San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-20
A CROWDED COUNCIL.
THE CITY SOLONS ONCE MORE
IN SESSION.
Land and Improvement Company
Cold--CroSstoWn People Making
Time - FAIR Matters on the
String Session
To-day.

| Time - air waters on the
String--Another Session
To-day.
There was very full council cham
Der yesterday afternoon when the cit,
legislature was called to order at So
p. M, and standing room was at /,
premium, owing to the deep interes
taken in fair transportation.
| The members of council were al
| present save Fest, Guerguin and Kali
teyer.
Memorials were presen ted by Sec
ond Ward Hose company for right OF
way for electric fire-alarm system
through the streets and alleys of the
city, referred to committee on fire and
fire limits. From citizens for repairs
on Fredericksb road within the
city limits, referred to committee ON
streets. From Erie Telephone and
Telegraph company for permit for
iron clad stable rear of 231 East Hous-
ton street and for pole on Dryer ave-
nue., referred to telephone committee
with power to act.
Fair transportation communications
were temporarily laid aside.
The mayor stated that he had re-
ceived a personal letter from the
Fidelity Trust company of Kansas
City declining to pay any premium
upon the S264 900 bonds owing to a de-
probation of their value through the
injunction suit. That they would
take the bonds on their face value if
contract for printing bonds was given
the Woodward bank note company of
Kansas City, be made payable in
New York and the office OF the treas
urer not mentioned.
Lockwood called attention to the
losses sustained by the city in this
injunction suit and the reprinting of
these bonds, but believed that the
offer of the Kansas City company
was as good as they could obtain now
and moved it be accepted.
Bolton inquired if the issue would
be under the 10 per cent sinking fund
provision.
The mayor replied it is the same is
sue of bonds.
Bolton objected but his was the
only negative vote and the motion
was carried.
TRANSPORTATION PROPOSITION.
The citizens committee, appointed
at Saturdays mass meeting to confer
with the council on matters pertaining
to franchise for transit companies
proposing to build to the fair grounds,
being in the council chamber, Alder
man Lockwood moved that they be
invited to make known their bust
ness.
Col. Columbus Epson, as spokes-
man for the committee, made known
the action of the cOmmitte. After
speaking of the occasion and the ne
cessity which had induced their ac-
ton and disclaiming any intention to
represent any faction or dictate to the
council any action<in the premises the
presented the following resolution as
the unanimous conclusion of the COM
mittee.
"ResOlved, that we the committee
appointed to urge the holding of the
fair before the city council, do hear
by respectfully ask of that body to
devise some plan by which this OBJ
ject may be accomplished; be it by
the granting ola franchise to build
railroad line or Otherwise.n
Speaking to the matter of the reso-
luton Col. UpsoD suggested the tenn
porary laying of rails for a regular
steam car line the franchise to close
after December 1st, but only made
this as suggestion which had deem
offered in the committee room.
The committee had no plan to pro-
pose nor did they know that the
Land and Improvement committee
would act upon their suggestion did
he council adopt it.
Upon Lockwood's motion the coun-
Gil proceeded to consider the various
propositions for Fair Transportation
The MavOr submitted the following
which had been handed him:
"SAN ANTONIO, Texas. August 10.
TO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council:
GENTLEMEN AS it is the primary
and sole object of the Land and I'm
provement company to secure ade-
quate transportation to the fair
grounds IN time tor our next fair, the
Land and Improvement company
hereby represents that if the Cross
Town railroad or any other company
will give good and sufficient bond to
oh4Pl0Uo anu nave III SUCCESSFUL OpeT-
ton its line to the fair grounds by
November LIST, 1889, with car ying ca
pacity fully adequate to the demands
that will then be made upon it, we
will cheerfully withdraw our petition
praying for franchise to the fair
grounds.
Respectfully submitted,
S. A. LAND AND IMPROVEMENT Co..
He then read the following:
SAN ANTONIO, August 10, 1889.
To His Honor the Mayor and Honor