San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-19
COUNCIL CHATTER.
CLEARLY A CONQUEST FOR AL
DERMAN GALLAGHER.
The Report Of the Committee on the
Street Commissioners Com
munication Gives Him No
Justice - None Was


Justice - None Was
Expected.
The city council assembled in regu-
lar session yesterday afternoon with
all the aldermen present except
Kalteyer, who is absent from the city.
Petitions and memorials were taken
up as follows:
E. Rische asked permission to erect
ornamental sign in front of store on
Commerce street. Granted.
Fire association No. l, asking the
city to pay SIS rent per month for the
lower part of their building, the en-
CINE house. Referred to committee.
JOske Bros, for permit to erect avn
ings supported by iron columns in
front of their new store. Granted.
r. &. Harm, to erect lightning rods
on hospital. Referred.
Property owners, asking that part of
Avenue G be graveled or macadam-
lied. Referred.
Jas. Harris, for remission of his
taxes. Referred.
| J. NJ. Emerson & Co., to erect a
show window. Referred.
Citizens asking that the improve
ment of South Flores street be ex-
|
nal estimate. Referred.
Adams & Wickes, proposing to dom
| ate right of way to open Josephine
street, if others will do likewise. Re-
| ferred.
A. F. Wolff, for permit to erect
gravel sidewalk, wood curbing, Not
granted.
Citizens asking to have Pine, Sher-
or nfC
Referred.
Citizens, to improve Presa street.
Referred.
The mayor announced that the
highest bid 101 cents, for the new
$4,000 worth of improvement bonds
had arrived and recommended that it
be rejected, and bids be readvertised
for, which was ordered.
Reports of city officers for May were
presented and referred.
The petition and ordinance COM
mittee reported as follows on the petit
ton of citizens to re-establish the
evening market on the plaza:
after investigation your committee find
| that section 5, chapter 81, City Ordinances, as
enforced now is rather inconvenent to a
large portion of our citizens: therefore we
would most respectfully recommend that the
petition be granted. Your committee fur
ther recommend that the market master or
his assistant shall collect the same fees from
| parties selling vegetables, etc, in the evening
as are collected IN the morning, but no one
shall be required to pay twice the same day.
The market master or his assistant shall be
a Se
! master proper receipt books with stubs"
The mayor opposed it.
Gallagher endorsed it.
Degener got it referred to the city
attorney.
Finance committee reported monthly
statement of receipts and eXpendi-
lures of cash.
The committee also reported that
$50 coupons of the Sl50,000 public inn
prOvement bonds had been clipped
and recommended their cancellation.
Adopted.
Mrs. M. A. Burton was granted con-
firmation of deed to her property.
J. A. Green, to have Pecan street
graded and graveled, was granted.
Petition of ThOs. Kearney, to have ST.
Mary's street graded and graVeled,
was granted.
The streets and bridges committee
recommended that the street commits
sioner inspect the Austin road and re-
port what improvements are necessary
to put the thoroughfare in travelling
condition. Adopted.
Degener, of the streets and bridges
committee, reported as follows:
Your committee on streets and bridges, to
whom the communication of the street COM
missioner was referred, beg to report, that
they have fully investigated the complaints
therein contained, and find that the street
commissioner undoubtedly misconstrued the
wording of the order sent to him, as your
committee has not been able TO find, as the
street commissioner in his communication
says, a covert insinuation accusing him of
selling gravel or dirt in any manner
THE resolution or order reads very plainly
not to allow the sale of gravel or dirt and
your committee is certain that the city coun-
Gil, in passing the resolutions referred to, did
not intend to cast any reflection upon the
street commissioner at that time, the council
only exercising its rights, given under section
l2S of city charter to which particular sec
ton the street commissioners attention is
again called. The facts have been establish
ed that employees of the city under the
charge of the street commissioner have Of
fered for sale and did sell in some instances
gravel and dirt taken from the streets to pri-
vate parties for the purpose of improving
their property. This clearly shows that the
council was justified in passing the above
mentioned resolution, and your committee
now holds, after having fully investigated,
that had the street commissioner attended to
his duties he would have known of this
wrong practiced by his employees and dis
charged the same from service. In answer to
the remainder of the street commissioners
remarks, your committee would only say that
the mayor is obeying the orders of the city
council, majority of which saw fit at the
time to pass those resolutions"
Schreiner read minority report as
follows:
Your committee to whom was referred com
municRtiOn of street commissioner. cOmDlain-