The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-10
the WATte QUESTION
WIT b D vim De, Vel beial (se-
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| members OF the council uo little wor.
| ~ Whether Il Is better To continue
4, the work uutii all the money for that
/ purpose ls exhausted or abandon fhe
| project IL a matter that ts receiving
| serious consideration by the alder
manic board II has been nearly three
years since the we'll Was started and
| during the past eleven months the
driii.rs have been fishing for q coro
| barrel at the rate OF s2S per day
When the work OF drilling was sus-
| pended for the purpose Of trying to
| get the broken section of pipe out
/ was about 1850 feet deep, and up TO
! the present time the total sum ex-
pended on the well viii amount TO
, a little more than s2T 900.
The matter of taking some final
action with reference 10 the well was
| brought up last night at an adjourn
! cd session of the council. but was
| passed over until the night of April
%, when the council will be in ses-
sion again In the meantime the ma
| yor and aldermen viii make a thor
ough investigation OF the proposition
with a view to arriving at some con-
clusion as to what is best to be done
under the circumstances 1t was suk
gested by member OF the board that
the work be suspended and arrange
ments made to use the water from
this well for fire purposes
The next work in order was to can
vass the votes cast in the city election
held on April 2 and declare the re-
suit. The total vote received by each
candidate was shown 10 be as fol-
lows:
For mayor. Perry s Robertson
101; for alderman Ward |, r. D. Me
Combs. l01; for alderman Ward 2,
S. p. Langsford, 101 for alderman
Ward 3, j. T. Sullivan, 80.
The oath of office was then ad-
| ministered to Mayor Robertson by
Mayor Pro tenn Langsford. Mayor
Robertson then in turn administered
i the obligation to the new aldermen
4 McComhs and sullivan
The retiring aldermen, McDuffi'
and Moffett, then vacated thei
chairs to their successors.
Mayor Robertson then announced
the appointment of his committees a
follows:
Finances. p. LangsfOrd. chair
man; r. d. McCombs. j. T. Sullivan
| Fire and Water-R. d. McCombs
chairman; S. p. Langsford, A. Trip
| pet, Jr.
Streets, alleys and sidewalks-D.
| G. Thompson chairman; S. ?. Langs-
ford, A. Trippet, Jr.
! Lights and Ordinances-A. Trip
| pet, Jr.. chairman; r. ID. McCombs,
! w. l.. 2. Leigh.
/ Parks, public buildings and police
"A. Trippet. Jr., chairman; d. q.
/ Thompson, W. l.. p. Leigh.
Cemetery and sanitary. I. Sui
! livan. chairman; -. G. thompson
W. l.. p. Leigh.
printing-W. l.. p. Leigh, chair
man: K. d. McCombs, j. 7. Sullivan
! When the list of committees had
been read Mayor Robertson address
ed the council, in which he said the
citizens of the town had not only
elected two new members of the
board. but had expressed their con
fidence in the integrity. judgment
and confidence of the old members.
He told them that they owed 1t 20
their constituents 10 be always pre-
pared 20 express an opinion on an
public questions coming before
them He said he wanted this To be
a working council. and II 10 took too
much of their time or money they
had better resign the office He said
the council for the past two Neafs
had worked together harmuniouslN
aud he anticipated as much from the
b new board Continuing his remarks
! IN. mayor said the members OF tn
! board should manage the city al
fairs As thcs would their own 3t
. fairs n there cyer Was e. time whci
! the clty needed assistance % Is nov
The matter az utiug the yariou
a appointisc office was deferred unit
- the meeting on Npgil .2 All apPsiea
:. ilous were referred to th" differeu
committees
i. The fuiutHlftr" NtrNlf#sEt "Pf#""'
4 yd to Investigate tbe rlaim 81 a ns
/, etu Woman cor damagss lu che sat
. og $50 fog aa .ulun alyKed lo hav
hreu susgaiued bt fslllnE Ug aidt
walA submitted sr uutasvgaNbr s'
pore The rvpoTt was adopted tn
.fh.. eummigtss discharged
ui Psxtussltt Mttlalu 's sra*afrsln
IL fs hat, tht ait deiitsrf sNteHsie
. sud wautsa8 to Ausw if ttv swunf
t euula Wras3ds Heht Sc tht sdditlau.
3 mai hoass fhai xuuit t rrlulfe'
i 'whs mattef $3.50 sefsted fn fte HEl
h committee
= yust II ihauks was thvu cxtrn'
- SO shu resiune uayfntsers - fhs eeei
sft tal fN5 ths4f Devotion fu tuff amrit
a lnegf trrru of office