San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-30
RANDOM NOTES.
Taken By Light Reporter at the Last
Meeting of the City Council.

Meeting OF the City Council
When the petition Of Mrs Nina Magerstadt
for remission Of her fine by the police justice
was read the faces OF the recorder and city
attorney, who were present, wore broad smiles;
She claimed that fraudulent evidence had
been used in the court to convict her. She
wanted her IS back, but il was refused.
Gallagher started a regular bonfire When ne
introduced that resolution to compel the
waterwOrks company 10 furnish tuli head
of water all the time from the tWO-lncb Tree
hydrant on Cars HILL in the First ward, used
by the poor people. He said water could not
be had from the hydrant, except In very
small stream, and Mackay stated that once ne
had timed the filling of water-bucket from
this hydrant and IL had occupied ten minutes
Smye said he could not understand this whole
sale cutting of of water by the Waterworks.
He had known of whole sections of the city
water supply system to be cut of at one time,
when no fire or other accident or excuse nau
arisen Gallagher said this was not the hrst
time such a complaint had come from Cars
hill, and for that matter the same complaint
had come from Washington square and Frank
lin square. Mackey said he was glad to see
the aldermen opening their eyes to this ques-
ton of the waterwOrks. He had heretofore
been alone in his fight against the water COM
pany, but II he had more help, he would make
IL awful hot for them.
Mackcy brought in a resolution that the
mayor order the sum of SIS TO be paid AT
once" to Engineer Eugene Giraud, for the
use of valuable records concerning the prop
erty lines at the head of the river, and which
had long since been used by the city engineer,
and the money voted by the council, but Mr..
Giraud mad called several times for his money,
and could not get 1t. He had become disgust
ed and Mackey said, rather than let Mr..
Giraud wait longer for his money, he would
pay 1t himself II the city repudiated the NIUE
debt. The council, to many OF whom inns
little piece of business was malterot news.
voted TO pay the money at once. The joke was
on Mackey, for the money had already been
paid.
The two stand pipes ordered on San Pedro
avenue, one at Elmira and one at Warren
street, will prove blessing to that street ana
its Inhabitants.
Quite a discussion of the failure of the
waterwOrks company to fulfil their contract
with the city, was brought up by McAlllster
statement that Sanitary Inspector Jenull, IN
trying TO open a hydrant on Garden street
found il would not work, and he had also
found the hydrants on King William street
where the proper pressure contracted Tor by
the city, and paid for was not put ON. Smyc
said the council had been trying for two years
TO get the people fire protection in that part OF
the city, and the Water-works company had
before promised to put on the pressure on TINS
circuit and had not done SO. He moved that
the company be required TO make the neces-
saTy connection and put on the pressure on
the hydrants before they be accepted by the
city and that the amounts paid by the city on
these hydTants be charged to the company IN
their account with the city. This was finally
adopted, after several of the aldermen had
given their views on the subject.
Mackey thought il was favorable opportu-
nifty to bring in one of his pets and asked the
city II the resolution pfeseuteu ny ulul ldst
March requiring the mayor or city attorney to
correspond with the Water-works company
relative to purchasing same, had ever been
complied with. The attorney stepped forward
and said this resolution was news to him. He
had not been instructed to buy any water
works. The resolution was produced ana II
required the city to correspond with the
Water-wOrks company relative 10 the purchase
OF the same, and to correspond with the view
of getting the Holly system of water-works.
The city administration seems, from the de-
velopments made by Mondays meeting, to
have very lax method of doing business,
and IL the mayors eyes dc not improve soon,
who knows what may be7fOundi
When Alderman Mackey gets through
speaking it makes one feel as if the band
should begin to play.
COnnOr combines literature with business
and reads the evening papers alternately with
putting in resolutions TO have brush cleared
of the streets.
Smye is opposed to contracts in general and
wants all the idle labor utilized and time
saved as much as possible
French is the chairs able cOadjutOT and his
words of wisdom and instruction are listened
TO with great attention.
The aldermen seem to be able to talk II little
freer when the mayor pro TEN Is in the chair:
Not a word was spoken on the subject OF
the health of the city.