San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-15
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
Gallagher Asks Some Nasty Cues
lions About City Employees in
Politics.
Mayor pro tenn Sohreiner, held the
ribbons yesterday, and the council held
q very lively meeting and accomplished
some good results. At least Alderman
Gallagher gained point by asking why
city employees attended the demOc ratio
(?) convention at Turner hall and left
their official duties.
The first business was the disposal OF
petitions and memorials as follows:
Alderman Kalteyer, for leave Of alb
sence. Granted.
Street Commissioner Campbell, for
leave of absence for one week. Granted.
s. P. Boettler, for permit to erect
frame school room on north side Of Mar
tin street. Referred to the fire COM
mittee.
P. G. Stevenson, for permit to erect .
lumber addition, with metal roof, to st.
Mary's hall. Referred.
Home for Destitute Children. for plat
Of ground In the City cemetery. Re.
ferred.
Mrs. M. G. Trueheart, for permit to
erect lumber shed on the north side of
Travis street. Referred.
Mrs. Eliza Gallagher, for reduction Of
assessment. Referred.
Citizens, for extension Of water main
In Third ward. Referred.
A. l. Lockwood, complaining Of the
poor drainage of avenue D and Ninth
street, and asking that 1t be remedied.
Referred.
Citizens, protesting against the open
ing Of Wilmington avenue, unless the
owners OF property thereon are compen-
stated. Referred.
VIM. Boerner, complaining that that
part Of the Bandera road, under the jur-
isdiction Of the city is impossible. Re-
ferred.
Geo. S. Chabot, to have brush and
weeds removed from near his houses on
Leigh street, east side of South Press
street. Granted.
Erie Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany, for permit to erect poles, etc.
Referred
Members of the fire directory, recon-
mending the payment Tor section hose
ordered by VIM. Hoefling for use of Ala
mo Fire company No.2. Referred.
Guenther & Sons, submitting plans for
bridge over San Antonio river. The
plans were adopted and petition grant
ed.
Citizens, asking for gas or eleotr ic
lights on southwest corner OF Main
plaza. Granted.
Jacob Dresch. for the refunding of
poll taxes paid since 1874. Referred.
8. A. Gas Co., asking that the city dis
pense with the electric light lamp
ordered to be placed on Dullnig's tower.
Granted.
81. Miohelsen, secretary and treasurer
of st. Marks cathedral, asking that a
curbing be laid in front of the cathedral,
as 1t is intended to build q class "a"
sidewalk there. Referred.
n. Mackey, reporting that the bridge
over Apache creek, on the Castroville
road is in q dangerous condition.
Referred.
E. s. Austin for permit to erect an
ironolad bathroom in rear of No. 267
West Commerce street. Referred.
Citizens, for the improvement of
South street In the seventh ward.
Referred.
San Antonio Gas company, complain
ing of limbs of trees interfering with the
electric wires. Referred.
Citizens, tor repairing Cherry street,
Referred.
Reports of city officers on their regu-
lar work for the month were presented
and referred.
City Engineer Maury was granted
leave Of absence to 60 to Austin.
The report of the city attorney on the
complaint of Ed. Stoves regarding the
street lines on Gonzales street was re-
ceived and adopted, the city attorney
deciding that the property In question
WAS secured bV limitation Also his re-
port on the Gallagher motion regarding
the power of the city council to remit
assessments, stating that he was of the
opinion that they had the power.
Adopted.
A number of reports Of the CITY en-
ginser on business referred to him
we're presented.
A special meeting of the council was
summoned for today to inspect the
plans for the new city hall.
Reports Of committees were next pre-
sented and acted upon, and under I'M
finished business Gallagher arose and
prodded the public improvement COM
mittee for not making any report on the
$1,000 worth of new street work now 60
ing on without the authority or knowl-
edge of the council. He also arose, and
in a short speech said something that
the administration evidently did not
like. He spoke as follows: "YOur
honor, 1 have something to refer
to that dislike very much, but l have
heard complaints made about the parti-
san participation OF city employees at the
late so-called democratic convention. i
was there myself, and l saw a number of
city employees participating In the con-
vention, which 1 considered was lot