The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-03
CITY COUNCIL.
The Proceedings of the Regolar
Meeting Yesterday.
Petitions and Memorias-New ordi'
nanees Reports Of Committee
The New Street Work, Etc.


ener. Belknap, Lockwood, llambloton,
Pauly, Schreiner, Smye, Conner aud
French being present.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
The following petitions and memorials
were received:
From the foremen Of three hose COM
pauips for telephone. The petition was
referred to the Fire committee.
The street Commissioner reported the
cost Of grubbing aud grading Ninton
street TO be SOL 30. The appropriation
was not granted.
l.. W. Mudarasz. for permission TO
erect an iron-clad on Houston street; not
granted.
Alderman llambleton reported on u
new ordinance prohibiting tue sale and
display Of pictures Of n lascivious or sug-
gsstlye character. IL was read and or
dered printed one time.
An ordinance was introduced into We
Council by Judge Wesley Ogden to make
the width of the sidewalk on Lexington
Avenue 10 feet.
The ordinance was amendCl so as to
make the sidewalk i've feet wide, with
grass plot on either side, which was
adopfed.
aud Bridges committee, recommending
that brush and stumps on Grenada street
be cut out at an expense not exceeding
SD.
The committee rejected the PROPOSE
ton Of the Hazard Powder company, Of
fcring 10 sell land at $500 an acre for
gravei. II authorized the Mayor to pur-
ohnse land from V. Be2a.
The Police committee report I'd I'M
avorably on Hefgen and Ellis' 9titions
20 have fines remitted. The reports
were adopted
The Gas and Water committee re-
poricd on the petition OF citizens for
water mains, stating that they had al
ready been ordered, and the Mayor was
asked to notify the water company.
Wate~ mains were ordered on Mon
tprey to South Frio street, and on San
saba TO end Of strte ct.
The Park committee reported In favor
Of allowing Antonio Gonzales to open Il
meat stall on South Flores street; also
TO allow II. Limburger TO remove sail to
the corner of Starr and Live oak streets,
The reports were adopted.
a favorable report was also made on
The proposition of Fred Jenny to i'm
prove the west side of San Pedro park,
giving him $50 month and police pow
Mayor to enter into n contract with
him.
The Mayor stated he was opposed to
the matter. and In this view he was sup
ported b" Pauly.
The lease Of Mr.. Kerble was read,
showing the present occupant OF the
park to have about four ana half yeals
longer to run.
The report was finally adopted, Pauly
alone voting nay.
The special Committee on Street lm-
provements reported rs follows:
Hon. bryan Cullnghan, Mayor:
Gentlemen--I our special committee
10 whom was referred the bids received,
with estimates of the City Engineer, for
proposed street Improvements with
| view of selecting certain streets from the
| list of those originally designated, so ms
| to reduce or ourtail the amount OF work
to be performed to the means Mt our
command for the pavement thereof, re-
| specially submit the following, VIZ:
As the proceeds OF the sale OF bonds
available for the improvements oOntem-
| plated, is ouly about $4,000, and the
work us outlined by former committee
and upon which bids were invited and
received, estimated on the basis OF the
| lowest bid as cents per square Yard for
| The TeliOrd pavement, aggregates more
than Sll7,OOO, it becomes necessary 90
eliminate nearly 60 per cent. OF the
work.
1t Is scarcely necessary to say that
under the circumstances your committee
| lind it exceedingly embarrassing to so
arrange matters MS to do full Justice 10
| all interests involved.
Holding the public interest paramount
| TO all other considerations, and after Il
| full and earnest consideration of the
| subject. your committee recommend that
contracts be entered into withJ. q. Mar
| shall (he being the lowest bidder for the
| Improvement of the following named
| streets, from and to the points specified,
| to-wii:
South Flores street. from point where
a branch Of the San Pedro ditch crosses
| the same to Cava!lns street.
South Laredo street, from terminus of
macadam to the crossing OF the AlaZan
creek.
Lexington avenue from Lewis bridge
| to Dallas street.
Dallas street, from Lexington avenue
to Romano street, and Romano stl5et to
| North Flores street.
North Flores street. from macad9m
| terminus on the south side of the San
| Pedro creek, crossing the creek on the
south side of tue street railway bridge,
| to and with the Fredericksburg road to
the intersection of Granada street,
Avenue ID, from Alamo plaza TO Grand
avenue.
Fourth street, from Avenue c toLewls
| bridge.
GOlad street, from Water to Matagor-
da street, and Presa, from Alamo to 600
| yards south,
| The above-named streets can with
| money Mt command, be improved to the
| full extent originally contemplated. But
| to accomplish this, an apparent unequal
| distribution of the work, 80 far as the
several wards are concerned, was un-
| aYoidable. Where this may be found
to exist your committee feel confident
| that the council will do full justice to
| such in the future, In contemplation
Of such action your committee recon-
mend that In the event of additional
work being undertaken during the next
| fiscal year, those streets originally Sc
leo.ed for improvement, and not includ-
ed In this report have precedence Of all
other work
In conclusion your committee recon-
mend that his Honor, the Mayor be au-
thOriZed to designate the amount OF
bond to be given by the contractors,
when the work shall commence. and the
entire contract shall be completed all of
which is respectfully submitted.
LOCKWOOD,
FRENCH,
GALLAGHER,
SMYE,
Special Committee.
rhe Hospital committee recommend
ed that the bid OF Messrs. Nigel ~ Wit
! te he aOceDted-S3D 71O-and recotn-