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Fort Worth, Texas December I7, I903.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas:-
The remonstrance of we the undersigned citizens and tax payers of the second ward many of whom reside and own property afjacent to West Fifth Street, most respectfully and earnestly petition you not to grant the request made by the petition to this Honorable body on December the IIth Inst. asking that a certain portion of West Fifth Street be"cut down two or three feet and using the material that may be taken therefrom in widening and filling up the said street near Robinson Branch".
This petition is made for the reason that the portion of Fifth Street refered to viz: Extending from where West Second Street intersects Fifth Street and extending to Robinson Branch, is already too low, and now needs grading and filling. By an inspection of this street it can be readily seen that most of the residences are now above the street and to cut a portion of the already low street and remove the dirt would only throw the hill further East on said street, and instead of benefitting said street it would greatly damage our property, and the cutting of said street, as suggested would mean almost endless litigation and unnecessary expense to the tax payers of the city.
Many of us signed the petition dated December IIth, whose names appear on this petition, for the reason that we were under a misapprehension as to the real meaning of said petition and we now desire to most earnestly retract our acts in signing the said petition by placing our signatures to this petition.
However, we concur with our friends in asking this Honorable Counsel to take such action as is most advisable to have filled the
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K. M. VAN ZANDT, PRESIDENT. R. L. ELLISON, VICE-PREST.
N. HARDING, CASHIER. L.C. HUTCHINS. ASST. CASHIER.
No 3131
THE FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $300,000
SURPLUS & PROFITS $325,000
FORT WORTH, TEXAS Dec 18 1903
Major Jno C. Richardson City.
Dear SIr
In reply to your inquirt of this inst. I have to say that I signed the petition to the City Council asking that the grade of West Fifth Street in front of your residence be lowered solely upon the information that you had consented thereto_ I would not have done so knowing that you objected
Yours truly K.M. Van Zandt
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dession in said West Fifth Street along the Robinson Branch, but not to use the dirt or rock from said Fifth Street in making said fill.
Most Respectfully submitted.
C.J. McIntosh W.H. Grove 1047 A.T. Baker DR. R. G Flower 1047 G W Graham 946 J. C. EWing Mrs A Richen 933 N. Fifth St (See KM Van Zandt's letter) J.C. Richardson 434 Kate DcLisle 942 W 5th
