San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-10
COUNCIL MEETING.
Paul Pretzer's Numbering Ordi-
nanCe--ROutine Work, Etc.

| faul fretZers numbering Orui'
nance--Routine Work. Etc.
Yesterday afternoon OF the appoint.
ed hour, the city council assembled
and transacted the routine business.
| There was not much to be done, petit
tiODs being taken up first after roll
| call, to wit:
All Aeh for correction of assess
ment. Referred.
Keystone Park company for reduc-
ton o! assessment. Referred.
Geo. White, permit to erect lum.
Der metal roof building on the north
side of RincOn street, ward 5. to be
used as a store house. Referred.
| Citizens, asking that water mains
hs laid in Hidalgo and other streets
as granted by the council several
| months ago. Referred.
| VIM, Reuter-. for drain pipe for
waste water. Granted.
Geo. White for drain pipe TO San
Pedro creek. Referred.
Reports of committees and officers
were tnen taken up.
The bill of Mrs. +. r. French, exc
cutrix, for balance of SlS5 rent for
French building was ordered to be
paid.
F. Half WAS given permit TO build
| q stable i'll the prescribed fire limits.
Petition of citizens for water main
| on Ruiz street was granted.
City engineers report on bounda
ries of city lot No. was approved.
Officers monthly reports were hand
ID in and filed.
City engineer repor that sidewalk
| IN Nueva street would be commenced
this week.
James Bowels appointment to the
police force was confirmed.
Edward Jones was appointed city
| policeman to take the place OF Officer
| Manning, resigned.
| The mayor was recommended by
| the fire committee to ge, rid of two
| rNrsas used for engine work, in X
change for others. This was au
Unurlzed by council vote.
The bill OF MGLeary & Fleming,
lawyers, for 800 for legal services
rendered, was presented and an ap
prOprlttiOn was made 10 pay it. Al
derman HOehing voted against this
rhe hill was for legal advice given in
the Hoefling- Boelhauwe contest fol-
the aldermanic chair, when the su
| nIeIue court mandate was referred t.
them by acting mayor Schreiner.
| The city council aut oriZed thu
mayor to have the repairs of the
street paving on Military plaza
under the car tracks as now
aid down, properly made, aid
refuse to allow the car company
ris hit of way until paid for. The re-
pairs will cost about $500 and this
Am unit was appropriated.
| This matter should have been at
| tended to before the street car COM
pany laid their track. The grade was
given the car company at the same
time 1t was given the paving contrac
tor, but the company delayed and thu
| contractor went to work and laid his
| concrete. When the street car com
pqny came along, their grade carried
the ties down below the concrete ont
the soil, and here the work was stop
ped. The concrete will have to bt
laid deeper under the track, after the
~ acessary excavations are made, by
the city.
The street and house numbering
ordinance as drafted by City Engineer
| Prefer next came up and was or
dered TO be printed once. 1t provides
| hat Commerce street and the river
shall divide the city east and west,
north and south, and all numbers
\ 4haIl have these for base lines. All
streets thus running into these base
lines shall be designated east" OF
west" north or - Duth," as the
case may be. Other streets shall be
named according to districts and
houses numbered accordingly, each
space Of block having a number for
every 25 feet, and each block to he
gin with another hundred mum
bers. The odd numbers will be
nut on the North aud West sides oi
-treets, even numbers on the South
and East sides. Numbers shall be
three inches in length, plainly dis
| "ernihle arrNss any street, and shall
be, when desired by the owner, fuI
nlshed by the city free of cost.
| The ordinance regulating keepiD g
of green hides in the city, was laid
| over.
| Resolution presented to have water
mains laid on New Braunfels street
TO East Commerce street eight blocks
was referred.
Resolution for water main to be
laid Oh San Fernando street and on
Kerr's hill to Medina street, was re-
| ferred.
Guy engineer was ordered to pre-
nare plans tor a bridge over the San
| Pedro creek on Mason street.
The mayor was ordered 80 have
Acequia street. from Houston TO Ro.
mana streets, repaired and smoothed.
The council then adjourned.
| Nice Purse.