The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-23
FROM THE STsTE CAPITAL.
Election of the Board of Liquidation
Alleged To Bc Illegal.
THE WATERW0RKS PLANT MIDDLE
superintendent Maddox Says Thst the
Machinery IL Not what II should
Be-Rewards one red--Notes.

Austin. Texas. July cc.-The city council
| is supposed to have elected a board of
equalization last Monday light but Inc
! ont IS being raised today that said cleo
ton was Invalid. a. the council at first de-
clined TO proceed with 1t and afterward
went into ii without demonstrating its
original vote refusing to 30 ahead wi,h the
selection of said board.
An effort is being made In consequence
TO have a special meeting called for the
purpose OF doing the thing up right and
incidentally 10 take up and dispose of the
water and light ordinance. SIND ordinance,
which passed the second reading last Mon
day night sut failed to obtain the neces-
| sitry two-thirds vote to pass to third re / l.
ing and hnal adoption, provides for the
cication of water and light committee
Ia that enjoyed by other council commit
tees. ana places tn. appointment of a SUI
per!ntendcnt Tor the dam plant in The
hands OF the mayor subject to the ap-
prevail of the city council.
since the rcsig alton. some time ago. of
majority of the old water and light
commission because Of the councils re-
fusA to accept tic res. lsnltion of Stit,orin.
,endent MADDOX. brought about by their
request for same. there has been NOR or
less friction ami confusion about the man
agemen. OF the city's water l.snt and
power plant. AlleyAiions have been made
that superintendent Maddox was not en-
pert enough to successfully manage such
an important aud valuable institution,
aud he has on several occasions retortcd
vigorously and with good show of req
son that, II there il anything the matter
with the plant, II is not his fault and that
he has done the st possible with ii in
spite OF the Inadequate and worthless ma
chinery PLACED therein upon the recon-
mendaton Of high priced experts who pre-
ceded him. 10 be plain about II. Mr.. Mad
dox has MT been Slow to charge that the
o'iy has hsen buncoed in moro particulars
t;lan one on portions OF the power house
equipment. and he has taken occasion to
assert that ne does not propose to nave
the plants failure 10 come up to cxpec Ia
ions laid AT his door and excused OH the
ground that he Is incarabl. of managing
II after having faithfully and with re
nArk,hle pers":rranre worked to obtain
the hest possible rcsul, Herewith. How
ever. the situation Is becoming acute anu
Element of the controversy one way or the
other. SO that 1t may be expected that
action VII be taken in the matter by The
council before tho week Is out.
REWARDS OFFERED.
The governor today offered the following
rewards:
Five hundred dollars for the arrest of
the unknown murderer Of T. a. Hender-
son. murdered In San Saba county abou,
July D. 1896.
r We hundred dollars for the arrest of
the unknown murderer of William James
I. 1855. '''' $500 '>'
FIVE hundred dollars for tho arrest of
Ike travey. who murdered \. Moody and
ISL.
WORKMAN INVITED.
Hon. Jonathan Lane has sent a press
ing invitation to state Treasurer Bin
Workman TO como to IaC,range and par
no f.u
10 ne held here ON July 2S and Colonel
Workman has accepted. The occasion VIII
GIenee. and IN addition 10 senator Mills
and Colonel Wortham there will be several
lesser oratorcal lights on hand.
NOTES.
The Manor fremen will yve grand
barbecue on August H.
Adjutant General Mabry Is back from
the ryler drill which he pronounces an
unqualified success.
Harrison county today redeemed $500
| railroad subs dy bonds, which were held
| by the school fund.
Mann and ". G. Teter Of galveston are
registered al the Hotel salge
Comptroller Finley is back from Gal
| weston. whore he went to spend Il day or
| two with his family. who axe sojourning
| on the coast.
Tho local Hardy club had I meeting
| lsilloi for last night, but as no. over eight
members showed up said meeting failed
| 10 pan ont.
The tax rolls of Tom Green county have
hocn received a; the conptrollcr's office.
| They show ~ total valuation of S.sS53io,
| a dccreise of S279 i2i from last year, the
| largest of any county whose tax rolls have
| so far been received.
| The cotton NH project has not fallen
| through not w outstanding that little Is be-
| ing said about II just now. Very nearly
AL OF ne nrst ~ PER eent instai'ms,t oil ni
| that the projectors are waiting for now
| ls L manager with some money to invest
in the. cnterprlse aud for whom they have
| adver tisod.