San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-15
THE CITY DADS
Hold Quiet Me sided
Over by Alderman Guerguin.

Hold a Quiet Me sided
Over by Alderman Guerguin.
At the meet ng OF the city council held yes.
terday afternoon Alderman Guerguin presid.
ed, and tie following were present:
Alderman Bolton Conner, Boelhauwe, Kali
teyer, Lock wood. SartJr, Reinann, Rodgers
Y Der and wifi.
The follow e petitions were read and re-
ferred to the Apr p'i late committees:
By S ]. MOI rel. to open a tent for the sale of
patent mpdclI es.
by A. Chapman, for permission to construct
an iron clad lumber building in the first ire
limits. -.
A complaint and petition of u mum Der of citi-
zens of the Seventh ward in regard to an en-
enactment on Goliad stree.
The city clerk then lead the following bids
for 1urn shng the curbing FOR various streets;
For stone rbs, per linesl foot; Ed. Braden,
Is cents; >iggli Sim"n, A. ce is; James Al
v'rd, 90 cents: L. Mickejunn, fo~ BALCONIES
stone. 60 cents aud for FlItonia stone 80 cents
Snr cpncrete: Il. II. Nickel bhn, % cents.
For cemeut: The Miller Paving company,
2S cents. All of these bids were for de Iyer-
ing and putting he material in place. Messrs:
j War.hal and Thos. FRANKLIN entered bid
at 81 cents for delivering the material Tor &C.
"ent curbing at their own p ace Inc matter
was refer ed to the sidewalk committee
An ordina' ce To amend sections "a, -, 90,
q, 81 and "a, of chapter 81, in reference 10 oc'
cupation taxes, was placed in its second read
ing.
sdence Of Mrs. Col. Wi liams to Rodriguez
>tr"et was unanimously adopted.
The report of the expert accountant for the
y, ar 1880 was pre-e't ard ordered printed
one time and laid over under the rules.
The resolution TO extend + lm street to Crock-
EFT street and to compens re the property
holders whose property would be traversenn ny
The extension, was read one time ana lalo
over.
committee, reported hat the committee haa
examined aud found correct the r-pnfts or
he city weigher and city treasurer for the
month of October.
A derman Wulff presented resolution to
appropriate So Tor subscription for one year
to the fficial organ OF the CITY, the subscr1p-
ton to Commence from the date or the adop-
tinn of the organ by the city and the paper TO
h" kept IN file by the city clerk. Adopted I'M
animously.
Auerman Roge introduced resolution to
pay the charter revision committee, consist
ing of six gentlemen, SIS per day, each, for the
six days they served. 5.
heing an honorary and he did not believe
the committeeman could I'm good taste ask or
expect compensation, still if they insisted on
being paid for il he would vote for the reso
luton. which was unanimously adopted
resolution ordering property holders on
East Houston street from avenue ID TO Il was
adopted.
SION to build a lumber building in the second
fire limits was grantt
Alderman Bnelhauwe's RESOLUTION to have
the different engine houses needing II painted
WAS adopted, and the mayor Instructed 10 ILL.,
vite bids for the work
p titOn for permissi N to lay water ana
va Zip 3 on Elm street wat reported fayora-
bly, on by the committee on water e'ectric
igots the report WAS adopted and the city
engineer was instructed TO give the lines and
tepths for the pipes;
The IN lket committee, through Alderman
Wulff, reported tn. C mplaint of citizens OF
e g. cOnd ward in regari u the filthy cnnd1
tion of markets in that ward and recommend
G that the city mar hal he instructed To aoate
the nuisarc e WAS adopted.
Alderman LockwoOd's resoluti m IN re gard
to the city's enchanting other property witr
the United States government Tor the
arsenal grounds WAS adopt nnsnlm0usly:
Tnp petitions of Barnet and Weber to open
private MARKERS W. re granted. on the recon-
mendation of the mark"' c. mmittte
An ordinance to amend sectIo ana OF
chapter 81 of the revised CITY ordinances
reglI aiing the sac or goods. wares and
merchandise as art sold ny Eight or meas
ure. was unanimo sl adopted
An ordinance was introduced to r, gu ate
the wood t affic and require wHod dea ere
selling wood by the cord or the traction or
n cord, t" del yer the quantity sold. espe,'-
tally of sawed and split wo' d. properly. L
was ,ppns' by Alderman Connor who gsve
his experience in the wood business n.
matter WAS lad over
The city clerk then annonn' ed that Cart
I'd Braden. on behalf of the fire department.
would have carriaves for the members OF the
e. Ilucil at 9 O'Clock this m 'rninp In order TO
..ra'le them to participate in the hremens
parade.
Al ,ermsn Lockwood pr sented resolution
70 have the service nf the street ilwsy com
d my made IN re efficient and improved gen
eraly, and in pr g. mt ng it said
The present service and cordition or the
street raj way is fraud and disgrace to this
city The TT cks are out of r par. the cars
.re old and worn out, the mules are snail.
poor and too weak tn pun the heavy load'
that are permitted 10 be on the cars. Tn" city
mould see to the matte r at once. she sh uld
regulate the mum err of persons allowed tn
ride in car, compel the com any to- hav
more and better mules and to repair
keep in good condition its rOadbed aud r,
lug stock
Alderman ROGERS moved that the resolution
be referred to the committee on petitions and
ordinances pend ny negOtistIOnS etWeen the
vice president of the street railway company
aud the mayor.
Alderman Boelhauwe presented reSou-
ti0u D. DIVIDING that the CITY engineer should
KAN ne and test all material for The con
struction of sd, walks by property holders
and especially of cement. This reselut on
wa referred to the streets ami bridges COM
uittee.
RnlrOr moved that an electric ght he
place at the intersection of Chestnut and
Nolan streets. Carried.
Grand Opera.
The Grand opera house was again crowded
asst night. and the final performance OF Prof.