The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-17
OUR CITY LEGISLATIVE.
REVOLUTIONS DISClAINING DIS
RESPECT TO HEALTH BOARD.
Chief Prescott Recomneds Two Ad-
ditiOnaI Fire Stations-LandstO b.
Donated 10 WncO's Orphan Home
dewey Lane Ordnance.


with all present except Mayor Nc.
Culloch aud the "cowboy' alderman,
Mayor Pro TEN Payne presiding
The minutes of the preceding meet
ing were read and adopted.
A petition from citizens Of South
First street asking for the assignment
OF day and night policeman 10 their
street WAS referred to the police com
mittee.
Sanitary Officer Blessington handed
in a communication recitiug grievances
against Dr. A II. Snead, the retiring
Der of the board f health, claim :
ing that the doctor had treated him
vii b disrespect aud counting investi
CATION as to his qualifications. Re-
oeived and filed.
Mr.. Lacy, in reference to the action
of the board of health as publish, d in
yesterdays News, said: "Wc should
offer an explanation in justice to thu
board Of health / understand that the
matter was referred to the sanitary
committee aud health officer. There
is no member of this council that de
sires to offer an indignity to any one
of them. We respect them as much
AS We do each other, or any other
citizen, and think we should offer
them an explanation and one that will
show our reasons why we reported as
We did. If it is necessary later on to
put on dozen men then | am In favor
Of it,
Baker Mr.. Chairman, had in
tended to offer a resolution similar to
what Mr. Lscy has stated. | saw the
mention in tho paper and thought it
it was so ridiculous that any one of
them should think there was any in.
dignity offered them The matter
was referred to this committee as We
refer all matters to its proper com
Eittee. 1t is a matter of business III
the greatest man on earth were to
come here, and that man is Grover
Cleveland, we all think, and offer any
business to the council, if we thought
necessary we would refer the matter
10 a committee No indignitv was
offered, ard ] would like for our
newspaper reporters to so get it down,
that is was done merely as matter of
business Just the same as we would
refer the building of new bridge to
the street or improvement committee.
Chief Prescott, OF the FIRE depart
ment, submitted the following:
Mr.. vii Joaes, Chairman Fire Committee:
DEAR Sill find that it is matter
of imposs bili,y for the Waco fire
department to give the necessary fire
protection in the residence portion Of
the city lying north and south Of
Austin street The distance from
our respective fire stations is so great
that we cannot accomplish any good
when the fire apparatus reaches these
distances. The wear and tear of our
horses and apparatus are beginning
10 tell. /, is true that we have three
6ne stations, one in East Waco and
the other two in West Waco, but the
building of residences in Waco is
growing so fast that the two fire sta.
tons Of Yves, Waco are not ample to
give the necessary fire protection to
property between Park avenue on the
north and Speight street Oh the south,
and | recommend that two additional
FIRE stations be erected and located,
one somewhere near Sixth and
Speight and the other near Sixth and
Tennessee avenue. for the protection
OF said properly. feel that this
matter should be brought before the
mayor and city council as soon as
practicable for their COM liberation
Most respe ctfully,
A. M. PREsCoTT,
Chief Waco Fire Department.
Chairman of the street committee
announced that grading on North
Ninteen,h street would be commend
cd next week.
An ordinance was passed naming
the street known as Old Kentucky
Avenue, Deweys Lane.
The gas committee recommended
that the gas bills Of December, Jim
nary and February be paid less s per
cent, providing that the council go
into a supplemental contract with the
gas company. The contract offered
brought forth considerable discussion