San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-20

year the salaries of officers were $40, 252;
engineer department, 81, 900; street COM
missioner, $4,000; police. $35, 600; gas
and lights, ST, 900; water, 81, QUO; health;
$50, 200; parks, $4,000: fire department,
$1,000; city pound. $3.50; bitches. $4,000,
printing, S., 900; iDoidsDtals, So, 972
Gallagher asked the reason why the
street commissioners appropriation this
year had been cut down. Smye replied
that 1t was because he would have no
carpenter. The city engineer would
have charge Of him. and his allowance
had been correspondingly increased.
Gallagher said he had for the past 10
months been watching the desire on the
part OF the administration TO hamper
the street commissioner and put greater
power in the hands Of the city engineer.
This WAS not right. The street COM
missioner had been elected by thousands
Of votes. and the engineer only BY seven
or eight in the council. He opposed the
increase In the engineers allowance
and the decrease in the street commits
sioner's. The budget was adopted.
Gallagher, for this reason. voting no.
Gen. Stanley's petition for $50 feet
drain pipe was granted.
Permission 10 run an electric wire In
the railway ticket Office OF the Kamp-
mann building, was referred to the tele-
phone committee.
The report Of the street commissioner
for February was approved.
The ditch on Main plaza was ordered
repaired.
H. W. Bitter's petition to open Pal
metto street WAS referred to the city On.
gineer.
w. A. Shaw was allowed to erect ad-
uopffainc hn hn lx,n 20 at
walks.
L. Kaiser was granted permit to erect
an awning.
John Kissling's petition for meat stall
was referred back for further informs-
ton.
A drain pipe to ditch on South Flores
street was allowed.
Pauline Davidson's petition to remit
fine in recorders court was refused.
Mrs. f. Starr for meat stall, granted.
Mrs. DOerr, for remission OF taxes. re-
ferred back to committee,
Gillett Bros, to change meat stall,
granted.
Mrs. Edmonds, to use upper story Of
Alamo for art school. Refused.
Erie Telephone company WAS granted
permit to erect poles on certain streets.
CrosstowI railway company's petition
for franchise was referred back.
Gallagher said the ordinance exempt
ing manufactures from taxation had
been printed with the mayors signature
before the veto went into effect. The
mayor said that was q mistake OF the
clerk, in sending 1t to the printer before
he had signed 1t. The sustaining of the
veto amounted to repeal of the ordi-
nance, anyhow. said the city attorney.
Gallagher had something else. He
referred to communication in paper
that colored people were refused ad-
mission TO the city hospital.
The mayor said 1t wasn't
true. Had seen 'em there himself.
Gallagher spoke of the report OF the
city engineer that certain streets had
been graded and improved according to
contract. Was that an acceptance? He
wanted to know, for those streets we're
very poor II completed. The mayor said
they had not been accepted. Gallagher
WAS the engineer who reported them, |
would chalk my head and hire out for
billiard cue."
Gallager was Informed that Ed. Bra
den had been paid 10 per cent on the
value OF the work for experimenting the
work done on West Commerce street
from Military plaza to East street. The
city engineer entered into this agree
ment with Braden and paid him out OF
the $50, 900 voted by the people for street
improvements. Gallagher claimed that
the engineer had no warrant or authority
for thus using the peoples money.
CiIy engineer said it was customary
to do this for use of the tools belonging
to the city. 1t had always been done.
Gallagher said he had failed to see
anywhere In the rules OF the council
anything authorizing the city engineer
to expend money in this way without
the consent or knowledge OF the council.
This is another fine spectacle Of this adj
ministration and protest against it.
Gallagher asked about the water on
Kerr's Hill and was told it would be at
tended to.
The amendment TO the market ordi-
nance was. read the second time and
laid over. Quite an interesting discus.
sion of the market regulations, pro and
con. was here INDUCED in, Gallagher
and Kalteyer supporting the peoples
side Of the argument, as usual, but get
ting out-yoted by the others.
The pound limits were extended to
include San Pedro park.
Under new business Gallagher pre-
sented a resolution to annul the ordi-
nance prohibiting public speaking on
the plaZas. Lost.
By Gallagher: Resolution repeating
the ordinance giving the engineer con-
troll of the plows and sorapers Lost.
By Conner: That gully on San
Pedro avenue, north Of w, G. Robard's
residence, be filled. Adopted.
By Ritchey: That electric lights be