Council Proceedings: August 1, 1902

JOHN T. MONTGOMERY, City Secretary

W. J. ESTES, Assistant

City of Fort Worth OFFICE OF CITY SECRETARY

Fort Worth, Tex, _______________ 189 _____

To the Hon Mayor and City Council

Gentlemen,

The East Fort Worth Town Site Company owns 46 6/10 acres of the B. F. Crawley Survey, a reference to its deed being here made for better description.

In the year 1890, the Fort Worth Land Co. rendered to the city for taxation 46 6/10 acres of said survey without further description. Your petitioner desiring to dispose of its property, a portion of said summary, find in its abstract said taxes for the year 1890 unpaid amounting to $176.15. The valuation placed on the its property by Fort Worth Land Company for said year as 16310.00. To settle the taxes so far your petitioner is concerned it will pay on a valuation of $100.00 per acre, or $50.20 in full settlement of the taxes on petitioner's acreage. Respt, E. F. W. Town Site Co.

G. H. DAY CITY TAX COLLECTOR.

OFFICE OF City Tax Collector of Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas 7-17 1902

Q. T. Moreland

________________ ____: In compliance with your request of ____________________ the following information in relation to lands described is furnished from the records of this office.

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.

at $100 per acre = 50.20 for 1890.

Owing to the fact that the description is uncertain and unfavorable we recommend the acceptance of the offer - and that the City Ass. and Col. be & he is hereby authorized to accept payment for said year on a valuation of $100.00 per acre.

J. F. Henderson Q. T. Moreland

FILED 7/31 1902 Jno T. Montgomery City Secretary

JOHN B. HAWLEY, CONSULTING ENGINEER, MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY CIVIL ENGINEERS, CITY ENGINEER, FORT WORTH.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS August 1st 1902.

Hon. The Mayor and City Council, City.

Gentlemen.

Enclosed please find bids received and opened at 3:00 P.M., this date, on two new rooms for Third Ward School Building.

The bids range from $2350.00 to $1592.40.

In lieu of certified check for $100.00, as advertised, there is a $100.00 National Bank Note attached to the lowest bid, that of Mr.R.L.Brown.

While this is a possible informality, and something utterly unprecidented in our public works contract lettings, still I can see no objection to its substitution in place of check.

I therefore recommend that the work be awarded to Mr.L.R.Brown, and that the Mayor and City Secy. return check so the unsuccessful bidders.

Respectfully, John B. Hawley City Engineer.

Bids for Additional Rooms to the 3rd Ward School. Opened Aug. 1st 1902 at 3 O'clock P.M.