The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
Was Discussed at the City
Council Meeting
COMMITTEES WILL MEET MONDAY
So as to Report to the Count! commits
sionerS the Same Day.

Mayor McCulloch and all the
aldermen, except Mr.. Lacey, who
is absent from the city, were pres
ent at the weekly meeting of the
city council last night.
The mayor recommended that
the street commissioners be in
stracted to gravel the walk sur
rounding the city hall park in.
closure. Adopted. His recon-
mendation to improve the crossing
at Fourth and Austin streets was
referred to finance committee.
The mayors recommendation
advising the issuing of separate
bonds for constructing public
school buildings and for payment
of the old Indebtedness went to
finance committee.
The street committees recon-
mendation that the Cotton Belt
and Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroads be required to place flag
men at the corners of Mary and
Thirteenth, Jackson aud Eighth
streets, was referred back to the
police committee for fuller report
in the matter.
The matter of improving Spring
street was referred to the city engi.
neer and street commissioner.
The finance committee recon.
mended that the contract for build
ing fire engine house be awarded
to Mr.. r. NJ. Ligon, whose bid was
$3.50 more than that of Harris and
Browning, who made the lowest,
bat member of the firm with.
drew.
The ordinance granting the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass Railroad
Company right to build track from
the property of the Bell Water
Company to the main line was read,
and the ordinance granting the Bell
Water Company right to build a
switch was repealed. The last
mentioned ordinance is an amend
ment to the former.
After some discussion the ordi-
nances, not being clearly under
stood by some of the aldermen, the
mayor explained that the railroad
company had given the water com
pany to understand that the track
would not be built without separate
franchise for the road 1t was re
ferred TO the city attorney.
The finance committee recon-
mended the rejection of Alfred
Abeel's petition for reduction of
taxes. Adopted.
Unfinished business was tsken up
and the finance committee recon-.
mended that the city attorney be in
structed to draw up an ordinance
re.establishing the Office of assistant
city secretary, to be effected Sep
TENDER /, 1898, the salary of said
Office to be fixed at s25 per month.
Adopted.
The special committee, which
had in charge the matter of secur-
ing the right-of-way for opening
North Eighth street to Vermont
avenue, recommend that action be
deferred.
Under new bpsineps Dir. Herbert
brought up the new bridge matter
and thought something ought to be
heard in regard to the bids on
hand.
The mayor said that the bids
had been referred to the city en-
gineer for an examination and re.
port to the county commissioners
and special committee appointed
for the purpose, and it had been
understood that the bids were not
to be made public until they had
been submitted to joint commit.
tee of the commissioners and OF the
city council.
The city engineer stated that he
was ready to report whenever he
was called upon.
Mr.. Herbert, chairman of the
special committee of the council,
stated that he would call meeting
Of that committee next Monday
morning to confer with the commits
sioners' committee, in order that
the matter might be brought before