San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04
IN SOLEMN SESSION.
THE MAYORS MILL GRlNDS OUT
ITS WEEKLY GRIST,
Conner Camps on LockW Gods
Trail-LookinG Toward Fair
Ground Transportation.

Nj OtIId iT CiIlSpOT ldIiOn.
City council met in regular session, mayor
i the chair, all aldermen present Minutes
of the previous meeting read and approved.
The petition of the first assistant city clerk
for larger salary was referred TO finance com
mittee.
Proposition from Gregory Hermann to do
nate right of way for street through his
Houston street property upon certain COndi-
tiOns was referred to the city attorney, and
committee on ordinances and petitions.
Ordinance from committee on petitions and
ordinances prohibiting bulls from running at
large was read, ordered printed once aud
laid over under the rules.
Committee on Fire and Fire limits ported
favOraby on Mrs. Palms petition for Blum
street ad iitOn, and on Shacklett's petition for
SIa0le untavJrably on Shackletts petition
for band stand balcony on West Commerce
street.
Assessment Committee reported reducing L.
). Van Nnets assessment TO 800 per acre, and
correcting asses ments of II. Cunningham,
Mrs. S. A. PEBBLES and }. H. Hosack. Wv
Wrights petition for reduction not granted.
No reports were received from the finance,
public improve ment. streets and bridges, fire,
bitches and irrigation, gas and water markets
and pub ic buildings, Telephone, telegraph and
railway. sanitation and hospital committees.
ConuOr's hog Limit ordinance was called up
as unfinished business but was laid over at
the mayors suggestion to come up as new
business after it had been doctored.
house on west side of city was brought up.
Alderman Bolton moved that the mayor be
authorized invite bids from property hol-
ders on the west side of East street for the
sale of not less than four nor more than six
lots, having ~ varas frontage, fOrthe purpose
of erecting school, house thereon.
X gers and Lockwood favored appointing
committee of three TO carry out the resolu.
ton.
Bottoms motion was lost by vote of to 3.
Lockwood moved the appointment of a com
mttee of three to select site and report to
council; adopted.
The report Of the committee on the main
market recommending that it be sold by the
city, was brought up for discussion, when AL
derman lockwood sad he understood
raised as TO the right Of the city to sell the
property. TIL property had been donated to
the city simply TO be used as market. and If
the city did not use the property for that pur-
pose il had been urged that it would revert to
It's original owner and the city lose her title to
it. He would therefore move that the report
be referred to the city attorney for mis- opin-
ion. Adopted.
Inc city printing award was called up, and
Bottoms proposition to award TO the lowest
bidder was negatived to 3. and the award
made to the Timss,
Johnson Bros were awarded the job print
ing contract
NEW BUSINESS.
Conner submitted the following amended
ordnance:
of San Antonio:
That Section Is of Chapter "a of the Revised
Ordinances be so amended as 10 read hereaf-
ter as follows:
Section l5 The keeping of hog or hogs in
a pen within the city limits on the north, two
and One-half miles on the east, two and one
half miles on the south and to corporation
line on the west as far south as Grenada
street and thence south one mile on the west
of the cupola of the Cathedral of San Fernan-
do.
apy narsop vioIstipo o,,. oT ,Lo x,ror;,;ors
of this section shall be deemed guilty of an Of
Tense and upon conviction thereof before the
Recorder, shall be fined in any sum not less
than $500 nor more than S2OO.0U,
The rules were suspended and the ordinance
placed on Its third reading and passed.
The mayor retired from the council decar-
ing himself too sick to remain and Guergin
took his place.
Bottoms resolution ordering property own
ers on both sides Of Fourth street to lay first
class sidewalks within so days from Avenue E
TO ditch was adopted: also, that of Reimann,
ordering property owners on South Alamo
and Mill streets to lay frst-class sidewalks.
Reimann's resolution was referred TO the
city attorney, authorizing the mayor to con
tract for first class sidewalks four feet wide
in Presa street from Garden to Labor, which
have been ordered by the city and not laid as
ordered by the owners.
A rock crOsswalk on South Presa and Ala
mo streets was ordered. Also, that property
owners on Garden street from the river to
King william street lay trstclass sidewalks
III ~ udy
Alderman Lockwood presented an amended
ordinance granting tie San antonio Rapid
Transit railway company the privilege Of con-
structIng and operating street railway over
C-rt2in streets.
COnnOr moved to refer to committee.
Lockwood said the Rapid Transit matter
had been lingering q long time and did not
1 hinlI that there was an objection TO consider
ing and adopting the revised ordinance nj the
present meeting, he therefore moved 20 -u--
pend me rules and place the ordinance upon
It's second reading.
Alderman ConuOr took copy OF the ord.u
anua introduced br Alderman LHo6wuNJ ".H
aid: every time this urIiUHug comes mp
and goes Co @ committee. it grows smaller ami