San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-15
CITY COUNCIL.
Routine Business-The Street Com
missioner's Repositories
Maftars

Yesterday afternoon the regular week
ly session OF the city council took place
with Mayor Callaghan presiding. Clerk
Claudon was absent, as was Alderman
Hoefiing.
The petitions and memorials were pre-
sen,ed, read and referred as usual.
The petition of citizens complaining OF
encroachment and obstruction on Dakota.
Wyoming and Montana streets, and OF
obstruction maintained by the San Anto-
MO street railway, was referred TO the
streets and bridges committee.
The estimate of the city engineer as to
the cost of covering the ditch on Mill
street, was 500. Referred.
The report of c. +. RuSSi, street COM
missioner, upon the condition of the road
bed, ETC., of the various street railways in
the city, which was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and bridges at the last
meeting was reported back from that
body with the recommendation that the
San Antonio Street Railroad company be
requested to replace the fiat rail on Ace
quia street. with the T rail in order to
render travel more secure and render
accidents less numerous. In regard TO
the other streets the report recommended
that the mayor be directed to order the
company to put the track in good condi
tiOn within thirty days under pain OF
being prosecuted for obStructing public
travel. n
In regard to tile West End Street Rail
road company, the Alamo Electric com
pany and the San Antonio Rapid Transit
company the same recommendation was
offered The Gross Town Street rail-
road,' according to the committee. has
no known president CT uperintendent,
and il therefore recommends thata notice
be printed for ten days stating to all con-
cerned, that if the track is not put in good
condition within thirty days that it will
be declared nuisance and removed as
such by the street commissioner. The re-
port was adopted.
An electric light, corner Austin and
Carson streets, was ordered.
Petition of g. C.. Deane, for foot
bridge over the AlaZan creek near West
End, was reported. The committee on
streets and bridges recommended that the
projectors of a dam being put in the
creek be compelled to build the bridge
under penalty of the dam being removed
Adopted.
Inc engineer was instructed to prepare
a map of the new street asked for, run
ming from Hertf street to Ralph street.
Adopted.
The committee reported favorably on
petition of citizens that the branch ditch
crossing River avenue and running
through the Breckenridge property be
not CLOSED. adopted.
The San Antonio Gas company was al
lowed to place temporary electric light
poles on Military plaza.
s. A. and A. Railway was allowed right
of-way on South Flores to Nogalitos
streets.
G. d. Spencer was allowed to put a
gondola on San Pedro Park lake.
S. Matovich was allowed to construct
fruit stand in the park, also.
The action of the mayor in buying two
new fire engines was ratified by the conn
Gil.
The brush On Probandt street was or
dered cut.
By Gregory-Resolved, that the rail-
way, telegraph and telephone committee
in conjunction with the city attorney pre-.
pare an ordinance that will give to the
citizens of the city and the travelling pub.
lie the protection to which they are en-
titled, from reckless operating of electric
street railway motors, the derailment o.
cars and over head wires. Adopted.