San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-21
COUNCIL IN SESSION.
WHO WERE THERE AND WHO
WERE NOT.

| the Bridges.
City council met last evening in
regular session, all present save City
Clerk Claudon and Alderman Kali
teyer. Assistant Clerk Guilbeau read
the minutes, which were adopted as
read, and
| MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.
as follows were presented and referred
to their appropriate committees
Petition of Peter Gage, complaining
of the poles and wires of the Erie Tel
egrsph and Telephone company inter-
fering with and endangering his prop
| erty.
OF William Smith for a permit to
open a market at % Acequia street.
OF J. r. Tendick, for permit to
erect condenser floor for ice plant on
west side of Losoya street. OF p. II.
Doyle for permission to straighten a
ditch through his lot.
OF Ed. Stoves & Sons and +. J.
Beitel, asking that South Medina
street be graveled OF the crossing Of a
switch which has been taken up.
OF r. NJ. McCray for permit to
erect lumber privy vault north side
Marshal street.
OF citizens, asking an amendment
of the cattle ordinance prohibiting
driving cattle ia herds north of the
Arkansas Pass Railway company's
track.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
City engineer reported with map,
showing the proposed street from
South lores to Presa, which was re-
ferred to city attorney to draft ordi-
nance: Also, giving estimates of cost |
of construction ofiron bridge piers and |
wing wall for the Crockett street eX-
tension: Also, specifications for three |
new iron bridges which were referred |
to bridge committee together with the
profile of Burleson street, from Olive
to Austin.
The mayor pointed out the necessity
for six additional policemen, arising
from the action of the council in the
houses of gambling and proc titution
and on motion of Bolton the
of six additioal police
" as ordered to serve for six months
with regular pay. An amendment
was ordered drafted to the above
ordinance providing that inmates of
houses of prostitu ton who need treat
ment be cared for at the city hOspi-
tai.
The Crosstown railway was ORDER
ed investigated, for violation of its
franchise in not running cars more
frequently, by committee on railways
and report made to council at next
session.
Finance committee reported un
favorably on claims OF Fren CHI
club for damages in tearing
down their club room and report was
adopted.
Committee on streets and bridges
favorably as follows:
On Boelhauwe's resolution that the
city engineer be instructed by the
mayor to give the proper grade of an
alley between Avenue ID and + and
Third street, and for the street com
missioner to then place the alley in
the proper condition.
On resolution Of Weber authorizing
the mayor to instruct the street COM
missioner to lay stone crossing
across all street crossings on Houston
street fir ON the International depot to
Cameron street
On petition OF citizens for the lower
ing of box drain at the crossing OF
the Arkansas Pass railway and Laredo
street.
On the petition of J. G. Moody for a
permit to build a room (irOn clad 10
Xl6 feet on lot 5 west side of South
Flores street, opposite the First ward
school house.
The petition of Thomas MCGEE for
The erection of al iron clad building
26x22 feet, on the south side of Wesl
Commerce street, thirty feet west of
San Pedro creek was reported upon
and report adopted.
On the petition of James Clark that
a grade for Burleson street be estab-
lshed Immediately by the city, it was
ordere that the city engineer be i'll
structed to report if possible at the
next meeting of the council the best
grade for that street.
Finance committee reported favor
ably on the claim Of john Campbell.
J. + Nugge and A. P. Rivas tor $ln
each or $50 for two days service e2ch
as commissioners appralsing the value
Of property for the widening OF East
Houston street, and also on those OF
George NJ Gordon, A. Prescott and j.
n. GrOss beck for SO each, or $50 in
the aggregate, for the widening OF
Soled ad street, both of which reports
were adopted and The various amounts
to the uses and benefits
OF the claimants.
Conner, tor police committee, recon-
mended filming Officer Stevens S35 and
lose his pay during suspension. TOR
dancing while on duty. Adopted