Council Proceedings: February 4 and February 18, 1907: Part 1 of 2

STATE OF TEXAS ( ) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF TARRANT(

That whereas I. W. T. Campbell, have for sometime been in possession of a portion of North Houston Street of the city of Fort Worth, same being a public street of the city of Fort Worth, and

Whereas the city has demanded possession of the same from me, and

Whereas I recognize the right of the city to take possession and eject me from said street, and

Whereas I requested the city to allow me until the 1st day of May, 1907, to remove my improvements from the said portion of the said street, and

Whereas the city has agreed to do so,

Now therefore, in consideration of the premises, I, the said Campbell, do hereby agree and bind myself to entirely vacate the said portion of the said Houston Street now occupied by me or on before the 1s day of May, 1907. And I further agree and obligate myself to so open that portion of the said street not actually occupied by my stables so that the same may be travelled.

Wm. T. Campbell

Witness E. C. Orrick

Agreement with Campbell North Houston

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FILED FEB 18 1907 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y.

Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. 18th, 1907.

TO THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Fort Worth.

Gentlemen:

In view of the fact that the curbing around City Hall has to be put in before the streets on the south and west can be paved under the contract recently awarded by you. After consulting some members of the City Council I made the contract (verbal) with Mr. Brookshire to put in that curbing at the same price, according to the specifications and on the same terms as he put in the curbing around the school buildings.

I also submit for your consideration the matter of the sidewalks around the City Hall and in this connection will state that Mr. Brookshire proposed to do this work also according to the same specifications price and terms as he put in the walks around the public school buildings. These specifications were made by the City Engineer. The width of the walks around the City Hall ought to be determined by your body but in this connection I wish to suggest that it is my opinion that the cement ought to cover practically all of the sidewalk. As, Mr. Brookshire will soon be through with the curbing and no doubt would like to go on with the entire work while his force is here, I suggest, therefore that we determine at once the width of the sidewalks and let him have the contract.

Respectfully, W. D. Harris Mayor.

Communication of Mayor with reference to curbing and sidewalks around the City Hall.

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FILED FEB 18 1907 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y.

W. E. BIDEKER CHIEF

STANDIFER FERGUSON ASS'T CHIEF

Telephone No. 26

Fort Worth Fire Department

OFFICE AT HEADQUARTERS STATION

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb-18-1907. 190 _____

Honorable Mayor and City Council;

Gentlemen;-

Some time since the Chief of the Fire Department informed me that he received eighty per cent of the fire alarms over the Telephones, and that the department then transmitted the closest Fire Alarm Box to the fire, and, that inasmuch as the public had adopted this method of notifying the department of fires, he thought the Telephone System of such importance that it should be improved to meet the demands, and asked my consent to take up with the South-Western Telephone Co. the propisition of installing a Private Branch Exchange, in Central Fire Station, to be operated by the Fire Department.

As I understand it, by installing this Exchange, and keeping an operator there continually, they can get direct communication with each Fire Station, without going Central Telephone Station, and can get all the Stations at one time, which will enable them to give a more efficient service.

Hereto attached is a communication from Hon J. F. Henderson, Sup't of the South-Western Telephone Co. on the subject, and I am informed by the Chief of the Fire Department that this is what in his judgement is needed.