San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-13

! selfish enough to become candidate,
| the new "business exchange" may as
we'll not attempt to boom the town.
If there are any streets left, over
| which the suffering public have any
rights lett and the railroads have not
g0bbled up, the names and location
should be published.
Such directory would be valuable
to street Car companies wanting fran
chises, and to the aldermen, as 1t
would ObvIste the necessity of special
sessions of the council.
The great bridge that connects the
cities of New York and Brooklyn only
bears the names OF Roebling, the en-
gineer, and his assistants.
The "Puen ia" over the river on st.
Mary's street perpetuates the name of
our mayor as well as our city engineer
in bronze.
It is also q monument Of municipal
hocus pocus. 1t was con trscted for as
an open slow truss" bridge, it is put
up rs "high truss" country bridge.
Alderman Kalteyer had the tenn
Gritty to ask the mayor in open coun-
Gil upon whose authority the new
contract for street block pavement
wa made"
The mayor answered promptly, "by
authority of the city council of the
city Of San Antonio" Alderm n
Kalteyer again was bold enough to
ask "when?" The mayor replied,
"a bout three moaths ago"
The situation became painful.
other members of the council bu led
themselves with their desks. tneir
faces wearing a sort of apOlogetic look.
The idea OF asking the mayor a
question!
The climax was reached when AL
derman Kalteyer began to quote the
charter, Sec 43, in regard to having
the money on hand before making
&C., and the mayor smiled
at the ignorance of the alderman, and
Informed him, "thls work is under
the old appropria N, the last $50, 900
have not been sold yet
Kalteyer went to grass, in lump,
and did not come to time again. He
might have count cred with his lett by
asking that the clerk turn to the record
and had the authority read for the
of the public, AID instead
of throwing up the sponge he could
have rallied tn his feet and made a
rush at his antagonist ny ask ing If the
last fifty thousand improvement
bonds were not sold yet, where we're
they?
If the pavement work on Hou ston
street is under old appropriation OF
bonds sold i'm 1889 under what con-
tract was the work from Commerce
street bridge tn A lamn plaza, and in
front of postoffice to Houston street,
done?
If it has taken two years to spend
$50, GOO for street pavements and only
half the work done, what was the ne
cessity of issuing $50, 900 more bonds
in 1S90r
II our bonds are not sold, where are
they? Has the city treasurer got them
In his possession.
The mayor reported S235, 900 of bonds
sold long time ago; where is the
money?
If these bonds have not been sold
are valid for work or material looking
to the sale OF bonds for payment.
This mystery, this secrecy that
hangs around the city government, is
oppressive. The membe of the city
council, even intelligent men such as
Geo. Kaiteyer, seem to know moth
ing about the business affairs of the
city.
The people are praying for relief.
/
The people are apprehsasive of dis,
aster In the future. That the public
bankruptcy may turn out as dIsas.
trous as have private failures
| of citizens whose star ding and iuflu
ence was equal TO our city admins.
tration.
OLSEN'S BARGAINS.
Which must be sold inside of the next