San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-28
COUNCIL MEETING.
More Streets Given Away to the
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ternoon, with Alderman Guerguin in
the chair. Present: Aldermen Lock-
wood, Sartor, Rogers, Boelhauwe,
Kaiteyer, Conner, Fest, Wulff, We
Der, Reiman and Guerguin. Absent,
Bolton.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
The following petitions wese pre-.
sented for the consideration of the
council:
By James Cullimore, for permit to
erect lumber, metal roof dwelling
on the south side of Convent street.
Referred.
DIVER, Griggs and Cassiano, for
permit to put up boiler, engine and
steam pump for laundry and to
erect shed of corrugated or galvan-
lied iron for protection of same. Re-
ferred.
By citizens, complaining that the
street commissioners force. while
grading Presa street, encroached upon
private property. Referred.
Ed. BradeD, contractor, for extern
sion of thirty days time to complete
work on the abutments to the bridges
on st. Mary and Market streets. Re-
ferred.
Elmendorf & Co. for permit to erect
a shed 34xl00 feet in the rear of their
store on West Commerce street, to
be enclosed on two sides with four
inch brick wall and covered with all
iron roof. Referred.
NJ. J.. Hewitt and J. D. Miller, for
rfght-of-way to establish, operate and
maintain district telegraph system
in San Antonio. Referred.
Ambrose Simpson and F. M. Sabin,
for permit to lay square f1ag-stOne
sidewalk in front of their property on
Ruiz street, as class A. Referred.
Miss M. NJ. Vaughn, asking that
an angle in the line of her sidewalk
he changed to the corner of her fence.
Referred to city engineer.
William Sims, w. E. Jones and
Isidore Flores, asking that they be
compensated for property taken from
them In widening Buena Vista street.
Referred.
By citizens of Third ward for the
extension Of water mains from the
intersection of Cara street with the
Fredericksburg road. Referred
The Express Publishing company,
for permission to use a temporary
steam boiler ON Losoyo street while a
permanent boiler is put in place in
place in their building. The petition
was granted.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
The names of persons who have
failed to construct sidewalks on Gar
den street, as required by the city
ordinances, were read.
Alderman Eartor moved that the
council proceed to let the contracts
for this work, as provided for by law.
Alderman Rogers, Connor and others
objected to this, and the matter was
{ finally referred to the street and
bridge committee.
The city engineer also presented
the names OF property owners on
Turner, Beauregard and Madison
streets. Referred to the streets and
bridges committee.
The commissioners appointed to
assess benefits and damages in the
widening of Medina street, sbmitted
the following report: Damages-C.
o. Mcclure SIS, James II. Hogan SO,
r. H. Cullen $50, Mary Grandjean $50,
Alvino Pima $50, Lazaro Damian
$500; total $72O. Benefits-C. o.
Mcclure SIS, estate of B. Schwartz
$40, r. III. Cullen 500, Grandjean SIS,
Julian Pima S25, Michael Ryan $25,
Charles Guerguin S25, Alvino Pima
SIS, Lazaro Damion 500, Mary Grand
jean $50, Julia Leigh $50, William
Hiley $50, Wolf & Marx %, William
s. Smith S25, Charles Haley $S5. Total
1925. The report was adopted.
Alderman Weber, for the fire COM
mitted, reported favorably on the fol-
lowing documents submitted to the
committee.
A. de Zavalla, for permit to erect a
frame building with single roof on
the corner of Taylor and Fourth
streets. Adopted.
p. Fox, for permit to erect lumber,
metal roof building on the east side
of Commerce street in Eighth ward.
Adopted.
Alderman Reimann, for the COM
mittee on petitions and ordinances,
submitted report on a petition signed
by fifty-two business men on Com
merce street, between Main plaza and
the bridge, asking that the ordinance
prohibiting the hitching of horses and
teams on that street between the
points named be repealed. The COM
mittee recommended that the petition
be granted. Adopted and the ordin-
ance was repealed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Alderman Lockwood reported for
the committee on telegraph and rail-
ways, recommending that the petition
of the South Heights Rapid Transit