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JOHN B. HAWLEY, CONSULTING ENGINEER, MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY CIVIL ENGINEERS. MEMBER ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH. MEMBER TEXAS ASSOCIATION CIVIL ENGINEERS. CITY ENGINEER, FORT WORTH.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Dec. 4th 1905
Hon. The Mayor and City Council, City.
Gentlemen:
Below please find Estimate of work done by Ft. Worth Sprinkling Co., during quarter ending Nov. 28th, 1905.
| 27.80 miles sprinkled, @ $40.00 | $1112.00 |
| 6 3/4 miles extra sprinkling, order mayor, | 270.00 |
| Total, | $1382.00 |
Details of each foot sprinkled on file in this office, daily reports.
John B. Hawley City Engineer.
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Fort Worth Texas on 3 Nov. 1905
City Council:
Gentlemen:
I have received a statement from Mr. W. J. Gilvin, Tax Collector, that the Tax Books show taxes due by me and unpaid for 1899 - $7.45. Penalty $5.05; for 1900 $7.00 penalty $3.85 and for 1901 $32.07 and penalty $13.78 - Total $69.20.
I ask that these taxes be remitted. I cannot find the receipt receipts but these taxes must have been paid, as I owned real estate those years and personal property and collection would have been forced, if payment had not been made. I left Tarrant Co. in March 1901 and moved to Hardin Co. where I lived until Fall of 1903. In moving twice a great many of my papers were lost, in fact, nearly all of my papers and all my receipts. I was in condition to pay these taxes and would have paid them at any time had I been called upon and I do not the collector failed to do his duty & allowed them to go unpaid.
I understand that most of the $32.07 was taxes upon an abstract of Land Titles, part of these books were carried by me to Hardin Co. & used there, the others were left in Fort Worth and have never been used by me since. So that I should be relieved of the taxes on these Books for 1901 and I respectfully request you to relieve me of the payment of all penalties and the taxes on the Abstract Books. I would certainly not allowed these penalties to accumulate if I had been shown the taxes were due. I thought and believed that all my taxes were paid.
Oliver S. Kennedy
