The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07

Other Notes Of Interest
The city council met in regular
session last night with Mayor Melon
aid presiding.
The following alderman were pres
emit: Anderson, Assman, Morris,
Townsend, Jackson, Ziller, Hume,
North, Linn, Schneider, Nitschke,
Graham, Platt, Shelley, Glass, New
ton, Sutor, Miller, Warmoth, Ketch-
um, Weyerman, Schuber.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Several petitions were read and re.
ferred.
A letter from New York firm on
sewers was referred.
A proposition was read from the
Gamwell Fire Alarm System company
to put in an alarm system in the city.
1t was referred. The system proposed
he put in will cost about S. 1000
and the number of boXOs to be put up
is %. Additional boxes will be put up
for $l25 each and additional wire over
ten miles will be furnished at $50 per
mile. The company submitted a sup
Elemental proposition in which it is
proposed that if the city will purchase
$1,000 Of the system as proposed, The
balance will be put in and leased to
the city yearly at reasonable figure.
Reports of city officers were then
read;
CITY CLERK.
The report of City Clerk Milton
Morris was read as follows;
Warrants issued to engineering depart
mcnt .... .. ....., 90. .....,........ SsOSH3
To Mr.. Corrigan ....... .......... .... 21.73L17
Interest on 4 o bonds ..........,.. 10000
Total .... ..................... S23, U9G4J
CITY PHYSICIANS REPORT.
City Physician Graves reported as
follows for the month of December:
Patients admitted to hospital . is
Patients discharged ...... 10
Patients remaining ........:. ............ IL
Number Of deaths in hospital ............ 2
One case of seal let fever was re-
ported in the city during the month.
Since the 18th of December no cases
of diphtheria have been reported and
there are none in the city at this time. !
During the month DR.. Graves made |
ITO visits to paupers and gave them
l42 prescriptions.
CITY sEXTON'S REPORT.
City Sexton Nitschke reported as
follows:
During the month there were SO
deaths, whites 20, colored 10, Mexican
|; male Is, female 10. There were
deaths from diphtheria and one from
Ia grippe.
THE CITY MARSHAL.
City Marshal Lucy reported $40 90
clsh in fines collected and seventy five
arrests during the month
The arrests were made by officers as
follows:
Cato o, J. NJ. Bell 8, w. b. Davis,
II, o. II. Gibson 10, J. ID. Plat 5, Louis
Morris l, Il. G. Folwell |, II. Mont
gomery 8, +. f., Jones 8, Il. ID. Bell g.
j. Il. Kenncrly II.
The city engineer and street COM
missioner reported that the cost of six
street crossings on the Avenue and |
five on Sixth street would be $763Sl. |
City Treasurer Myrick reported
general revenue fund ON hand $l23 80. |
Dam lund on hand $ll5 435 go.
The repor. of Engineer Frzell was
Lead as published elsewhere this
morning.
The committee to whom was re.
ferred the petition of Mr.. William |
Park, asking for damages because of
the construction Of the dam railroad,
reported unfavorably, and the report
was adopted.
The action of the county commits
sioners on the bridge was read, and
the whole matter was postponed for
future action.
Recommendation of tho mayor
made at the last meeting that the
street commissioners employ addi-
tional lab)rerS to work on the streets
not to exceed a cost of $1,000 per month
was reported fayorably aud the re-
port adopted.
The special committee recommend
ed that the position of resident ply
stefan at the hospital DO not abolished
and the report was adopted.
The special committee reported the
matter of Teasing the hospital back to
the council with the recommendation
that it be considered in committee of
the whole at the next regular meeting
and that Drs. j. w. Mclaughlin, Il.
d. Wooten, II. j. Tyler and J. Il.
Bennett be requested to be present.
The election OF resident physician
being in order, Alderman Morris
nominated DR.. Mat Nj. Smith.
Alderman Schuber nominated DR..
Frank Mclaughlin.
Alderman Linn nominated DR..
Shelton.
The ballot resulted as follows:
Smith IA, Mclaughlin 8, Shelton 1,
Nominations for matron ut the hos
pital being in order, Alderman An
derson nominated Mrs. Odene, the
present matron.
Alderman Townsend nominated
Mrs. Josephine Foster.
The ballot resulted rs follows:
Mrs. Odene l., Mrs. Foster IL.
Mayor Mcdonald cast his vote for
Mrs. Foster and she was elected.