San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-23


yeor hundreds of tho noor mamie oF nv
wnrd have been Obliged 70 use the wafer
from the Ajazan ditch and AIazan creek.
which to NV Lnowladga was moi m for
them IN nse 'The nearest nubIie foun-
tain was at Washington souare. about
one mile away. Lam often told that il
Alderman DIVER was alive they wouId
have water long before This. Ii is not a
very pleasant reflection for the living
Aldermen of Ward No. l, for we have
both done all in our power to give these
poor people drinking fountain. Why
il is not done and without any
delay is mystery to us. Yes,
gentlemen, we need to own and
operate our own water-works for the
general good and prosperity of this beau
tiful city that nature has done so much
for and we so little. l hope the sewer
age and the water-works will be both
properly placed before the people for
them To act upon and let the response
bility rest where ii properly belongs ;
with them, we have City Attorney
who is paid by the taxpayers Of this
city, and he says that we can build and
operate our own water-works.
Water works Company the chance to sell
work will be in black and white. in
order that 1t can be published. Then
the voters will know as well as this
Council what their answers Will De and
what we are doing in this important
matter with sewerage alone II Will De
big expense with no revenue. But IL
we operate Doth, the wafer supply VIII
give us revenue tnat VIII pay ,ne IN
terest on all the capital EXPENDED IN the
building OF both, ana IN my OPINION
handsome surplus DesIues' Ley tue TAX,
payers vote on Doth ana II VIII De carried
py large majority
am AFRAID II the proposition OF sewer
age alone Is leltto the Voters tnat II VIII
De deeated Dya large majority. Nall
general meetlng id inc court mouse alier
we near rom Tue "ater-"orke Soinpai ny
anu give the TAX payers GnanGe W oe
hearu rom; we represent 'ne cry, am
et Ileu ulrect VIA cou[ee W .aAo
s tiii. we are iaNIng steat PHISi =
DllIty on ourselves ~ not Oo"n n,,Iinni
Sne Puoiio oh In r iu Ia
nov 10 'ne 9iine ioi us W ~, ON y, 'n~
owning anu operating ms '%m 80
worms worms LEI US . Isse to 'il he
ponus ! 'n'nh my WIZ .hoOo
neSot'ateu d. POI oen,. ~, nsu
o9nGs peCo1S uue .ne '"A"o, S propSS'i ~
vi VIE oty viii Ia - ~ thiS tox "
S Naluo tua' We "o'u ~ ~ ILL -
NOW 10 tne '. .n W LIAM JUG o i ~ =,
e'ei. issI I ano Houo .,rost no.s,hin
money, anu save an .ne III possi ~ g.
1 WISH W hnoM mne. he eeMease is "
De pulit-It ~, eAact loca.io n1,, tIe 'o'ers
Vi my waiu can Sote ihtenigSntS.
oIIee' Improvement rs VIA We aie
gres'ly III heeu OIL heeP on WIN VIE
goou MoIh' livery uollar spent III wy
Iln PLo NV 10 hohey wei In .,i
anu VIII pay oacN ois Interest III INC au-
vance vi rear eeIne' Al.
C "lSH NJ" w oa.i 'ee t -,
SounSil W 'nie part vi the coh'I az. WIN
Inc "atsr-works COMPANY. II Ieaus :
1901 H. C;tn - Sor antnn;o shoi, nc,.
for tho nsa IF ion fra hvdrants which
orc now estehl;shed in accordance with
The Siraotion of the civ Conncii nm an
nroS 80 ~ Sso Co. aooh 81 soid h,dronts
instaad of SSno os In The afnresaid or;ai,
naI onntroct
pnou;d;nO tb. oity roloooas Oomo rant.
ord tors. Then II sars sdSitinnai fire
brJrants shall whom IemSndad hv the
Gytm %S.oi1 ' r" haraaftar esta .n1
Hnj O" odaitionaI So hrSrsnts shoii
nnt h eoT n,ors than 95o fnet apart and tha
n nUr Ue ront shall n O eyneed The smm oi
go NV VI
~"y, do ot find ory s,ec;t,ed srm ,omed
:, ,tO Nv non+r"o, soy ~ hr,jront 60 nc
~ ~ one hMnSratb H. niunI,, go 'I IL
S IN LUZ axnno6 tbot snn5 81 ioots
on;F - r'ic,ht he n,oSa conSido-ohlo Ioss
S W. II =. S,iU 70 Dnw 20 nanb for nUar
W. uso P"ImS ~" "'O 49, i " thn.,
Ooi.hnr ,,0af,,i nnr o-nonoaS,of Otrnl ~
ne hrrSb and no nrt'nf',hoIuay niooas ~
'rho piuom thnt nv nra no,;y so~ 10
81. nc hm rS tbot soo p pc hosSrain fop
xorIS nnw nov The interast on tSa cost ,S
o %Tu W." p"y va WV '0''
Vi n 80, th;s rosoI,,;o, mill fn, . fr;o,d
IN .uopv msn,her Of This t;onncii
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Lockwood called attention 10 the Dig
noWlty nil case, statlhg lha' MI. Lock
WOOD bought the properly Oh Tue cry
ana asked PERMISSION 10 enclose tne
street temporarily, Wnlch ne ulu' ne
knew the street was there' although ne
maze strenuous eHorts 10 keep IL en-
closed:
Mackey-l did that merely as an argu-
ment:
gallagher stateu tnere were seVerai
cases under MS own observation where
efforts had been MADE 10 secure water
Tor Inc poor people IN lne FIRST Waru,
and their EFFORTS had been as breath In a
cyclone, rs piece OF paper thrown INTO
the vast ocean; During the smallpox