San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-22

There were present yesterday at
the meeting Aldermen Conner, Greg
DRY, Guerguin, Hoefing, Lockwood,
Muth, Persch, santleben, Schreiner
and Weber.
After the reading and adoptions
of the minutes of last meeting petit
lions and memorials were disposed
of.
Henry Lee, TO repair building on
Commerce street, referred.
L. Strohmeyer, to erect a lumber
kitchen on Martin street, referred.
and lumber studding building
on North Flores street, referred.
Report of city attorney, asking a
special committee be appointed to as
certain the dates that parties had put
entertainments on Elmira and Corco-
ran streets and Quincy avenue. The
aldermen of the wards these streets
are located In were named as the COM
mittee.
report of the city engineer Of the
best point to open the new street from
Garden to Presa street, was read. He
selected q so foot street through the
property of G.. 8. McElroy. Adopted.
Proposal of the Chicago Fire Ex-
tinguisher Manufacturing company
to furnish one of their Babcock
Aerial Turn.table Trucks, and also
one of their Champion Chemical Fire
Engines, to be delivered in 100 days,
was read. 1t was decided that the
mayor should sign contract for one
of the trucks, with Its ladders and &C.
coutrements. for the sum of 900.
Phil. Mapger, for meat stall on
Grand avenue, referred.
Citizens asking that River avenue
to the city limits, be included in the
pound limits; referred.
w. G. Morgan & Co., to dig trench
on Hous ton street, to lay pipe; passed.
Citizens, that one of the branch
bitches on Josephine street, between
the river and River avenue, be filled
up; referred.
Claim of ]. G. Berry, Sam Maverick
and Louis Bergstrom, for pay as
special commissioners for awarding
damages, ETC., for widening of Gray.
son street; passed.
Proposition of an abstract company
to collect delinquent taxes; referred.
Report of assistant city physician of
bawds examined during the week
ending Dec. 10. Sal italy ommit 90.
Communication from Electrician
Ryan relative to poles of street rail-
ways; referred.
Public weigher asked to have ap.
prosches to the city scales macs dam
ICED for heavy wagons; referred.
Report of market master for No
vember was referred.
Park commissioner asking for GER
tain improvements ON Washington
square, referred.
The mayor announced that the city
collector had been robbed of 5000 and
no report had yet been received from
him.
City engineer reported the property
on Arsenal street, between Flores and
Laredo streets, that had no side
walks in front of them. 1t was re.
ferred back to him in order to in.
sert names Of owners.
The finance committee reported
favorably on appropriatiDg Sl75 for
the purchase of a horse and wagon
for Electrician Ryan's office, and $40
per month to feed the horse. Adopted,
Hoefiing and Persch voting against
Ogden street, for two blocks, was
ordered to be opened and cleared.
E. G. Russ, 10 lay drain on San
Pedro avenue; and A. F. Wulff, to
Jay drain on Galan street, were
granted.
s. B. Wood was allowed to erect an
iron clad addition
Water mains on Raymond street for
two blocks were ordered, and one
hydrant will be placed at the corner
of Goliad and Walnut streets.
Ashley & Mergele were allowed to
put up a meat market, while w. p.
Freeman, who wanted to lease place
on st. Mary's street, for a market, was
refused.
DR.. Amos Graves was given permits
sion to erect union slaughter house
at the Union stock yards, to be under
the control of the city. An ordinance
regulating this will be prepared. The
petition of butchers and commission
men against this was reported upon
unfavorably by the committee.
The committee on widening RO-
mana street, was allowed further
time, though the Mayor asked that
they hurry up with their report.
Lockwood got in resolution that
all names of delinquent owners OF
property on the west side of avenue
e, who have not built sidewalks be
reported, and then the council adj
journed.