Mayor and Council Proceedings

To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Fort Worth:

We, the undersigned citizens and tax-payers of the City of Fort Worth, and proerty owners and residents on West Fifth Street in said city, respectfully represent unto your Honorable Body:

(1) That portion of West Fifth Street west of the junction of Second Street and east ofFahey Street is from three to five free lower than the property fronting on said street.

(2) A further loweringof the portion of West Fifth Street above mentioned,would greatly depreciate the value of the property adjacent thereto,without a corresponding benefit to the City.

(3) In our opinion, thecost of filling up West Fifth Street at or about the point where same is intersected by Fahey Street would not be greater than further lowering the gradeof West Fifth Street west of the junction ofSecond Street with it and easy Fahey Street.

For the above reasons,we respectfully protest against any further lowering of the grade of West Fifth Street between the points mentioned; but request that you fill in and improve the lower portion of Fifth Street.

Fort Worth, Texas, December 4,1905.

Mr. [?]

[???]

Petition

To the Alderman of the City of Fort Worth Texas.

We the undersigned Citizens of Jones St. Fort Worth, Texas do Petition you to have our Street Sprinkled from 15 to 17 St. one Jones St. The Sprinkling Co. Spinklers part of it and refuse to Sprinkle the rest.

Yours truly,

E. B. Daggett B. D. Hamilton C. G. Kent Mr. Blessby G. R. L. White [?] T Ridge A. Jones Mike Cassidy Will Miller C. H. Goldston

P. S. They Clame that some refused to pay but we have the receits to sho that we have payed & agreed to pay the bill and collect it myself.

Yours truly, B. D. Hamilton

To all [minutes?] Council in resending giving Sch colred

Saturday Jany 12th 1907

Council met in called session at 7:30p.m. in council chamber city Hall Fort Worth Texas with his honor Mayor WD Harris presiding The roll was called and following officers answered to their names.

The call for this meeting was [read?] [as?] follows Marshal return. Doc 1- Mayor [Messafe?] as follows.

During reading of message Alderman Waggoman stated if the council hadn't anything else to consider it had as well adjourn. Alderman Maddox arose and stated that it would only be right to give a respectful hearing to the message. The reading was proceeded with and mayor to conclusion Alderman Waggoman moved that the council adjourn if that was all before the council, his honor stated that a motion to adjourn was always in order and asked for roll call on motion to adjourn and the following vote was cast and motion was carried, and council then adjourn.

DEPUTIES: R. G. LITTLEJOHN W. B. MARTEL

OFFICE OF W.J. GILVIN City Assessor and Collector

Fort Worth, Texas, Aug 17" 1906

Hon. John F. Lehane Chairman Finance Committee

Dear Sir in answer to your letter regarding assessment of Mr. Winfield Scott his real estate was assessed by the assessor by lotBlock no the same as all real Estate in Ft Worth at a valuation of 709 of what we thought it would bring on the market after making a reasonable effort to see the same see attached statement by years of his Real Estate also copy of his personal Renditions which was raised by the Equalization Board on information furnished them as shown in Red in copy of Mr Scotts Personal Rendition for 1904 & 1905 statement in [nothing?] for [?] held in St Louis

Respectfully WJ Gilvin

Thomas J. Powell ROOMS 312-313 WHEAT BUILDING FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Dec 3rd 1906

Hon W. D. Harris Mayor Fort Worth Texas

Dear Sir:

We have about completed the work of revising and codifying the ordinance of the City and are ready to begin furnishing copy to the printer.

We beg to suggest to you that the ordinances regulating "fivre Limits" and "Hack Stands" are in very bad shape and it seems to us that as it is almost impossible to reconcile and arrange the existing ordinances, on these things, so as to define the exact boundaries as they now exist. The new ordinances is passed at [?] [pro..?] moment can be inserted in and revisions without cost of advertisting in the paper.

Respy submitted TJ Powell Wm D. Williams

NOTARY PUBLIC

LAW OFFICE OF W.C PREWITT

STENOGRAPHER IN OFFICE

403 1/2 MAIN ST.

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec 10th 1906

To the Mayor & Council of Ft Worth Tex

Greeting

As a citizen of your city for 14 years 11 years blind most respectfully ask if it be in your power to so grant me privilige of using hydrant water free of charge ever having the interest of this city in my heart, have striven to make an honest living but find the [burthen?] hard and could you grant this light [a quick?] would most certianilty thank you for the favor. did fortune always smile upon me would refrain from the asking but poor_alone, & without risible support most earnestly ask this favor and trust that it be granted.

Truly CF Smith

The Texas & Pacific Railway Company

Cor. Main and Sixth Streets

NOTICE- All Rates quoted by this Company are for immediate use and are subject to change without notice, except the printing of Tariffs and posting of same as provided for by law.

J.F. Zurn General Agent

E.P. BYARS Soliciting Freight Agent

J.A. CHILTON Ass't Passenger and Ticket Agent

1308 5th Ave

Fort Worth, Texas, 4/7/06

Returned for Filing Hawley CE

Mr Jake Zurn Alderman 8th Ward

Dear Sir:-

I phoned Mr Hawley, City Engineer yesterday in regard to condition of alley behind my home situated 1308 Eighth Ave. he advised me he would take a note of my complaint but did not state any remedy would be applied.

I now wish to put my complaint in writing and must insist on immediate action by city, or I shall be completed to take legal steps to have matter satisfactorily asjusted.

When I built my home the alley was much lower than my back yard and I had perfect drainage, this continued until a [tar?] [polston?] had about ten loads of dirt dumped in alley on rear of his property about three years ago, which impeeded drainage to some extend but was corrected after a time. Then the city undertook to make some change in grade or something, any how they did some work which piled the dirt directly in rear of my property and impeeded drainage again. I tried to remedy matters by having some dirt put in