The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-10
Streets and Bridges.

The Streets and Bridges committee
of the Council, consisting of the Chair
man, Alderman Lockwood, met the
Street Commissioner, Mr.. Nelson, at the
Mayors office yesterday afternoon. and
proceeded TO hold an impromptu meet
ing ofthe committee. The petition of
citizens complaining Of the condition of
San Marcos street, was examined and
the committee decided to recommend
that the street be ploughed and graded.
Petition OF citizens on Cherry and
Sherman streets for reduction OF Assess
ment and for graded sidewalks will be
recommended to the assessment COM
mittee and TO the City Engineer.
A notification was received from the
Water Works company, OF the planting
Of eight new fire hydrants for the city.
1t was recommended that this be re-
ferred to the Gas and Water committee,
payments TO commence on the hydrants
February ].
Petition ofemployees ofthe Street Com
missioner asking to be retained in the
employ Of the city. Recommended that
hereafter only cartmen owning and
driving their own carts be employed
The Austin correspondent OF the News
sums up some of the business to be done
by the Legislature, the following:
The "copperas- brooches" element say
II the committee don't get something
weighty before the House mighty soon
they will wait on the patrician lawyers
no longer, and will by resolution fire out
from the committee the Alexander bill.
so the House can get to work.
There is concerted movement to at
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People interested In numerous institu-
tions are aiding the politicians to get II
| down and divide its funds. Even il is
said the aid of the head of law school
in Tennessee, that has, until the univer-
sity of Texas was established, enjoyed n
large patronage from this State, has
been secured to assist the raiders.
A competent journalist here says he
will undertake, for $1,000 year, to
transact all the business done by the
insurance department, and will give
bond in $1,000 to do so. There is not
much hope of the department being pre-
served on Its present basis. u
The Legislature will give Superin-
tendent Baker more clerks, as the mem
beTs generally ooncede his help is in
| sufficient.
1t is rumored the joint penitentiary
| committee has had some trouble and
finds itself embarrassed in making its
Investigation. In the investigation OF the
Conner and Fairs settlement one of the
members of the committee, 1t is stated,
has been considered slightly In the way
as he was Indirectly engaged In the set
Element. Probably this fact will be the
means Of making the investigation more
thorough. Both the gentleman in ques-
tion and his opponents will shell the
woods around Rusk for evidence in that
complicated case.
When the amendment TO the school
law. taking certain counties out of the
list Of those in the district system, was
adopted, Messrs. Upton and Groos,
Representative from Fayette, had
their county taken out. In the
Senate is understood Senator Fowler
had 1t placed back under the district
system. Before the thing is settled
there will be some music In the House
for the House will stand by their repre-
sentatives.
The House land committee will short.
ly present bill acceptable to the ex'
tremists on either side of the lanC
question. The State land board will BIZ
abolished. Sales will be confined tC
actual settlers at So per acre. Leases
/ VIII De AT cents an acre minimum. The
committee has been at work nearly
month trying to get an effective practi
cal and fair land system formulated thai
will be generally acceptable, and thinl
the result is attained.
shippers Of cattle are protesting
against legislation in their behalf ant
against the railroads now under consid
GRAFTON, as they fear the railroads will
put up rates.