San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-04
A GARBAGE FURNACE.
WILL BE PURCHASED AT A
COST OF $4,000.
MAYOR PASCHAL REPORTS ON
THE FINANCIAL CoNDI-
TON OF SAN AN
TONIC.
A Patrol Wagon Will Be Purchas-
ed - Committee Reports - Reso-
lutions - Entire Council
Proceedings.

Mayor PaSchal called the regu-
lar meeting of the city fathers yes
terday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock
and City Clerk Ramsay called the
role, which was responded to by
all of the aldermen excepting
Smith and Daugherty, who are alb
sent from the city. The minutes
of the previous meeting were part
ly read when a motion was made
and carried topostpone the reading
until the next meeting.
The following petitions and
memorials were disposed of:
A. Fitzgerald, relative to miner
ais in San Pedro Springs Park ;
bitches and irrigation.
San Antonio Gas company pro-
posing to change gas lamps to
electric lights; gas and light COM
mittee.
Application of Mrs. NJ. l.. Slap
penbeck, to build porch in front
of her dwelling on Blum street !;
fire committee.
Citizens. for removal of encroach-
,ment, and improvement of Tam
pico street, and for bridge over the
Apache creek and AlaZan creek
bridged at the crossing of said
street; street and bridge commit
tee.
Petition of Max Karotkin, for
reduction of taxes; assessment
committee.
F. Krisch, asking to have pound
fees refunded; police committee.
H. III. Mclean, asking for a Gull
vert across Cameron street; street
and bridge committee.
Serbel Perez, asking that the city
purchase his lot on South Laredo
street; street and bridge commit
tee.
Mrs. f. Sweeney, requesting en-
plOyment for a sanitary cart.
Mrs. Emma Dittmar, for cOrrec-
ton and reduction of assessment ;
assessment committee.
Citizens, asking the removal of
garbage in the river at Arsenal
street; sanitary committee.
Oscar Reichelt, asking for pay
for March as cemetery keeper
finance committee.
Selig Deutschman, relative to
house numbering, etc; street and
bridge committee.
S. ID. Scudder, asking that a board
of fire commissioners be appointed ;
fire and fire limits.
Thomas Haynes, for permit to
repair his building on East HOus-
ton street; fire committee.
Citizens, asking that sidewalks
be constructed on South Laredo
street; sidewalk committee.
Chas. f. Harris and associates,
asking for additional right-Of-way,
etc; telegraph and railway COM
mittee.
Wurzbach and Garth, asking
that the ditch crossing River ave
nue. and Josephine street be re-
opened ditch committee.
The report of the city assessor
referring to poll tax list, ETC., was
referred.
Louis Layer, requested that he
is permitted to hire one man for
the purpose of cleaning thrash
from the bitches; referred.
l.. w. MadaraZ, relation to tools,
ETC., for parks; referred.
The opinion of the city attorney
in regard to the melon petition
w. H. WindrOw, recommending
that the petition be not granted,
was adopted.
Petition of the city assessor, in
reference a horse and wagon, was
referred to the finance committee.
A petition of Chief Peck, asking
for three horses, fifteen alarm
boxes, five additional men and
some fire protection at West End,
was referred to the fire committee.
The report of the city engineer,
relative to sidewalks submitting
specifications for class "a" side
walk, asking that same be adopted,
was referred to the sidewalk COM
mittee.
The report of the city engineer
relative to parties having failed to
construct sidewalks and recon-
mending that they be notified the
second time, was referred to the
sidewalk committee.
The city engineer sent in COM
municatiOn suggesting that before
building permits be issued, the
builder should furnish drawings,
etc: petition and ordinance COM