The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-04

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in said stream to at once removed. deferred
10 Committee on Streets and bridges and City
Iiy iiolton; Resolved, That the Street Com
| missioner be directed 10 build crOaswelks on
streets near all pu0lln schools In the city at an
ny Gailagher. Resolved, that the owners Of
] property abuttlng on the north side Of Com
inerce street, from ffio street 70 the Interna-
| tional railroad. be. and are hereby. directed TO
] construct thereon Glass u sidewalks. as per or
! dinancc. ADOPTED.
/ gineer be- and hereby "a instructed to immedi-
! ateiy inspect the sidewalks on all streets or
! avenues, where class q walks have been or
| tee all parties who have not complied with
l the orders OF the City Council, and that the
sidewalk committee at once let the contract
| with ordinance governing same. Heferrcd 10
/ the Finance committee.
by French Resolved, That IN anticipation
OF the adoption OF the proposed amendments
/ to tho city charter, dividing the city into eight
wards, that rule No ~ OF the rules and rogu
| lstlons governing the proceo dinRs OF the city
| Council be so amended as to provide that the
Committee on bitches and Irritation, AS
wsSs' shall berea ter consist OF three mem
bers, and the school committee" as at pres
ent. of four members. without regard to ward
repr, slntati)n. Il fcrred to Committee on
By lockwood, Resolved, That the Water
works company be requested TO 10y finch
main through Tenth street, from Ave- ne u
10 Austin street. referred TO to the Gas and
Water committee.
iiy seh'oineri Whereas, The office Of His
Honor the Mayor, and the Council room arc
In u dilapldatcd condition; therefore be it
Resolved. That His Honor the Mayo, be au.
thorlz "a to have In said Mayors Ouice and
Council room all necessary repairs made and
put in good shape AT oncc.
Belknap moved that an appropriation
OF $500 be expended in the necessary
desks and furniture that the Mayor and
City Clerk may need
Bolton stated that he did not see why
they should spend $500 more when the
city was already $1,000 in debt.
Schreiner said the resolution only
called for withdrawing.
Belknap claimed that His Honor the
Mayor and City Clerk had not proper
acc ommodation to transact the business
OF the city.
Bolton then moved that the resolution
should be referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings, which was seconded
and adopted.
Alderman Bolton introduced the fol-
lowing resolution to the Council:
whereas, At the election nv the property
owners Of this city january, 1885, the vote for
tho issuance Of bonds for the purpose Of
building system of sewerage, II was alleged
by great many that they voted adversely on
account OF the city not owning the water
works, and that the cost OF water supply for
sewers would he too great for them, and
whereas It ia meet and proper that the city
should be the owners OF INC water system OF
the public, and Tor rconon ical reasons and a
Wenrs OF reve"ue be "
X solved, that HIS II nor, tho Mayor APP
point committee Of i've Alderman, who
shall ascertain IRON the Pr eidont or directors
Of the san Antonio Watetworks cOmpHny tho
quantity and cot Of different matt or pipes
and hydrants, now m use or about to 10 laid
indcr existing contract, the cost OF machi-
nc'y ~ Il other property of the 'mnany, and
- In NluaHNa
81 wear bonds, the company will surrender
their ght and title TO sam" 80 the cit', nam
ing.a dsc in tho near ia nrc that thlir Nor
viii he accepted by them, II accepted 10y the
lily Council nnd vote Of the people.
Smye: 81 move the adoption of the
resolution
Lockwood: "Before vote IS taken
on that, | would like to make few re-
marks. | cannot, for the life of
me, see the reason or judgment
to put five members Of the Council to so
much trouble. | lam perfectly convinced,
from IA conversation had with the Pres
ident of the Waterworks company, that
100000 will not buy them. Where is
the money TO come from?
Alderman Lockwood then adduced the
sewerage question, when the city want
ed S3j0,00O. lie further stated that he
was always in favor OF the city owning
their waterworks, but 1t would be many
long years before the city arrived in such
n prosperous condition.
Alderman Smye said he thought the
question of cost was brought up pre-
maturely. Let the committee investi-
gate the matter They could not raise
| S500,0 to build waterworks, but at the
same time there was way OF raising.
| Let the thing be investigated.
I Bolton stated that If they let the
waterworks be owned for another 10
| years, they could not get IL for 81 ,000,-
900. He always thought the city made
great mistake in allowing the water
works to get out Of their hands.
| First own the waterworks, next the
| sewers and next pave our streets; 1t
was rs natural as water running down
a stream. They had right to know
the valuation of that property, If it ex-
ceeds certain amount, under the terms
they were allowed to hold their system;
the city is entitled to receive revenue,
and 1t will not hurt the City Council at
all inquiring into the matter.
Lockwood: | have only one remark to
make in respect to that. Suppose the
President of the waterworks says they
do not want to sell That settles it for
20 years.
Smye: | do not see that il is in order
to assume the answer they will give.
There is no use in assuming anything.
The resolution was then voted on and
accepted, after which the Council ad-
journed.