San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
CITY COUNCIL.
NEW COUNCIL HALL CHRIST
ENED.
Lot of Routine and Unimportant
Business TRANSACTED.

yesterday afternoon in the new coun-
Gil chamber OF the city hall for the
first time. The following business
was disposed of by reference to com.
mittses:
Elk. lyman, for building permit;
P. Cara, remission of taxes; G. ID.
Johnson to be allowed to build q
slaughter house outside the two mile
limit; A. Meerscheidt, to build wood
sidewalks on Prospect hill; J. EsperJ,
to rent city property ON Romano
street; Olive, Sternberger & Co.,
to have switch run across San
Marcos street to their lumber yard;
A. Fitzgerald presented q petition to
make the city rich out of the minerals,
gas, diamonds and other valuable
things contained in his franchise to
san Pedro park. This petition sets
: forth That his analysis of the deposits
at the bottom of San Pedro springs
shows that 1t Is worth $500, 600, 900 in
paid up capital stock, which shall
never be sold only at par value. He
PROPOSES to organize company and,
if the city will give him exclusive
control of the mining privileges OF all
it's lands, he will pay for it S. down
and give one-twentietn of the profits
accruing thereIrOm. He has discOv-
cred that there is sufficient hydraulic
force in San Pedro springs to run all
the machinery the state of Texas will
ever want. He claims that there Is
also gas enough in the vicinity to
light the city and send up balloons
three miles high with 1000 ladies in
the baskets. If his petition is granted
he prophesies that in three years San
Antonio will have population of a
million of people and the admiration
of the world.
A box of stones purporting to be
samples of the various ores found at
San Pedro springs accompanied the
petition.
This was referred to the police COM
mittee. The petitioner is harmless
old man, whose hobby is mining and
geology. This Is his second or third
petition to the council.
T. III. Henderson complained of q
mud puddle in front of No. 1928 South
Presa street and the street commits
sioner was ordered to fill 1t.
The opinion of the city attorney on
the report of the committee on streets
and bridges on the petition of the
Crystal Ice Company on the unjust
assessment of their property on
Crockett street, was presented but
not read.
The city engineer furnished list
of delinquent sidewalk builders on
Marshal, Elmira,- Macon and East
Commerce streets. These were re-
feIred to the sidewalk committee.
The Mayor said that in 1883 the city
had issued funding bonds which had
been in the hands of the city
treasurer ever since. The city must
now realize the cash from these.
The resignation of Policeman Dick
man was accepted and Martin Odet
was appointed.
The city engineer called attention
to the dangerous condition of the
bridge on Fourth street, and recon-
mended that all the woodwo be re-
placed by new. This would cost $3.50
The work was ordered and tbs money
appropriated
The finance committee reported
iavorably on petition to allow q
pauper S. per month for three months
and the same was adopted.
The public improvement committee
reported that Aldermen Conner and
sonally inspected the work in some of
the streets and plaZas done by Con-
tractor Mick John and found the
pavement in Military plaza to be de-
fective and not in accordance with
the terms of the contract; and they
recommend that the pavement be
taken up and the balance due him
for the work be withheld until it is
repaired In accordance with the spec
ifications. Their report was adopted
as read.
The petition of A. w. Seeligson to
have bill posting licensed at 500 per
annum, was referred to the city at
torney.
Petition of Alamo Insurance com.
paDy to be allowed to fill hole on
Navarro street and beautify the
ground acquired was granted.
The sum of $65 was appropriated to
build foot bridge across the ditch on
Mitchell street.
Five gas lamps were ordered on
jackson street.
.. A. Street car company was al
lowed to put up certain poles near the
power house.
Assistant City Physician Oldham's
bawd inspection report was adopted.
Petition of Lutheran Emanuel con-
gregation for cemetery was granted
and lots 20 and IL, containing about
three acres, on the east side of the
city, were assigned them.
Lockwood presented a resolution to
enquire of the city attorney whether
the Alamo Electric railway, by its
stoppage, had not forfeited Its fran
chise to the city. Adopted.
Lockwood presented q resolution