The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-29
A Full Attendance and Pleas.
ant Session.
WELFARE OF THE CITY CONSIDERED
Items Of Interest in Regard to the Doings
OF the SOlons.

luS meeting last uiSHl9 Oh account
of the mayors absence from the
city.
Notice was given that the city
had been clteo 10 ans wer tne ue
mand of Ed. Moore against the
city on account of repairs on the
suspension bridge.
The property owners on Wash.
ington street between Sixteenth and
Eighteenth, want that street mac.
adamizsd. The street committee
will look into the matter
A number of persons filed peti.
tons for the refunding of impound
ing fines, which were referred to
the police committee.
A lime house on Brszos street in
the Fifth ward was the subject of a
petition from the Frisco Coal Com.
pany. The street committee will
look into the petition.
Several promises have been made
by some of the railroad companies
to have their street crossings fixed.
Several places were mentioned, and
when the question arose as to who
should notify them, Alderman Her
bert asked whether or not Waco
had a street commits sioner, elicit.
ing the answer that Waco had all
the paraphernalia of first-class
city.
A telegram from the roadmaster
of the "Katy" promised that their
crossings would be Immediately
macadamized in accordance with
their contract with the city.
A deed was read, executed by L.
S. and P. F. Ross, conveying to
the city certain streets, conditioned
upon the building of fences, grad.
ing, etc, much of which has al.
ready been done. The street com.
missioner has the matter in charge.
COMMITTEES.
Fire Chief Prescott asked that
the city mako arrangements by
which he could secure money to pay
for feed and other expenses of the
department. 1t seems that city pa
per won't buy some things. But
the finance committee will arrange
the matter.
The ordinance amending article
&C. z" the digest of ordinances,
vas lead. This ordnance provides
for the election of a chief of the
fire department and prescribing his
duties. Alderman Herbert moved
that it be so amended as to provide
for the inspection of the fire de-
partment on April 2lst instead of
December.
The owner of the foundry on
Seventh street, according to the
suggestions of the city attorney,
will be called on legally to show
why his smokestack, as it now ex.
lists, is not nuisance.
The awning at 727 Austin street
is to be removed or repaired, at
once. Ten days notice was ordered
given the owner of property at 721
Jackson street to have chimney put
in safe condition.
The street commissioner was or
dered to have the'street car track and
water pipes on Eighteenth street,
between Franklin and Austin, re.
moved and render the street passa
BILE.
The fire committee reported that
the old building beside the Hotel
Palmo would be removed in ten
days.
The street committee was ordered
to file complaint against the Hob
son line on account of occupancy
Of bridge on South Second street.
The ordinance with reference to
the tracks belonging to the Citizens
line of street railway on Third
street from the end of Austin street,
and on Franklin from Eighth to
Eighteenth and on Eighteenth
streeth vas read, but failed to get
through under suspension of the
rules.
The special committee for that
purpose had not had a conference
with the county commissioners with