The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-25
By The City Council At Last
Nights Meeting.
COMMISSIONERS REPORT ADOPTED
Favorable Action in the Matter OF Opening
North Ne,enth Street.

At the regular weekly meeting of
the city council last night a petltion
from j n. Tatum was read, stating
that petitioners mule was injured
by stepping in hole in the floor of
the bridge on Clay street, while
petitioner was driving over said
bridge and that the city was respon-
sible for said injury. lie asked for
So damages and the petition was
referred TO the city attorney and
finance committee.
Two petitions for refunding i'm
pounding taxes were referred to the
police committee.
w. f. Burger called attention to
the condition of the interse ction of
Wood and Andrew streets and his
petition was referred to the street
committee.
Proprletors Of hack lines asked
reconsideration of the ordi nance
prohibiting hacks from congre.
eating al Third and Mary streets;
also asking the passage of an ordl-
nance making it mlsdemeanor for
people to refuse to pay hack fare.
There was no ordinance bear ug on
the matter for Nuan ilet was
asked, but both p,t." ,ere re-
terred to the mayor.
Under committee .epoits the fire
committee recommended the pur-
chase Of ten feet Of ground adjoln-
ing the lot for the new fire station
on South Fifth street of $50. The
same committee recommended the
acceptance of the chemical engine.
Both reports were adopted.
The police committee asked for
An ordinance prohibiting the con
struction of barb wire fences in the
city limits. This committee also
asked that the police be allowed to
wear their uniforms onl y when on
duty. Both recommendation were
adopted. The same committee re-
commended the passage of an ordi.
nance requiring railroad companies
to place ilagmen at Fifth and Jack
son, Fifth ard Mary, Eighth and
Mary, and on Elm street, Fifth
ward.
a motion to amend by adding
Eleventh street prevailed, and the
amended report was adopted.
Under tho head of unfinished
business the ordinance granting the
Houston and Texas Central the
right to lay side tracks in the Fifth
ward was read and referred to the
the ordinance committee.
The police committee recon-
mended that the petition of Buck
Pippip, asking reconsideration of
the resolution requiring the bridge
keeper to pay rent, be rejected.
Adopted.
j. NJ. brakes petition asking
compensation for extra work was
rejected on recommendation of the
printing committee.
The cemetery committee reported
on the petition of A. Payne ask
ing compensation for building a
fence around the Fifth Street
cemetery, that the fence cost SAC
and that Payne was employed as
sexton for 80 a month
The street committee reported
adversely to g. l.. Gooch's PROPOSE
ton to sell the city rock. Its re-.
port was adopted.
Special bridge committee recon-
mended the acceptance of the
proposition of the county commits
sioners' in regard to building the
new bridge. After some discussion
the report was adopted by vote of
to >, and Mr.. Lacy was added to
the old committee.
The ordinance requiring the issue
of $4,000 of coupon bonds was
read, when motion put to
place the ordinance on its third
reading, under a suspension of the
rules, was lost by vote of to A..
The ordinance granting the San
Antonio ard Arkansas Pass railroad
right to build switch to the Bell
Water Company's property was lost.
The street committees recon.
mendation sgainst William Ed
monds' proposition to sell part of