The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-25
Local Dots.


The demand for dwellings remains I'M
abated.
The lease of the San Pedro park is nu-
dunn pactum.
-To:6nd fault and not suggest remedy
for evils is OF little profit.
Capt. Jake Marshall is strong believer
in "yaller clay"
Gov. Davis will not reach Washington
before Monday evening.
MIR. Lorenzo Castro goes north to-day to
dispose of some large Mexican interests.
Mr.. Henry Bitters will celebrate his silver
wedding next Monday night.
What are the county commissioners going
to do about the compromise bonds?
Our river should be looked after and
system of dredging and cleaning instituted.
"A boat club would be a sensible thing for
our young gentlemen who seek muscular exer-
else.
The city should advertise for proposals to
put down cedar, mesquite and pine pave
ments.
George Lewis, arrested yesterday, on
charge of swindling, was released on the bond
of lack Harris and Sam Schram.
"A wooden pavement can be put down
cheaper than the best macadam, and is the
cheapest to maintain in good order.
"A wood pavement should be placed on
Soledad street in front of the new courthouse.
1t would do away with the horrid noise of the
street.
The band of the 22nd infantry, under di-
rection of ]. T. Clarke, bandmaster, will play
in Travis park this afternoon, if the weather
is favorable.
Our queries about the coming Ist OF
April election have not yet been answered.
Will it require majority or two-thirds vote
to carry the proposition
-Macadamized roads are we'll enough for
parks or boulevards, but the best macadam
streets have been condemned for business pur-
poses.
The election of an assistant engineer was
apiece of expensive folly on the part of the
city council. This whole city engineer bust
ness needs to be overhauled.
Our public cemeteries are not properly To-
cated-,hey should be to the northwest of the
city. 1t will not be long before they will be
uncomfortably close to town.
April will be a lively month for our city
voters; on the Ist they undertake to vote on
the bond compromise, and on the 10th they
will tackle Story's baby.
Alderman Story should join Alderman
Copeand's debating society and put himself
in training for congress; that's what Copeland
is after no doubt.
Since the publication of the death OF Mrs.
Geo. T. Gaines, the friends Of the deceased
have decided to bury the remains in the city
cemetery, which was done this morning.
The city should create the Office of city
surveyor, and regulate the fees and salary Of
that Office. The city engineer should attend
to all improvements and repairs of streets,
parks, etc.
Quite a number of parties got pretty
badly "taken in" at the great auction sale of
cigars. You can buy better cigars for less
money of either Max Mayer, or Hart &
Brown.
The system of fees to officials is a vicious
one and should be abolished. Competent
men can be had at reasonable salaries to do
the public service without the fee bleeding
system being resorted to.
st. Louis has some 900 miles Of macadam
streets and it is estimated that the hauling of
and on of mud and gravel has cost more than
it would have to put down good wooden or
granite pavements to begin with. Such is the
experience Of our city.
Our bitches are now sewers for the filth
lest sewerage, and either they will have to be
turned into sewers altogether or the city au-
thorities must protect them from being de-
filed, as thousands of people use water from
them and are thus put in jeopardy of disease
and pestilence.
AS tomorrow is Sunday, the following
item will furnish food for reflection to our i'll
paid ministers of the gospel:
The salaries of the New York preachers are