San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-17

The mayor said the engineer would
have to answer that himself.
Here the playing of the Fashion
theatre brass band, in passing down
Commerce street, interrupted all con-
versation for five minutes.
Mr.. Maury said he was the consult
ing engineer.
Kalteyer then read the ordinance
governing the city engineers work.
The ordinance prescribed that he
should keep book and enter all fees
received for private engineering work
for anybody. He had visited the en-
gineer's office, saw the book and saw
there were no fees entered from the
Cross Town Railroad company.
The city engineer was allowed to
answer the alderman, which he did
with considerable heat in his words.
He thought the alderman was taking
considerable interest in his affairs
and thought he should have come to
him openly and asked to see that
fee book, instead of going in his office
and getting it during his absence. He
stated that all the work done by him
for the Cross Town railroad was done
out Of his regular Office hours. If de-
sired he would resign as engineer for
the company.
Kalteyer replied that he did not act
dishonesty or covertly in looking
over the fee book. He demanded 1t
publicly from one of the engineers
assistants. 1t was a public record
and anyone who wished had the right
to seeit.
Gallagher said it was hard for a
man to serve two masters. 1t took a
good one to serve one. He had also
been reading the papers, and desired
to know something about the opening
of West Houston street from
Frio to Medina streets, near the I. &
G. N. depot. This the LIGHT has
referred to-.
The mayor said the city had agreed
to build the sidewalks on each side of
This the city had done.
Gallagher said the council had
never been informed of that. The
council had never authorized the
mayor to draw warrants Oh the city
treasurer to pay for those sidewalks.
Where did he get the authority? Was
it ordered by the council?
The mayor said he thought SO. ~
Gallagher said he expected to
know this and would know it
by the next meeting. He read the Or
dinance governing the mayors dis
bursements of money. He did not like
so much secret work going on.
The mayor replied very hotly that
he never had nor never would indulge
in secret work.
Gallagher asked for the copy of
letter the mayor had written to the I.
and G. N. superintendent regarding
this street. The public letter book
was produced and the letter read in
which the mayor used the word 1--WE"
right along, instead of the city. He
thought the administration was very
solicitous to further the opening of
this street, on which the Cross Town
railway would certainly run into the
depot grounds.
Richey said he had asked for the
opening of this street.
Gallagher-Theny you are the other
part of the Eve"
Callaghan said he was tired of these
insinuations. Whoever says he had
any connection, however remote, with
the Cross Town railroad, "stated what
is not So" He had been guilty of
many indiscretions, many mis-
takes, but he had never writ
ten Timothy Winebruiser. Here he
was relieved by quick motion to adj
journ, which though not seconded be
put, and though hardly voted on, de-
clared the council adjourned while
Gallagher, who was ON his feet in an
instant attempting to reply to this last
sheer, shouted mo, you hadn't the
brains probably to write the book"
After the council there was a great
uproar, the German aldermen arguing
with the Cross Town railroad people
in loud voice; Messrs. Kalteyer and
Maury talking over that fee book in
an excited way, and the mayor
cautioning the clerk to lock up that
letter book and all the public papers
securely in the safe.
There were a great many spectators
present, and all left with smiles of
satisfaction on their faces, as though
highly amused with return of the
good old show days, when Aldermen
Mackey, Belknap, Lockwood and Gal
lagher used their prods.