San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-08
COUNCIL MEETING.
A Business Session Held - Special
Election, Etc.

! Election, Etc.
The following business was transacted
| before the city council yesterday. Petit
| lions and memorials were referred to their
various committees without being read.
The petitions are as follows:
u. HauSmann, of Lone Star Brewry, to
erect poles on curbing on Grand avenue
TO stay smoke stack; Freeman e. Co., TO
open meat market; Il. Jaggi, to remove
meat stall; Greenwood & Loyless, to re-
move meat stall; Conrad Hildebrandt, 10
| remove meat stall: American Fire Engine
| company, proposition to sell city fire en-
| gines; Southwestern Telephone company,
| to erect poles; s. A. St. Ry. Co., to i'm
prove service by establishing connections
between north and south ends of Houston
street: j. c. Marquart, to erect awning;
Mrs. j. Robin, to erect building on presa
street; Mrs. j. L. Trueheart, to
erect building on Travis street;
Mr.. Wild, to erect shed on Avenue d;
j. A. Bryant & Sons, to erect ornament
tai sign post on Houston street; IL. E.
Barnard, TO connect waste water pipe
bridge over Alazan creek; Mrs. c. Laux,
to erect iron clad addition on Soledad
street; A. H. BlOndin, for reduction of
assessment; Ben Hargraves, to paint
high school fence; John Hetgen, for re-
funding of taxes due him; citizens, for re-
mission of part of fine of w. o. Meyers;
Emil Opperman, for remission of fine;
citizens, that the branch ditch through
the Breckenridge property on River
avenue be not closed; G. C. Kitch-
en-, to transfer butcher license; Vic
tor SiebeDlon, and A, Villastrigo &
Co., to open meat stalls; s. Mat
ovich, to run fruit stand at San Pedro
park: G. ID. Spencer, to put a gondola on
lake at San Pedro. park; citizens, for
oil 81 hrht nd
streets: s. A. & A. P. railway, for right
of-way for track out South Flores and
Nogalitos streets; citizens, that a street
be opened from Herff street along the San
Pedro creek to Ralph street; Mrs. C.
Schlessinger and Others, that line of their
property on south side of Milan square
be furnished them and for damages in
case OF their removal to line when es-
tablished.
Communication from the city electrician
relative 10 poles Of telephone company on
Houston street. He recommended that
they be removed. This was where the
dispute between the street railway and
the telephone companies arose. The tel
ephone companies had poles on each side
of the street and thus shut out the street
railway company. The city attorneys
opinion had been secured by the cleo
| trician, that 1t was perfectly legal to take
this course Referred to committee.
City engineer submitted maps showing
encroachments on Henderson street from
Carson to Grayson streets; and on Sole
dad, from Giraud to Romano streets He
recommended 30-foot street for Seledad
street. Referred.
OStreet commissioner submitted lengthy
report on the condition OF the roadbeds of
the various street railways. Referred.
Streets and bridges committee recon-
mended an amendment to an ordinance
regarding street names and house num-
ters, providing that no number should be
under inches in size and that house
holders should have ten days notice, after
that, II not conforming, to be guilty of
misdemeanor with fine not less than 81
nor more than $50. Adopted.
On petition of Mrs. G. A. Richter, to
change grade on BurleSon street, was re.
ported unfavorably.
Resolution Of Gregory, for lumber
bridge over AlaZan creek, referred to city
engineer.
Petition of J. NJ. Taylor that Angus
street, from Grayson to Carson streets, be
opened, was granted.
Mrs. ellis was allowed to put in drain
pipe, TO San Pedro avenue, for waste
water only.
DISTRACTIONS on Soledad street were or
dered removed.
Brush ordered cut on Newton street.
Muth's resolution TO ask Gen. Stanley
to widen the north end OF Pine street, was
passed favorably.
John Illg was allowed to put wagon
bridge over San Pedro creek, back OF Mill
tary plaza.
n. Mackcy was allowed TO lay drain
pipe from his building.
Petition of II. H. Barnard TO erect
dwelling on Oakland Terrace, granted.
Petition of Mrs. Trueheart for dwelling,
also granted.
c. Perner. TO be allowed to repair
building, granted.
c. Illg. to erect stable on Martin and
St. Mary'S streets, granted.
II. SchulIZe, for building permit Oh
Nueva street, granted.
). Villanueva, to extend Bella
theatre, granted.
Mrs. Kruehenbuehl, for addition to
building on AceQuia and Veramendl
streets. not granted
IL was recommended aud adopted that
the Mission aud Fourth Ward Hose Com
panies have their towers enclosed 10 cor
rect defective alarms; $40 were appro-
priated.
Report of O. Kramer, inspector Of
buildings, as ~ condition of ruins OF the
fire on Soledad and Houston streets were
dangerous and should be pulled down.
Recommending also that work be done In
three days.
BecRman asked VI the owner nhu
chance to be present at the inspection.
Weter said this was not required. Beck
man said similar case had occurred
some time ago, when the inspection had
been made at some distance off. The
owner had called attention TO mistake
then the result OF an optical illusion. He
thought The owner should be notified
what the council was going TO 40, if only
out of courtesy.
The mayor stated that the remedy for
any injustice that might be done was an
Injunction from the district courts, or by
petition TO the council. The resolution of
condemnation was passed.