The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-03
IN COUNCIL.
a Busy Session and Much Care
fiui EeaislatiOn-

| City council met in regular session,
at p. m, his honor, Mayor Sturgls, III
the chair, and present Aldermen Hogan,
/ McLaren, Calvert, Newton, Dunnica,
! McKeen. Solomon, the city secretary
and marshal Absent: Aldermen Moore
and Wilkes.
Minutes of last regular meeting being
read and found correct, were, upon mo-
ton, adopted.
Major I. c. Tibbs, recently elected AL
derman from the third ward was sworn
IN by the city secretary and took his
seat in the body.
Aldermen Hogan and Dunnica were
excused from noD-attendancc on last
meeting.
Petition from the bakers of the city
was read, asking that they be relieved
from paying occupation tax on their bus
mess. They requested that the petit
| ton be referred to "a committee to inves
tigate. They claim that they should not
/ be taxed as manufacturers when other
| manufacturers are not taxed. The petit
| ton was referred to the finance com
mittee.
Petition read from W r. Orman, ask
/ Ing to continue the switch of keilum
| u Rotaniacross Fifth street to the Orman
/ property and thence back to the main
| track, between Fifth and Sixth streets.
! The desire is to get a switch on his
! property, so that he may be able to rent
/ it to parties who wish to have switches
near their buildings. The petition was
| granted.
4 petition was read from J. B. Nc
Daniel asking that a change be made in
the line of the Springfield and Marlin
road through his property in East Waco,
so that he may be able to improve If
without so much expense as he would
now be caused. He proposed a change
10 another part of the property. which
he stated would be better for the city. |
On motion the petition was laid on the
table, the county being the proper |
authority on roads
\ petition was read from d. ID. Smith, |
asking permission to number buildings |
on the different streets, looking to |
owners of the property for his pay and
asking nothing from the city save per-
mission to 10 the work. On motion the |
petition was laid on the table.
The report OF the city sexton shows II |
deaths for January, II white 3 colored
The city depository report shows
cash balance to the credit of the city of |
S4,262.22. Vouchers are payable up to
and including No. 50 of December Is,
1850.
The finance committee We're granted
further time TO examine the report of
the city marshal and secretary.
The bond OF Andrew Maulden, given
as security for conforming with ordi-
nance requirements III keeping bawdy
house, was accepted.
The following bills were allowed and
paid: Policemen, sexton and
cartmen, S2S5, for January; Downs Il
Fort, insurance on calabuose and engine
house, $50.
On motion Of Alderman McKeen the
insurance ON the calaboose was re-
dUced from $500 to ) 500, and the safe
and contents included In the policy
that the insurance on the engine house ,,
De reduced from $4,000 TO $1,000 A bill :
of Sl4 20 was allowed I. P. Abeel: John ,
CarboneTo, feeding prisoners, $3.50; !
". $. Clinton, street work. S25; Waco :
fire department to appropriations, No !
Ienber, December, January, $500; " !
\. Grand, work on calaboose, SLIP: :
street work, $l0l; J VI Drake, printing, =
$3.50.
Alderman McLaren, from the com :
nittee uu streets, reported that as much !,
work us possible in this weather was be !
NJ done. He reported in reference to u
training the pond in East Waco, that st.
Iouis parties had proposed to furnish
tile at twenty-six and
wenty-three cents.
The matter was left over for considera- L.
on under the head of new business.
Alderman Calvert ra fF9m tPe tEsf n q
ference to getting more dividend from =.
lie market which he was instructed to u
'Ok into he saw no way to do so without Il
lforcing the ordinance in regard 10 u
on the streets, or partitioning "a
he stalls so that parties coutd rent parts p
ow unoccupied. He did not think, Is
Oweyer, partitioning the stalls would ;"
e good policy. He reported averse to :"
cling any part of the unoccupied ~
larket house grounds. On motion it ai
as decided to enforce strictly the :"
.arket house ordinance, commencing P'
Larch !, notice being given by publica- -
on TO all persons that violations viii ie
e followed by fines, as the ordinance pf'
royides q
Alderman Morton, from the commit u
e on printing, reported a bid from the p,
for city printing for the en- !"
ing year. The bid was ten cents per
ne. The committee was granted fur
Ter time to investigate as to accepting
lie bid.
Alderman McKeen, from the commit
e on gas, reported erecting lamp posts
] the corner of Franklin and Eighth, ?,
AIRY and Eighth, anu jackson and W.
ighth. The report was received and a dis
e gas company viii be authorized to 81
1t up the posts. He also reported that III
2 had the extra gas lets put il the city 81
Ill., pl
The committee on finance was granted /"
rther time to prepare the budget of a.. an
preparations. ~
City Attorney Richey reported that vi
e city could not force the Houston and pr
aXas Central to drain the pond i'll East "''
AGO unless it could be shown that they
t the sole cause Of the water standing So
ere. The attorney also reported that ~
could find no evidence of cross p
'eot below Clay further west than io'
'nrth street, and from Third to Fourth
'eet is now in part blocked up. The
ports were received and filed.
Alderman Solomon, from special COM
ttee, reported, in reference to a plan ar ar
r taking the city census, that it was the IF
mion Of the committee that the cen
S should be taken IN every ward at the
me time. Several good citizens had {
their services and others bu
lld he secured.
On motion the chairman of the ordi- sill
nee committee was instructed 10 draw
clause amending two articles of the str
finance ou taking census, so that the I
yor may appoint one or more census Ian
,ers and present the amendment at COZ
It meeting. st,
The special committee on opening tiol
zenith street was excused from further =, :
or. 1he
The ordinance committee was granted Ie.
ther time on drafting an ordinance \
'erning the speed and movements of =
.way trains in the city, ringing of CO..
IS, blowing, whistles, standing on q
ssings, etc. q
IN motion the city council appro- =
ated $500 toward draining the pond in q
st Waco down the line of the bridge
} the river, the work to be done under
supervision Of the street committee,
zens Of East Waco subscribing D
ugh 70 carry out the work with what relii
stance they get from the city, the his
not to be used unless the work is one
ain of being completed in full viii
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