San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-22
CITY COUNCIL.
Only Twelve Hours a Day for Street
Car Men Now-Electric Wires
-Petitions-New Ordi.
nanCes.

! With the attendance of a full board of
alderman the city council convened yes
terday afternoon.
The following petitions were referred
| to committees:
Alex Tanner, for cancellation of assess
ment: Parma Fisk, for reduction of as
SeSSment; Geo. White, to lay waste
water pipe; Ellis +. Walter, to remove
meat stall: p, Linartz, for pay for DANA
ges done his wagon by hose cart run
ming into it; citizens asking that produce
wagons, be allowed to stay on Mill
tary plaza up to $3.50 o'clock each
morning, and that the plaza he so laid out
that the market can remain there; 5.
DeutSch & Co. To be allowed to set out
signs or show figures on the sidewalks;
! chief of fire department, for an appropri-
alton to uniform the fire department;
citizens for electric light on East Com
merce street: TO construct ir0nclad build
ing in ward No. 8; 5. Guerrero, for pay
ment for goods destroyed to prevent small
pOX cOntagion; d. Garnicio, for a peanut
stand on Main plaza.
A. SChOlz was granted permission to ex-
tend dressing rooms eight feet over the
river for his bathing establishment.
The following new work was ordered:
Repairs of CulveTt ON the BlancO road;
two gas lamps on Medina street; cross
walks at Medina and Houston streets:
and clearing and grading of Rusk and
Van Ness streets; part of Olive street to
be cleared.
Reports of city officers were handed in
and filed.
Petition in regard to widening Medina
street. was not granted. To erect iron
clad building on North Flores street, re-
fused: purchase of the South Heights
fire MIGRANTS was refused: c. w. Ogden,
to lay drain pipe, not granted.
Granted Washington theatre, to erect
band gallery: SaulSbach. for remission
of fine; G. p. Warren, for reduction of
assessment; L. Allen & Son for side track
from 5. P. track across Commerce street;
j. Pereida, for drain pipe; c. Z. Smith, to
erect lumber vault: p. Gonzales, to erect
building: S. de la Pena. to erect building
on Nueva street; c. Carl to erect lumber
addition; Winifred Gegan. TO erect three
buildings on Rusk street.
Petition of old fire company No. . for
its gas fixtures and pay for improvements
in engine house No. ,, some time ago, was
reported upon favorably by the committee
but was referred to the city attorney.
Alderman Weber was presented with
$3.50 for his services as acting chief of the
fire department.
The order to the S. A. Rapid Transit
company to cease laying track on Austin
street, was recalled.
LOckWOOd'S ordinance requiring any
railway president or superintendent who
works his employees more than IL hours
per day, to be fined, was squeezed through
and became law.
Five new fire dydrantS were accepted.
An ordinance was passed making it
penal offenSe to open fire alarm boxes or
fire hydrants, except in cases of fire or for
flushing sewers, etc.
Alderman Gregory presented an ordin-
ance relative to repairs on electric wires
and having direct application to the &C
cidents Ofrecent occurrence. 1t makes it
criminal for an electric company to keep
on current with wire down, and imposes
a fine of S25 to 500 for violations. 1t also
imposes penalty for non observance of
the city electricians notifications about
defective construction and inSulatiOnS.
The fine is the same, and each day of con-
tinuanCe after the notification is sep
arate OffenSe. The rules were suspended
and it was passed on third reading.
The following resolution in regard to
back taxes was adopted;
Be it resolved, that the City Attorney
be and is hereby inStru cted to institute
suit against all persons indebted to the
city of San Antonio for taxes past due
and PAYABLE, as well as subscriptions and
other claims due the city.