The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-21
900 OF ) Per Cent. Thirty
Year Bonds
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL. IMPROVEMENTS
Houston and Texas Central Fifth Ward
kight.oiWa! Revoked.

AT the council meeting last night
Aldermen Slaughter, Lacy, Brinker
hotf Herbert and Waters were
present and the others came in after
roll call.
After the last meetings minutes
were read and approved the mayor
recommended the building Of cul
vert in place of the wooden bridge
on South Fifth street near the Gem
etery. Referred to street commit
tee.
A petition was read from Con.
nor, Tucker d Co., who
called attention to the fact that
parties were painting signs on the
various bridges, and asking to be
allowed the privilege of painting
such signs, offering to pay the city
specified sum for neat and attrac-
tive signs. Public Improvement
committee.
j. p. Nichols asked permission
to build a wooden shed on his prem
ises. Granted, provided the city
engineer supervised the work
From the Young Mems Chris
tian Association asking permission
to erect an iron building with metal
roof in the rear Of the building now
occupied by the Association on
Austin street. Fire committee for
investigation.
City Secretary Cooper asked the
council 10 give him an assistant in
the performance of his duties,
. which, he said, were arduous, much
of his time being taken up with
business not strictly belonging to
his office, such as giving informa-
ton to the public. Referred to the
finance committee for report
The trial balance of the city's f.
nances from the report for 1893 was
received and filed.
The fire committee. through
Chairman Herbert, recommended
the placing OF two additional fire
MIGRANTS on Austin street extension
before the same is paved, and the
recommendation was adopted.
The public Improvement com
mittee, through Mr.. Slaughter,
recommended that wooden awning
on Austin street and the square be
torn down. 1t was SO ordered
The same committee recommend.
ing reconsideration Of the couuclPs
vote refusing to allow William
Cameron Il Co., to build an iron
shed and thai the petition be
granted. The motion to reconside r
was carried and the petition granted.
A number of bills from the
finance committee were approved
and allowed.
The gas committee recommended
the rejection of the petition of citi-
zens of the Second ward for electric
lights ON Twentieth and Washing
ton streets and Twenty first and
Columbus streets. Adopted.
The finance committee recon-
mended that SIS, 900 OF per cent,
30-year bonds be issued for public
school buildings.
MIR. Herbert wanted an amendment
providing $4,000 Of Improvement
bonds for the fire department and
$50, coo for street improvements.
The finance committees report was
accepted and the city attorney in
structed to draw w an ordnance
providing for the issuance of the
bonds recommended by the finance
committee.
Fire committee recommended the
placing of an electric Light a, the
corner of Eleventh and Webster
streets and that the Cotton Bet be
required to place light at Thir
teenth aud Mary streets and the
Nj ssourI, Kansas and Texas one at
Sixteen h and Jackson and Eleventh
and ia kson streets. Referred
back to the gas committee.
The ordinance permitting W. W..
Seley to construct switch on
South First street to connect with
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railroad was slightly amended,
placed on second and third readings
and passed.
The fire committee renorted that