ana dlsulasrd.
smith, EXECUTORS Of Stewart Newell. 10,
cote"i, w. ELIZA Cooper et al; up0n appli'
cation leave was granted plaintiff TO iil'
iltth mn-uded original petition,
II WaA ordered mat publication be mudc
NJ an 1vpDliiuua on Mo IN THIS court oi
witch may be- Med during tho prcnen
term. IN other than equity cusca, such pub
lloutlOu go be- made by the clerk upon APP
pllosuun OF rithcr party 10 the suit.
LIVELY COUNCIL MEETING.
At tho regular meeting OF tho city
council held this evening m ordinance
amending tho ordinance granting tho
santa Fc privileges over certain poTtiona
" tho strand FOR uninn depot purposes
40 us TO limit the rights Of all Other
lines upon said street to passenger traf'
lie. was presented. aud passed undot a
| II met with thN OppnHltion OF Colonel
Gresham OF the La rurte road, aud Mr
10, H. ilawlcy representing tht ihttl
national, Who claimed that All liuts should
ENJOY equal freight PRIVILEGES with hS
GENERAL Attorney Terry and Land Com
missioner jackson OF the Santa re
rlnimod the Santa Fe enjoyed freight
privileges under charter uipUnumcnta ant
that there was no reason why thcy should
Ipon tho phssaFo OF the ordnance. Mr.
Terry said work would begin upon tn,
depot at an early date.
I ,'lty Attorney smith submitted his TO
port OF the result OF the suit OF the oitl
II az Galveston va. Oalyollon and Wcsteri
llnnrond company, decided by Judge
MeyoT fiya veto Of the appropriation
Of f6D FOR The Zee OF the city attorney II
thls case was read. and the npproprln
ton made over the veto. Skinner and Wea
'Wnyof i'iy then announced that follow
liur out his line OF policy he would Do
clinc 20 sim the warrant un,ll ot,dstct ,
hc had notified the city attorney me uh>
Iergro he went TO Houston that the NJ
Precipitation would be vetoed Mf nWi,i
deennd il his duty TO nevertheless uhei
tho Instructions 81 the council 70 repre-
rent ne city IN ne ns,e f rony, az M
1umus 10 compel Mayor Fly to elgn M
warrant -. -. ....s ,a,.,t,,
An ordinance was also phNhen NNNin'
M occupation tax OF 80 per month o.
sraoiion ~ a month upon transient ven
ders Of clothlng from railway wrecks
bankrupt establishments, hier, ete'
RoILER ExPLoSioN.
chief Engineer D. A. ouInlooana nnf
Aaslstn-t James Mccormack uf thu
United States government drcdge Genera
a. A. Comntock, were painfully burned
by an explosion aboard the vessel thii
morning nbou, o'clock.
1'he boilers OF the con'Nock were V
have been inspected tns morhi i,ll.o s w..
lihn chief engineer and assistant went {,
ihc bniisf room for tho purpose OF grtuhs
,binEs In readiness II Il quite dark, "
ihe boiier room and the mon carried
light. They gemcysd n nsnd spIt ,. ,en
u w on on ~ inllde. 4 light was hold neal
, | ,hs opening and a terrific oxplosson fol
'' isnsinocr. oulnicoans and MccormHel
were badly burned about tilo race nnt
breast. Az soon ~ posslpie ns phtio
WsFon was telephoned for and The "
,ursd msn conveyed TO b. Aary's In
mTh. theory advanced by engineers Il
that the explosion was caused w IN
J nafno from The lamp coming Ia contnc
Win gas which accumulated In tho bolie
ayins ,h,r evening II was said chic
tsn.trs,r OulniooRn'a Injuries were NOR
nsrio,is than were at first supposed an'
XII recovery IL by no means certain.
MARITIME ARTICULATION.
meeting Of the board OF directors o
~. nalyea,ou Maritime association wa
"a this morning and the following offl
GERS and committees were elected fcr p