San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-25
COUNCIL MEETING.
ROUTINE BUSINESS RUSHED
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More Mesquite Block Contracts Let
-----Petitions, Etc. !.
Regular session. held yesterday.
Full board present; Mayor Callahan
presided; minutes read and approved,
and the following rushed through
- - q 4 l. % PETITIONS, ETC. 4''~-'-4
J. A. Jones, petition, for permit to
erecta sheet iron addition to q house
onsthe east side of South Flores street.
Referred. lgE .lis.~' a:Teh E.-I. Sesss
IT. j.. Miller, for permission to open a
meat market Oh Kerr's hill Granted
M. Flores, & Co., for permission to
open a meat market on the corner, of
Matamoros and East streets. Granted!
Alderman Lockwood, for the COM
mittee' on streets and bridges, submit
ted q report on o map showing the
amount of land to be taken from the
east! side of Austin street, between
Tenth street and Grand avenue, for
the Widening d ofsaA Austin street.
( Adopted. = Il Tiefr "a jgtr /.
: The same committee also reported
ON a map showing the proposed ex-
tension of Garden street. Adopted.
The petition of +. A. Kuhls, con-
tractor, relative to sidewalks con-
structed by him, was reported on
with the recommendation that 1t be
placed on Ale. ''1-''
The street and bridge committee
reported favorably on the petition of
citizens asking that Santa Clara and
Goliad streets be paved and graded.
Property owners on Augusta street
were ordered to- complete their side
walks. r -. ~ g.-,.-s rem ..-s.ry
sTheo. Steubing was granted per-
mission to erect an iron.clad building
on Goliad street. ,.5.-. ..,-g y..'t
Alderman Guerguil, for the COM
mIttee on taxation, reported favor
ably on the petition of the heirs of
Margaret Chavez, asking that the in
terest on unpaid city taxes for 1885,
1886 and 1887 be remitted. Adopted, ;,
with the proviso that the principal
for those years be paid at once. :Es.a
{! Alderman, Schreiner, for the special
committee, reported on the petition
of a. P. iRivas, asking compensation
for land taken from him in the
widening of Cameron street, and
fecoipmended't that the petitioner be
paid S75 damages "A doptediI0S
tiSAlderman Kalteyer madea rrnniion
that the city attorney be9ins tructed
TO draft anlerdinance to lregulats the
Pruning of electric cars around street
corners. iAdopted!7n5 baA oiuoiGA !
pa M. ReichgaaerandIo others, slasking
that the city pay them sforn labor aon
the Gard, n street. rieerwallR Refers
| iedImOJ gYitsv9esuu0 V VI III :
tevDaSid Donaidson, asking that the,
West End Town Company be- re-
strained from working ona Virginia
avedne Until the proper grade rs es-
tablished by the city engineer. & Re-
| ferred, TT H&IEOaTAF
Property owners on Erfel avenue,
asking that water mains be- laid on
said avenue from the corner Of Brook
| lyn and Elmira street to its end Re-
| ferred. kdJ=El Hhl OrLLE u
Citizens of Kerr Hill and Prospect
Hill saskinglthat stheIpest house be
removed to a more, remote locality.
Referred. y so9f ssarlgtsa'j ala1is nj u
| - Merchants on East Houston street,
asking that Contractor Il. HI. MCKEE
i
down mesquite block pavements un-
til after the Christmas and New
Year holidays. Referred. q G'sg
/ A. Fitzgerald, asking that he be al
lowed to proceed with the work OF
developing gas, minerals, etc., at San
| Pedro Springs. Filed. .a o.a. .lg +,
| gH.W. Philips & Co., two petitions
| for permit to erect steam power and
electric plant, and TO run electric
wires across Houston street. Re-
| ferred. dErE ,aa s.7Hiaa 3ft fro rsowe q.
BY citizens, petition for bridge
over the dry creek on South Flores
street. Granted and the mayor in
structed to have the bridge built. -
/ saE COMMITTEE REPORTS. r,a! 81
4 Alderman Rogers reported fayora-
bly, on city collectors accounts for
September and October. 'sja sags b.
i The removal of the city pest house
was referred for future action. I.f5 -
The walls of the recently burned
building on Acequia street Were de-
clared dangerous and ordered re-
moved.!9f ssasJ s.57I O. ids'aEtE - Il
Lockwood's resolution ordering
Mesquite block paving on Crockett
and Losoyo streets to the present con-
tractor without any. bids was carried.
nu BY Alderman Reimann: Resolution
that the telephone company be re-
quired to place guard wires over all
street railway electric lines. Re
ferred.f an Is r. 81 Ie we
The council then adjourned. 10
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WASHINGTON, November 25.-The
Post tomorrow will say that Repres-