San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-26
CITY COUNCIL.
THE PAPERS FOUND NOT FOUND
SO SAYS THE DICTATOR.
Hugo & Schneider Property to be
Condemned--Petit Reports.
ETC. Acted On

1uSO o oCIlUlellZef Property 10 Dt
Observation-Disclosures. Reports.
Etc, Acted On.
At the meeting of the city council last even
ing the full board was present except Alder
man Kalteyer.
The minutes being read. Alderman Bolton
moved TO expunge from the minutes that pOr-
ton referring to Alderman Kalteyer having
certain papers in his possession. The mayor
objected, because he said, the papers were
found but were not in the particular place
Che the mayor thought they should be. The
motion"of Bolton was withdrawn, and after
much useless talk the following petitions and
memorials were read:
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS:
Antonio Fl, Quintero. for permit to open a
meat STALL north corner Ruiz and SOledad
streets. Referred to market committee
Citizens asking that South Flores street be
drained. Granted and $50 appropriated to con.
,struct necessary culvert.
Carter & Mulaly, for remission of interest
on their taxes on personal property for years
lSS4-lsSS. Referred to assessment com.
NJ J. MulIihan, for correction of assess
ment. Referred to asses ment committee.
NJ. MollyneauX, for remission of taxes
overpaid Referred to assessment COM
mittee.
Elias Edmuuds, for reconsideration of the
city council rejecting his petition for reduc-
ton of assessment Referred to assessment
committee
H. Heiligmaun, administrator of estate of
NJ. G. Heiligmann for reduction of assess
ments. Referred to assessment committee.
Mrs. Mary Halamuda, for remission Of
taxes. Referred to assessment committee.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
Report OF city engineer upon petition of
Adams i Wickes for re-SuOdiyisiOn of block
4. Referred to committee on streets and
bridges.
Report of city engineer with sketch show
ing existing and proposed line of East
Houston street between Avenue f and ditch.
On motion of Alderman Bolton the report
was referred to the committee on streets and
bridges for cOn5ide ration as to whether 1t is to
the interests of the city to condemn the prop
erty.
Report of city engineer with sketch showing
the land to be taken from HUGE Schneider
to strengthen Alamo plaza.
Alderman Lockwood stated that the owners
of the property had called upon him that
morning and made verbal proposition,
which was that they wished to retain pOss -
sion of the property for three years and that
they were willing to bind themselves in a writ
ten agreement to sell to the city at the expra-
ton of that period, but they refuse to place
any value on the property.
The mayor said such a proposition would
not be binding, but he hoped that
il the cOhncil desired to condemn the
property, they would do it at once.
Alderman Lockwood said he was in favor of
conde inning it and pres ented the following
resolution:
Be it resolved That his honor, the mayor,
be and is hereby directed to take the neces
sary steps to condemn and take for the use of
the city the fol owing described property own
ed by Hugo Schneider, firm composed of
Charles Hugo. G. Schneider and VIM. Heuer-
mann, whose residence is San Antonio, BeXar
county, Texas, said property lying in the state
of Texas, county of BeXar, and within the cor
pOrate limits of the city of San Antonio, and
being more particularly known and described
as follows, tO-wit: 1t being a strip of land
situated on the east side of Alamo plaza and
bounded on the north side by East Houston
street, beginning from the southeast corner of
said strip at the intersection OF the present d.
vision line of Alamo plaza and the nOrthwes.
corner of the Alamo bui ding, the property of
the state of Texas, thence westerly with the
present building line of the Hugo Il Schmet-
ger building, eighty-eight and fOur-tenths feet,
to the southwest corner of this strip; thence
in a nOrtherly direction with The present line
19l BIO feet to the northwest corner OF said
strip; thence east W tn East Houston street
eighty and eight-tenthS feet to the northeast
corner OF SAID STRIP; thence in sOutherly
direction 100 and seven ter tbs feet to the place
of beginning containing thirty-nine one
hundreths of an acre of land, together with
the improvements thereon, nap or plat of
said property Eeing hereto attached, marked
"Exhiblt A" I'd hereby referred to and
hereby made part hereof.
A. l. LOCKWOOD,
Alderman at Large.
The resolution was seconded by BoelEauwC
and vote resulted in its adoption. Alderman
Reimann, SartOr, Wulf and Bolton voting IL
the negative.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Further time was asked and granted thu
committee on the proposition of Fire Com
pany No. l to sell the city their building OF
Market street.
Further time was asked and granted tn,
committee to report on the claim of Schafer
Braden for work done.
PETITIONS AND ORDINANCES.
The report of the committee regarding tw
cemetery lots for cOlOred lodges, recOmmittet
at last meeting, was brought up; the commit
tee recommend ing that the petitioners ask 70
q different location, was adopted.
The petition of tiremen. asking for increas
of wages, was reported favOrably, the com
mittee recommending that the salaries be in
creased from $40 month 90 $50 where on
horse was driven and $50 month where tw
horses were driven. Referred to finance com
mittee.
STREETS AND BRIDGES.
The resolution for the macsdami ling an
grading Of st MARY street was reported on
The committee recumm ended that it be FLEE
for future reference until the means shall
have been provided.
FIRE AND FIRE LIMITS.
Petition To erect q brick stable on the sOutl
side of Market street Granted.
Petition from Mrs w lsOn to build iron clat
on East Commerce street. Granted.
peti.iou from Charles Mann aUaut oF tbi