San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-17

same. Adopted.
Shafer & Braden, to lay drain pipe.
Granted, if proper deposit is made Tor
putting street in proper condition
after pipe Is laid.
Petition of citizens that Alamo
street be spripkled, granted when the
] requisite funds were in the treasury
for the purpose
Merchants and others, that Military
plaza be swept at night. Granted, If
it would entail no additional expense
to the city.
Fire committee reported granting
building permits to F. Steiner, H. w.
Tong, Albert Maverick, Sam Matovich
and 3. Cameron.
Report of w. w. TeeIe, veterinary
surgeon, was found correct.
Proposal of Chicago Fire Extin-
guisher company to sell the city one
60-gallon chemical fire extinguisher
at S2,24l so, to be paid tor in three
months, was on motion accepted and
the mayor authorized to purchase
same. Alderman Hoefling voting no.
Assessment committee reported n
tavorably on petition eff Messrs.
Stieren, Forcke, Meerscheidt and
Dreiss for reduction of assessment
upon certain vendors lien notes.
Adopted.
julius and D. & A. Oppenheimer's
assessments were corrected.
j. N. Groesbeck's assessment was
corrected.
Chas. Clark's assessment was re-
duced from 81, 900 to $500.
l.. w. Hagy's assessment was cor
rected.
Market committee reported unfav-
orally of petition of RefugIo de
Lean for restaurant privilege In San
Pedro Park. Adopted.
Telephone and telegraph committee
reported granting right TO Gas com
pany to place poles on Crockett street.
Adopted. .
Sanitary committee reported on re-
ports of DR.. Balkan aud DR.. Old
am as correct The proposal of H F and
w. II. Young TO sell city ground
to the city for a cemetery was reject
ed. as the city has sufficient ground
for cemetery purposes.
The committee had received the
protest of citizens against the estab'
lishment of q cemetery at Riverside
L 0ih, ouu ICCOLlLuOuuOu tudU q Il o
consideration of the former action o.
the council in the matter be taken
and that it be referred back to the
committee.
The mayor said the proper way
would be to make q motion to recon.
slider. This was done and the matter
will be referred back to the commit
tee. 1t is understood there are some
new points of great Importance have
come up which will be considered.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Lockwood, Resolved, That the
city attorney be and is hereby direct
ed TO furnish this council with q lega
opinion as To what rights the city o.
Sau Antonio has. under the city
charter, in the matter of the manage.
ment of the San Antonio Street rail-
road company, it's manner of running
it's cars, fares charged and general
service rendered the public; and
whether this company has the right,
after a certain hour at night, to charge
double fare and only render half ser.
vice, and whether an ordinance regu.
lating the fare charged and the ser.
vice to be rendered after the said fare
has been collected can be made legal
and binding upon said company, and
such other information bearing upon
the points mentioned as would be OF
interest to the council and of benefit
to the public at large" Adopted.
By Guerguiu, That the mayor Or
der the street commissioner TO inves'
tigate the condition of South Flores
street, FROM Military plaza to the
Southern Pacific crossing, where the
street railway company has just COM
pleted changing its track, and owe
which matter the city authorities and
the street railway officials and con.
tractor have had several disputes.
Adopted.
By Guerguin, That the street rail-
way company remove within twenty
four hours q switch they have put in
on North Flores street and orders the
street commissions to Q a 1t up II
not removed within the specified
time. Adopted.
BY Lockwood, That the city en-
gineer give the city attorney the
names OF property owners and amount
of property on DeVilblss street. nee
essary to open said street from Grand
avenue to the present terminus of the
street; and that the city attorney
submit an ordinance to open SAID
street by condemnation of property.
Adopted.
By Anderson, That certain streets,
as follows, be graded and McAdam-
lied: South street, from Indianola to
Santa Clara, and from intersection of
Santa Clara to Goliad; Lsvaea street,
from Mstsgorda 10 Labor; IudianOia
street, from Camargo to Center.
Adjourned.
SCHOLZ' NATaTORIUM.