The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-21
City Council

CITY council met in regular session las
night, Mayor Crowdus Presiding.
Absent, Aldermen ]. d. Carter and Loeb
The minutes of the last meeting wer,
read aud approved.
1t having been discovered that in th,
election of city chemist some had voted fol
X Eisenlohr and others for A. Eisenlohr
and as the former was not a candidate tn,
vote was taken over again, which resulted
in A. Eisenlohr being elected by vote o.
o to for L. NJ. Connor.
Clty Engineer Johnson reat
his plans and specifications OF
bois d'arc pavement, which were adopted
as the basis of street paving.
The city attorney reported that the city
council had a right to build what public
Tree schools 1t saw fit, to designate the loca
ton and number they choose to build
1t was moved that the committee OF
school COMMITTEES and the school trus
tees be authorized to purchase GROUND
ana TO erect Two school-hous es for the
white, and one for the colored schools.
The city attorney reported further that
the telephone company had been granted
the license to erect poles on the streets and
sidewalks, yet the council might revoke
IL, and that the council had the authority
to regulate them in the future.
The proposition OF DR.. Keller, who wa,
indirectly one of Newt. 0gden's bondsmen
formerly city assessor and collector who
defanlted with the city in the sum of som,
5000, to deed the city a piece of grounC
adjoining the water-works in order to re
lease himself and the other bondsmen wa
| accepted.
A list of claims against the city wer,
read and ordered paid.
The committee on public buildings re
ported recommending that the proposition
OF the county commissioners, giving tn,
city building site on the Jail grounds b,
accepted, was adopted.
The report Of the committee Oh sanitary
affairs and hospitals was read and adopted
Alderman.C. Il. Carter was granted sil
week. leave of absence.
Alderman Moore was granted two
months leave of absence.
An ordinance regulating the erection and
maintenance of poles for telegraph, tele
phone and electric light wires and othe
purposes.
Be II Ordained by the City Council of the City OF
Dallas.
SECTION 1T shall hereafter be unlaw
iul for any person, corporation
or company to erect any pol,
or poles for telegraph, telephone
electric light wires or for any other publ,
improvement, on sidewalks alleys, or any
public place in the city of Dallas without
first obtaining the permission OF the city
council, and all such wires when erected
shall conform to the provisions of this ordi
nance.
Sec. All poles and wire for the pur
poses mentioned, so as not to interfere
with, or obstruct any sidewalk, gutter OF
alley street or awnings, in sale
city; and poles not less thar
forty feet in length, shall hereafter b,
erected within the fire limits of said city
the bottom wire to be at least twenty-foul
feet from the ground, and poles erected
outside, of the fire limits shall bt
Of such length so that the bottom
wire shall be twenty. four feet from tn,
ground.
Sec. 3.-Any person, corporation o.
company violating any of the provisions o
this ordinance shall be guilty of misde
meanor, and on conviction be fined in any
sum not less than IS nor more than 500
Sec. 4.-That this ordinance tax,
effect from and after its passage and publ
cation. Adopted.
An ordinance prohibiting the opening o
saloons in the city Of Dallas in any bloch
without first obtaining the consent of two
thirds of the qualified voters of said block
passed its third reading and on motion the
vote was suspended until the next meet
Ing.
The HERALp's bid for city printing was
read and referred to the committee on ways
and means.
Council adjourned until the 6tL of July