San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-12
CITY COUNCIL.
The Cats Away and the Mice at Play
Soledad Street and that Big
Money Discussed.

Soledad Street and that Big
Money Discussed.
The city solons met yesterday at the ap-
pointed time, all being present but Aldermen
BerVstrOm and HamblCtOn and Mayor Gaia
CHAN. Alderman Schreincr filled the mayors
chair, and after the minutes of last meeting
were read by Assistant Clerk Fletcher tCity
Clerk ClaudOn having bad cold they were
approved, and petitions and memorials were
read.
Petition for drain pipe from Val. Lorra.
Granted.
Citizens asking for gas lamps on Avenue ID.
Referred to gas and water committee.
Mrs. 7. q. Williams, proposing 10 uolla,S
strip of front of her property on SOledad
street il the city would build the sidewalk.
Public Improvement committee
Citizens complained of bad railroad crossings
on Guadalupe, III PasO and san Fernando
streets. Streets and bridges committee and
city engineer.
Citizens asking fOrimprOvements on SOledad
street. Public Improvement committee;
The finance committee reported that the en-
ginCer's and inspector of weights and meas
urcs reports were correct The latter Oihccr
reported a great many complaints against I'M
pure milk An ordinance covering this matter
of impure milk will be drafted by the city at
tOrnCy. ..
The council was asked to appropriate $4,000
to dcfray the, expenses of the city govern
mCnt for another year. This was refused by
Il vote of the council.
A resolution was also passed to discharge
the sanitary inspectors and compel the ponce
to do this work.
The public Improvement cOuIllltttt IT,
ported in favor of retaining the grade on
avenue ID, much as possible without IN
juring the trees, and that uniform grade tc
kept in each block. Adopted.
The fire committee reported in taNor OF
granting Ed Stoves petition for building
permit also that of NurcisO Lcal Adopted
Reports Of the ditch commissioners were
nltd.
JailOr's report was correct; also the reports
of the pound master and city marshal Filed.
a lsO the park-kceper's report
D,t nf ~
granted
The finance committee was instructed TO
prepare the tax list at the next meeting OF the
council.
Gallagher created breeze by calling for the
report of the committee on widening SOledad
street at the Smith corner. Ii was read, and
Mackcy asked If the money, sou, had been
paid for the widening of the street. The clerk
said ii had. Bclknap said he would Ike to
know what we were getting for II. No answer
came forth, and Mackey said he would ike to
know, too. The map was called for and Gala
CHER charged that the full amount of property
paid for had not been received by the city and
he could prove it by the engineer. Mackey
said the price was figured from the plaza
frontage and was too much for the strip of
land and the street was no wider than before,
only the sidewalk was wider and that benefits
the biggest imposition on a small scale
that have seen perpetrated since have been
in the council. Is it common sense! Is there
member of the council that could have got il?
No, sir. 1t was because Mr.. Thad Smith has
got little political influence.
Mackcy was called to order bv the chair,
with the request not to he personal.
Mackey-"It is what believe and am not
afraid to say it. 1t is true. We bought that
for the benefit of the city, and did not get it.
Twenty inches of il went for the benefit of the
private property. | object to it because the
city paid for it,"
LOckwoOd-"I endorse every word the gen
tleman has said. thought the property went
for the street, and ask what the mayor was
doing when such thing was allowed.
Gallagher also charged that four inches had
been seized at the corner for the benefit of the
private property, also an encrOachment of
eighteen inches on the plaza.
Smve argued that the property was bought
according to the plat made, and was the basis
of the committees report He thought il Il little
late and that the property was given up by
the Smith family. They cannot be blamed for
the widening of the sidewalk.
French moved to retire the curb of the walk
to comply with the width of the walk at other
points, or that the Smiths refund portion of
the purchase money Adopted.
The steam roller question was again brought
up in the form of "a reply from the manufac-
turer to the city. The matter was laid over,
to be lard before the expert engineers who re-
ported favOrably on the present engineers
qualifications.
Notwithstanding the refusal of the council
to vote more money to the mayor, the follow
ing new street work was ordered under the
head of new business:
That the street commissioner grade and
gravel San Fernando street, and that the
street commissioner nix Il Dram III front OF
Hines Clark's place, near the ]. n 6. n.
depot adopted.
That Main plaza be properly graveIed at
once. Adopted
That gas lamp he erected at the corner of
st Mary's and Fannin streets. Referred to
the gas and water committee.
That the engineer pay special attention to
the construction of sidewalks on avenue ID,
and see they are trstclass. Adopted.
That the street commissioner grub BuCna
Vista street, to cost not more Il an S45. Com
mttee on streets and bridges.
That the street commissioner at once repair
South Flores street in Bcanville. Adopted.
Bclknap-"Well what are we going to do
about il There are no funds on hand. The
notes for the ba.a Of the year will be re-
qurcd to pay salaries for the police, etc. If
money, you should not ask any more work
done. The work should be done hut there is
no money TO do il with. II you do not author
ize the loan, you cannot hold the mayor re-
sponsble for not doing the work"
Gallagher guess we can get along until
after the End of November"
That the street commissioner I'LL mud hole
on Nueva street; also all the mud holes on
South Flores street, between the plaza and
Nucva street. Adopted.
That the city attorney draft an ordinance
requiring all milk vendors to secure a license
from the mayor or be subject to fine for
failure. Referred to the city attorney, to-
gether with Belknap's resolution on the sub
ject.
That in case of arrests by the police with
out warrants, the prisoner may be released by
depOSiting a sufficient sum of money likely to
cover the fines in such cases imposed by the
recorder
The resolution was referred to the police
committee and city attorney.