San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-13

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MEMORIAL PETITIONS.
A. Scholz for extension of lease for
the city property on Losoya street.
S. NJ. Johnson, P. NJ, asking that
an electric light be placed on the east
side of Avenue Z. Referred to gas
and water committee.
b. J. Mauermann, for correction of
assessment.
Louis Delaroche and J. J. Farmer,
for reduction of assessment.
J. J. Farmer, for reduction of assess
ment.
A. Goodloe, for remission Of taxes
overpaid. Referred to committee on
assessment.
Jose Cordova, for allowance as pau
per from the city. Referred to COM
mittee on petitions and ordinances.
q. J. Dean, for taxpayers, for a
bridge over second Alazan creek. Re-
ferred to street and bridges commit
tee
The petition of R. C. Harm, w. L.
Brown, w. Etace & Co. and Kate Dill
Ion, to build stables were referred to
fire committee.
Edwin, McCrillis and others, that
the words "for rails that are known
as Johnson Pattern" be stricken out
of the ordinance granting them privi-
lege to lay street car tracks, ETC., as
that rail is not adapted to the use of
electric cars. Moved and granted
that the petition be granted as pray
ed for.
Petition of st. James NJ. f. church
to use San Pedro park on May 81. Re-
ferred to committee on parks.
G. A. Duerler, to place twelve
horse power boiler on his premises on
Commerce street. Referred to COM
mittee on fire and fire limits.
Petition of citizens ofSeventh ward,
near City cemetery, for extension OF
the pound limits.
Petitions of citizens to have the |
brush cut out of Hack berry and Mes
quite streets on the south side of East |
Commerce street.
The Alamo Monument association |
presented a resolution that the city |
building to prevent it from going to |
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to take possession of it and |
have charge of it at their own eX- I
pense. Referred to committee on |
parks and public buildings. |
Citizens of Sixth ward, that the |
Waterworks company be ordered to |
extend mains on the hill east of the |
military post. The military authori-
ties have been furnishing water to |
these citIzens, but the Waterworks |
company have notified the former to |
cease to furnish water beyond their |
reservation after May 10. The petition |
was granted.
Citizens, that Danver street be !
opened on the west to Luna and on |
the east to San Pedro street. Carried, |
that as all owners propose to donate |
the improvements, petition be re-
terred to city engineer and city attor-
ney to draft an ordinance.
The mayor at this juncture takes |
charge of the piledriver and aEnoun-
ces the appoin tment of the regular |
The mayor then took the chair and |
announced his committees for the |
coming year as already announced in |
the Express.
Citizens for the improvement of |
Olive street. Referred to committee |
on streets and bridges.
Lakeview Rapid Transit for amend
ments In right of way.
Petition of citizens of Adam and |
Mission streets for one electric light |
Referred to committee on gas and |
electric light.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS, ETC.
The bids for the lease of the River |
side restaurant building were read as
follows:
R. H. Russell, $50 per month for
five years.
Frank Grlce, 81 ,S25 FER year for five
years.
The petition of A. Scholz for extern
sion OF his lease for three years. The
lease of Mr.. Scholz was read. Alder
man Bolton moved that Scholz have
the property for three years at 500
per month. Amended by Kalteyer
that Scholz have the building at
81 ,S25 year, quarterly in advance,
for five years and if he does not &C
cept this, the lease be awarded to the
highest bidder. Carried.
An ordinance by the city attorney
for permission tor the Lakeview r. r.
company to use certain streets.
In filling blank left by the city at
tOrney it was provided that the road is
to commence at Nineteenth street and
Perez street, and the council fixed the
limit of the franchise at thirty years.
The company will have five miles
ready for operation within nine
months, after passage of ordinance
and complete one mile a month there
afrer. The question of the kind of