San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-08
CITY COUNCIL.
A Very Elaborate and Interesting
Meeting Held Yesterday Az
ternoon- What Was

| mayor FRO leIH SCHreluer caiieu
the council together rather tardily
Yesterday afternoon, with just a
Quorum present. After reading the
minutes of the last meeting the fol-
lowing petitions and memorials were
taken up:
p. Warner, to move small build
ing. Granted. r.. Becker, for build
ing permit. Granted.
+. Meisel asked for increase of pay
as city chimney sweep. Referred.
James f.. Thomas asked for reduction
of his tax assessment. Referred.
Haley & Co., ditto. Referred.
Cross Town railway company mott
fled the council that they had one
mile of track in operation. Referred.
Alamo and San Antonio Lodges of
| Odd Fellows petitioned the city for
burial plats. Referred.
+. De Hymel was given permission
to erect a meat stall on Mitchell
street and other outside butchers
were allowed to keep their stalls for
another year.
Hon. Mayor and Council, San Antonio,
| Texas.
CONVENIENTLY San Antonio street
| railway company respectfully requests
your honorable body TO grant to 1t, with
proper restrictions the right to change the
motor Of its street railway cars in this city
from horse power to the Sprague Electric
motor system, as now used in Richmond,
Va, Harrisburg. Pa, Erie, Pa, Davenport,
| Iowa, Akron, Ohio, and on Euclid avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio. In making this request
| the company guarantee immunity to the
this motor. This company will be in posi-
| ton in the future to lay such lines as the
demands of the public may require and pro-
| poses to enter into contract with the city, In
consideration of the grant herein requested,
| to pay to the city twenty per cent OF the net
| earnings Of all new lines which it may here
after construct within the city. under grants
of right of way hereafter made by the city
council.
Early attention in the premises will great
| ly Gbiige.
The San Antonio Street Railway Com
| pany. X. HOUSTON BROS,
Attorney.
The petition of the San Antonio
| Street railway company to change
from horse power to electric power in
the hauling of cars was referred to
the proper committee, and the COM
munication of the attorney for the
Rapid Transit street railway, (Hick-
man and others, praying for right-of-
way, was referred.
Petitions, for the improvement of
East Commerce street, referred, and
improvement of an alley between 3rd
and 4th streets, was granted.
Contract for walling up the Madre
ditch was awarded to Z. Kuppers &
Co., at $40.
City Architect Kramer bid highest,
$2O1, for the material now III the Russi
building, on Military plaza, and it
was awarded to him.
The sum of $50 damages to property
of Adams & Wickes for the opening
of a street through their land was APP
propriated.
The mayor asked the finance COM
mittee to provide for the payment of
commissioners appointed to assess
damages for the city. -
A plat for new addition to the city
cemetery was reported and adopted.
In the report of the finance COM
mittee, the reports Of the collector,
and engineer were found correct. The
engineer was allowed rod man and
instrument man for work in the new
street paving works soon to begin,
ana $500 to pay them were appropria-
ted. Alderman Kalteyer, one of the
committee, did not sign the report be-
cause some of the vouchers did not
appear regular. The contingent fund
of 500 was nOtprOperly accounted for;
was not itemiZed and he was not given
a chance to.see the vouchers, which
were not laid before the committee.
An item of 5000 paid for ground on
which to dump garbage was not full
ly explained. The mayor proceeded
to explain this part of the objections,
by saying the ground had been sold
by him to the city, with Mayor Pro
TEN Screiner acting for the city. Then
the report of the committee, thus
whitewashed, was adopted, with AL
derman Gallagher and Kalteyer yot-
ing against it.
a resolution by Kalteyer, ordering
that T rails laid by the Cross Town
Railway company De taken up, was
adopted.
The city attorney presented his le-
gal opinion as to creating the office of
city auditor. He thought the duties Of
an auditor were vested in the city
clerk, and the testimony of an audi
tor would be invalid in court. The
mayor said that opinion did not de-
feat the resolution for an auditor,
and then the opinion was adopted.
Gallagher asked for information
There was no provision in the chaaer
for a clerk of recorders court, and
why was one appointed? also, there
was no provision for assistant city
clerk, and why was some one hold
ing down that job? The mayor re-
ferred him to the city attorney for an
opinion.
aldermen Gallagher and Kalteyer