Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-18
ANIMATED
Was the Discussion in
City Council
OVER A REDUCTION OF TAXABLE
VALUATION OF Leaps BnEw-
EnY ron isas.
MAYORS VETOPOWER
CAUSED THE COMMITTEES ne
roRr TO me- pEFEATED.
Recommendation That Expense OF
Lighting the city HAN lie it.-
duccd-Other Matters.
MAYOR'SVETOPOWER
CAUSED THE ConMIrrEE's me-
roRr TO me- pEFEATED.

A.. -. ..,-,,, -. ~ 81, "a, .,
~ "as' p's"' inee''"h VI 'ilo u"""-
ell, with full board present, there
was an animated discussion over the
ai,,,,od ,x,,,,t,a ,,,t,,,,to,, ~ t..p,,s
80
''e"V'F i'' ''v i'v" 'AN' Wv ~"
chlncry was asscssed FOR that year nj
$1,000 and the taxes mid thereon,
p,,,,,,i,, ,,,,,,,,,t,,, -, 10, ,,a,to I'm,
the assessment was too high, y spec
cial committee Of the council. compiis-
to-. ,,a,-,,,.,,, Nkr.ie..,, t,,t.,tsc,, aud
-. 49,, 49,, a., .
i'""b' ''P"'"n' "'N'"b N'"' Wv ""
chlnery cost only $500, and by scaling
Ii per cent for wear and tcnr. ana
nj, ,h. ,,s,ot .t,,t,,tior far
Wv 80" -, A., a,
tAAVoic purpoHes' ioVoilinuI'ou tn"t II
| be taxed ON a biHis OF Siagi6 CO. the
| s,,,.,,a,, e,, ,ya5 IA, o,,ces or TINT ON
! no nLoyo valuation to be- credited ON
! mo 1Sgg toxos
Mnvor Holland nj once declared the
! rc,,,,r, ,n1 ~, ,,,,.sttnn nut az order
ne ia. co,nciI no snid ms no rigbt To
| ,i,,s ~, l'.binJ Tho tns r"t,,rns Alder
! ,,,a, n,Is.,fn ,,octfcr,,ieiv contrn,ied
! mn no r,nnrt beinp,.pd Ia the coun-
eli which rould either reject or no
,r,,.o i, n,tcr vvhi,,f Tho nnyor would
| have tho right Of the veto.
A
49,, ,rh,tt 10 rcnnr, sH INT iIis.
~ w. ~ ,,,,.,,,rs ~ thn factnrv int
~, ,o,,,r .,,tJ tbnt Tho nrirc at which
! a., urGnr,,v yns nssees,d had been
.no y" We" ,,,,,as.ntntiys of tho
"enn,i,v
UVut. ,..,,o,, ,vo,orcroft rendered
wy H',ornuS , ~. ,,rnnns,,i rcduc.
an "plnl"m ,nn' w XXX H." cnnncll
WI n"e ,1,i,i,,, Ca dn more thnn cor
mas no authority u" ~" ,,v'v , 'ma,r an
Invt ~ v'rII.il,,, a. a. mo vnlue oi
o.l", ", Uor con.i1cu,blc heated
prop'tly. 800 g,',,.ss ,,oti,n a.
nrgument Aluornlun spu ~, .sa,,cd "a,
reeommtt the report VIZ ,a no a., "s
inc luhypr = 80 a" H,5n,,,nn Cor,lnr
port was auoRteu; ,,''r smith
Cour' iHoey, N,.le' 80 a,,d no re.
and Woliheh Nu'"B NY ""'
mhinder nay 49,. ,.,o.,r,., oo,,.
\ claim OF the l,ai,.t ,,i.htins az iii,
city hall was reported back Mi, iie =,
recommendation II VIZ ~ ,,a,
for electric lights ma Ssho' 20 nil, d.,
In January ana anl slV-' I,,i Ia n, F,hr,nr,
In February The gvs hllI IN r,' i, va,
was about slN I'M commit 10
Hight was too expensive bgt u W.,
finally allowed ana the 'hiv' ~ ~"
instructed to econcmNe III "e"' "'
much as possible. :. 49,,
In inc NliiH' ''P'i' ,.t,. ..,f
bii Of the city engineer iVr ~ ~ t ',,,
side the CITY UNITS i"u " Y an
, for boiler house AT Pun,p''hr ~, t,%
tion, which was never hul,l
= were both allowed. a resolution
Alderman Long TO pay no ui'iV
livery bills was plhesu ~ ny, mana
] Electric company, was ordered fehe"e'
: for thirty days, lana ron,.,tc,
The monthly list OF cldiina repu, III,
: by the claims committee. nggreRAVhl
/, si.3ii.4, was allowed. ,
. The tax collector reported FcnruM,
= collections to be SCI iOi'Il' IN mdnt'lo
r; 10 nbout $500 East DliiH collccthh
y and y772 railroad taxes. ~
p 4 bond OF d, Cavannghs. Tor si~u
p n Number, was approved.
!: recommendation OF The supel "
,. ,endcnt that water rates b. made q
u livery stnbles ana hleto's p"' :" ""
}, A rsnort Of the street gunerintender
Il: nat steps be taken 10 prevent throwln
T. naper on the streets WIS referred I
i. ranort of tho purchase n thrc
=. borses from q. n. Potter. for s256 wa
a nrnroyed
8 w n M, Quinn was suggcA.el for Irl