Mayor and Council Proceedings

We the undersigned resident of the 7th ward living on or within one block of Emory (sometimes called cactus) and east of Hempshill St. do hereby petition the Honorable Mayor and City Council to extend said Emory street from Jennings Ave. west to Hemphill St.

To the Honorable City Council of the City of Fort Worth.

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Your Petitioners, Citizens of the 7th & 8Th Wards, respectfully represent unto your Honorable Body that there is no cross street connecting Jennings Avenue with xxx Hemphill Street, between Myrtle and the Southern City Limits, a distance of at least one mile: that the Hemphill car line is the only one convenient for your Petitioners and that without such cross Street said car line is not at all available. to Residents of the 7th and a portion of the 8 Ward.

That there are two Streets, Laurel and Bois'D'Arc, extending from Main West-ward to an ally running parallel with wih, and about 200 feet East of Hemphill: that the John E. Quarrels Lumber Company owns the Lot between Hemphill and the western terminus of Laurel Street, and that Sidney L. Samuels and Judge Booty own the Lots between Hemphill and the Western terminus of Bois'D'arc Street.

Your Petitioners pray that your Honorable Body open up and extend said Streets from their Present Western terminus Westward to a connection with said Hemphill Street.

Names. [left side] J. McMorris M.D H Clsulledye[???] J. A. Jorren[???] W R Booth Bob Andrews RG Booth[???] Y.H. Allen [???] W. L. Patten J E F[???] Hugh H Lewis E H [???] H C Randal P F Maben[???]

Names. [right side] R W Jeuder[???] R E Lewis N A Lemm[???] J B Morris John H Rawfaud[???] T H Arrow A Z Newell Chas M Brown P M De Vitt Chas T Taieze[???] O F Hammond W W Haggard E J Duff H A Allen

To the Honorable City Council of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Your Petitioners, Citizens of the 7th and 8th Wards, respectfully represent unto your Honorable Body that there is no cross street connecting Jennings Avenue with the Hemphill Street, between Myrtle and Dowman St, a distance of at least 1/2 mile; that the Hemphill line is the only one convenient for your petitioners, and that without such cross Streets said car line is not at all available. to Residents of the 7 and a portion of the 8th Wards.

That there are two streets, Laurel and Bois'D'Arc, extending from Main Westward to an Alley running parallel with and about 200 feet East of Hemphill. That the John E. Quarrels Lumber Company ownes the Lot between Hemphill and the Western terminus of Laurel Street, and that Sidney L. Samuels and Judge A J Booty ownes the Lot between Hemphill and the Western terminus of the Bois'D'Arc Street.

Your Petitioners pray that your Honorable Body open up and extend said Streets from their present Western terminus Westward to a connection with said Hemphill Street.

Names. [left side]

HmR Booth H ClSulledy Chas Turner H A Fragos J R Cromer L Koeny R E Lewis E H Lews J H Jardiner J P Elkins

Names. [right side] J P Yager A N Evans S S Potts G W Chapman J A Phinney H H Spaulding W B Martel E S Laddin Mrs R E Braut

Names. Names. Mrs. L. J. Robinson J. R. Andrews Mr. John R. Ray G. Renshaw W. O. Hamilton B. F. Crowley W. F. Shreader W. L. Harrison T. F. Skidmore J. [Sherwin?] W. O. Wear W. M. Grahm W. L. Norwood O. D. Jones J. W. Eastwood W. W. Harvey Brookes Baker

To the Honorable City Council of Ft. Worth

We, the undersigned citizens of Ft. Worth and residents of the East side in Parkwood's addition respectfully petition your honorable body to put in a sewer connecting with the sewer under the Back Island railway on Easy 4th St. and extending east about 300 feet. In event that the council can not have put in the sewer we respectfully ask that you have the ditch dug depper and broader.

That as the ditch now stands it is not large enough to convey off the water, and causes it to overflow on property and greatly damages us. That the sewer system of this part of the city now connects with this ditch and causes a ereoter quanitity of water etc. to flow into the said ditch.

We respectfully asks this council to gives us some remedy by which our property etc will be protected from this evil.

E J W rlovis Ben Bention Gus Mosier Asa Cibley George Johnson Henry Macksey Henry hands Criaset Bornton Joe Pown Peggie Danijer [Ke?] Smith

Fort Worth, Texas, 11/1/01 , 189_____

Mr. Geo W. Armstsrong, Colored School

BOUGHT OF J. H. ARMSTRONG & CO. DEALER IN Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors and Blinds.

Interest Charged on all Accounts Past Due at 10 Per Cent. YARD and OFFICE Near Cotton Belt Depot.

TELEPHONE NO. 413.

Fort Worth, Texas, 11/1/01 , 189_____

Mr. Geo W. Armstsrong, Colored School

BOUGHT OF J. H. ARMSTRONG & CO. DEALER IN Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors and Blinds.

Interest Charged on all Accounts Past Due at 10 Per Cent. YARD and OFFICE Near Cotton Belt Depot.

TELEPHONE NO. 413.

JH Shockelford Copy [?field] Tx speech

Ft Worth Tx 10/25/[?]

Recd of Geo W. Armtstrong the sum of one hundred & Thirty two & 35.00 Dollars($132.35) in full payment of the carpenter work for building addition to negro school house 7th ward.

I hereby certify that all of said sewer was paid him for said work

JH Applewhite

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Nov. 1 1901

M Geo Armstrong W. Ret, 6 or 9 - Jan

BOUGHT OF TEXAS PAIN AND PAPER HOUSE, GEORGE MULKEY, PROP. Dealers in Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Glass and WALL PAPER. 404-407 HOUSTON ST. TELEPHONE 283.

Commercial Printing House, 212 Main St.