San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-27
CITY COUNCIL.
MILITARY PLAZA PAVING AU-
THORIZED.
Sidewalk Fund Intermediates
tions OF Kespect-RoutIne
Work.

Yesterday afternoon the city coun
Gil held a regular meeting, adjourned
from last meeting out of respect to the
late Alderman Corbett. Petitions and
memorials were taken up after the
reading of the minutes and disposed
of as follows:
George Eggling asking for repairs
on sidewalk injured by a steam roller;
citizens asking for an electric light,
corner of Houston and Nacogdoches
streets; citizens asking for gas lights
at the corners of Starr and Cherry and
Starr aud Olive streets; citizens ask
ing that hydrant be erected on Au-
gusta street between the Shook and
Beauregard properties; Mrs. Sophie
SkwOrtZ, for a drain pipe from the
corner of Villets and Presa streets to
the river; Logan Russell, for permits
sion to build at the corner
of Losoyo and Crockett streets;
| M. Half d Bro, permission to remove
an ironclad building and erect lum-
Der stable on South Laredo street, G,
B. Smith, asking $50 damages caused
| by a collision between his express
wagon and Sunset hose cart, Paul
Wagner, permission to place show
cases In front of his store on sidewalk,
j. b. Flannery & Co., for contirms.
| ton of the bounds of lot, J. w.
White, claiming $45 damages to his
| carriage caused by defect in the bed
| of Pine street near the Gulf, Houston
& San Antonio railroad. Referred.
Citizens asking that Starr street be
graded from Walnut to Pine. Grant
ed.
The San Antonio Rapid Transit
company asking for an extension of
| it's franchise limit beyond November.
Granted.
Joseph Hettler, parks keeper, ask
ing for 500 pots to be used in a hot
| house at San Pedro Springs park.
Appropriation ordered.
Committee reports were then read,
| Architect Giles was voted his account
OF SIPS for examining the High school
building. Waste water pipe
was allowed Mr.. Englehardt. Cross
walks on NOgalitos and South Flores
streets were recommended. Building
| permits were granite to Juan II. Car
denas, f. +. Collins, +. Wultf and to
Mr.. Rooards. Petition of Fire Chief
Peck tor the men and for hose drying
| towers was granted.
The Office of city veterinary sur
| geOn was created.
| An electric light at the corner OF
| Labor and Santos streets, a hydrant
on avenue ID, electric lights at the in.
] tersection of East Commerce street
i Ln 10 Hnnutnn c, N
| Antonio railroad, at the intersection
of Crockett street and the same, were
| provided for and the stumps on
Crockett street ordered grubbed away
| A hydrant was provided for avenue
| ID and water main over Calhoun
street to Government Hill.
| Petition OF sam Rose, to have
his fine of 500 RENTED, was
refused. Petition of citizens to
continue Military plaza as q
market place was refused, and
the telephone company was above ed
to change certain telephone poles, as
asked for.
| G. s. Chabot's petition to lay class
A tile sidewalk on Presa street was
rejected, over the recommendation ol
the sidewalk committee.
The sum of So 900 was appropriated
to furnish the new city hall, and five
permits for meat markets were
granted.
An ordinance was passed making il
a penalty for persons refusing to stop
at a railway crossing when tagged by
the regular switChman.
The city engineer was authorized tC
furnish an official map to the post
master and one to the city
explaining the house numbering
system, and the compulsory mum Der
ing of all houses in the city was pro
posed. An ordinance will probably
be adopted.
| The sidewalk building matter came
up, and all appropriation OF $4,000 in
per cent bonds for the use of this
fund was appropriated under suspen-
sion of the rules. An ordinance was
also passed making it a penalty OF
from SO to 800 for sidewalks to be
built without the supervision of the
city engineer. The mayor, in speak
ing of the pavement of Military plaza,
! took occasion to say that his
opponents had stated that the
work of the paving of this
plaza had been undertaken
without proper authority and withOu
finances. This he denied, and Of
fered the free inspection of the rec
ords to all Doubling Thomases. He
said:
ut has been whispered by Oppe-
nents of mine that the improvement
of Military plaza has been under
taken without authority and without
| funds. l do not wish to curtail the
free speech privileges of these growl-
ers, but want to say that the same
license which permits them to abuse
me guarantees to them the privilege of
investigating the affairs of the city and
| prepariDg themselves to tell the truth